Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
| 2025 | |
Magnus Carlsen, the winner of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess variant (Chess960) |
| Location | Leg 1: Wangels, Germany Leg 2: Paris, France Leg 3: Karlsruhe, Germany Leg 4: Las Vegas, United States Final: Cape Town, South Africa |
| Dates | February 7–December 11, 2025 |
| Host | Freestyle Chess Operations |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Magnus Carlsen (NOR) |
| Runner-up | Levon Aronian (USA) |
| 3rd place | Fabiano Caruana (USA) |
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour was a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It consisted of five "Grand Slam" tournaments following a format similar to the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, held in 2024. Players scored points based on placement in each event, with the player with the highest score at the end of the year becoming the Freestyle Chess Champion.
The final event of the tour was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 2025. Levon Aronian went undefeated, beating Magnus Carlsen to win the event. Due to his performance in previous rounds, Carlsen, who won two of the five events, was the overall winner of the tour. The top six players — Carlsen, Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Vincent Keymer, Javokhir Sindarov, and Arjun Erigaisi — qualified to the Freestyle Chess World Championship, set for February 13 to 15, 2026.