Two calm draws in under two hours

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) - R Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Levon Aronian (USA) - Fabiano Caruana (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Guess which player's scoresheet is which one? | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Fabiano Caruana (USA) with his fans | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Score after two Classical games | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Replay live stream

Replay Classical Game 2 live stream by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, & Maurice Ashley, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club

Schedule and Format

The GCT Final will take place from 28th September to 3rd October. There is no rest day. Each round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 11:30 p.m. IST. The last day on 3rd October games will start at 1 p.m. local time, 9:30 p.m. IST. Each match will have two Classical, two Rapid and four Blitz games, irrespective of the results, all games will be played. Check the image below for a detailed schedule.

Schedule | Source: Grand Chess Tour

Time control

Classical: 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes for the remainder + 30-second increment from move no.1

Rapid: 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment

Blitz: 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment

Scoring

● Classical Games: 6 points for a win, 3 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss

● Rapid Games: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss

● Blitz Games: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss

Each match will therefore be scored out of a total of 28 possible points, with a total of at least 15 points being required to win each match.

Prize

The total prize fund for the Grand Finals is US$ 350000. The prizes are US$ 150000, $100000, $60000 and $40000.

Links

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