The Grand Chess Tour Finals are back, and the stage is set for World Trade Center São Paulo in Brazil. The top four Tour scorers compete in a knockout format over six days. Each match is comprised of two classical, two rapid, and four blitz games. Today is the last day of play, featuring two rapid games and four blitz games in the final and 3rd Place matches (and playoffs if necessary). Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & Maurice Ashley, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.
2025.10.03
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FINAL RAPID 1 (Worth 4 Points) | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (6) vs. Fabiano Caruana (6)
3RD PLACE RAPID 1 (Worth 4 Points) | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Levon Aronian
FINAL RAPID 2 (Worth 4 Points) | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3RD PLACE RAPID 2 (Worth 4 Points) | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
Levon Aronian vs. R Praggnanandhaa
FINAL BLITZ 1 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Fabiano Caruana
3RD PLACE BLITZ 1 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Levon Aronian
FINAL BLITZ 2 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3RD PLACE BLITZ 2 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Levon Aronian vs. R Praggnanandhaa
FINAL BLITZ 3 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Fabiano Caruana
3RD PLACE BLITZ 3 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Levon Aronian
FINAL BLITZ 4 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3RD PLACE BLITZ 4 (Worth 2 Points) | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Levon Aronian vs. R Praggnanandhaa
PLAYOFFS IF NECESSARY
Two-Game Match
at 8 Min. Incr. 3 Sec.
If this fails to produce a winner, the players will play an armageddon game (White shall have 5 minutes and Black shall have 4 minutes, with a 2 second increment from move 61.)