Champions Chess Tour 2025–2026
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2 September 2025 – 27 May 2026 |
| Tournaments | 3 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Prize money leader | Magnus Carlsen ($102,963.40) |
| Points leader | Hikaru Nakamura (160) |
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The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2025–2026 is a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2025–2026 by Chess.com. The tour started on 2 September 2025 and will end on 27 May 2026. It involves three online chess tournaments, which will determine 12 qualifying players of the 2026 Esports World Cup and up to 64 of the Esports Nations Cup.
The top three finishers in the Speed Chess Championship, top three finishers in the Chess.com Open and top six players in the leaderboard not qualified from the prior two events, will qualify for the Esports World Cup, while the top player from each nation, up to 64 players, in the leaderboard will qualify for the Esports Nations Cup.