The Champions Chess Tour 2024 concludes with the CCT Finals, which will take place December 17-21 at Screen Studios in Oslo, Norway. The event brings together eight of the best players in the world who will compete for a prize pool of 500.000$ and the title of Champions Chess Tour Champion. This year fans will have the chance to cheer on their favorite players and enjoy the CCT Finals live.
This highly anticipated event marks the culmination of a year-long journey, during which the world’s best players battled to qualify through the tour’s four online events.
The names of the participants are among the most well-known and illustrious in the world of chess: Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So, Vincent Keymer, Levon Aronian and Denis Lazavik.
The format begins with a round-robin phase, which determines the players’ path to the crown. The top two in the round-robin group advance directly to the semi-finals, while the last two are eliminated.
The four remaining players (ranking between third and sixth place) move on to the Survival phase, a double direct elimination. The two Survival stage winners will then join the round-robin winners in a four-player knockout final to crown the winner of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour.
The 2024 CCT Finals will proudly welcome the Rubik’s Cube as an official partner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic puzzle. With 43 quintillion possible combinations but only one solution, the cube is perfect for chess lovers and combines logic, creativity and problem solving.
Among the official partners there is also Take Take Take, the chess app co-founded by Carlsen in 2023. The app aims to raise chess to the same level of involvement of fans of the main world sports, offering a rich and rewarding to follow the game loved by hundreds of millions of people.
For the first time, the CCT Finals will welcome a live audience, giving fans the chance to experience the excitement of world-class chess up close. Tickets start at $25 and offer exclusive perks.
For members of the chess community who are unable to attend in person, all games will be broadcast live on Chess.com/TV, as well as the Chess.com Italiano Twitch and YouTube channels.
Who do you think will win the Champions Chess Tour 2024? Let us know in the comments section below!
