The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2024 was a fast

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. The tour started on 26 January 2024 and ended on 21 December 2024. It involved four online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of .

Format

Regular tournament

Each Regular tournament was conducted in the following stages: * Every game is played under the time control of 10+2. * In Division Placement and Division Play, if a match is tied, an armageddon game is played to decide the winner, using bidding system to determine playing time and color (base time of 10 minutes). * For Chessable Masters, the first event of 2024 edition, 2023 AI Cup was designated as its previous Regular tournament.

Finals

The CCT 2024 Finals is scheduled as an in-person event in

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. Eight players, Division I winners from each of the four Regular events and top players in the points leaderboard, are invited. The format for the event is similar to the previous year, which goes as follows: * Round-robin stage: Eight players play each other in two-game matches. If a match is tied, an armageddon game is played to decide the winner of the match. First and second place directly qualified to semifinals, third to sixth place advanced to the survival stage, while the last two places are eliminated. * Survival stage: The four players in this stage play a mini double-elimination tournament, with 3rd and 4th starting in upper bracket, and 5th-6th in lower bracket. Each match consist of two games, with armageddon tiebreak. Two players, winner of each of upper and lower bracket, advance to the semifinals. * Semifinals and final: Four players play a single-elimination tournament to determine the Tour winner. Each match consist of six games.

Tour points and prize money

Regular

The total prize pool for a Regular tournament is for each tournament, distributed as follows:

Points

Prize Money

Finals

The Finals will have a $500,000 purse.

Tournament schedule and results

Standings

Prize money is shown in US dollars. Bold number denotes a win in that division. L denotes losers of Division III Placement stage.

Tournaments details

Chessable Masters

;Division I Play-off

Chess.com Classic

;Division I Play-off

CrunchLabs Masters

;Division I Play-off

Julius Baer Generation Cup

;Division I Play-off

Tour Finals

Round-robin stage

: :* - Match win by drawing armageddon game with black

Survival stage

Semifinals and finals

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Notes

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References

Champions Chess Tour 2024 in chess