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GM Alireza Firouzja is the second player to defeat GM Magnus Carlsen two times in a Grand Final of the Champions Chess Tour. On Wednesday, the French number-one won the Chess.com Classic 2024, earning $30,000, 100 tour points, a spot in the in-person live Finals, and a deserved page in chess history.
Division I Bracket
Division I Grand Final
GM Rafael Leitao dives into the Game of the Day below, from beginning to end.
Divisions II and III concluded on Tuesday and you can read about the Grand Finals in those divisions here.
The 2024 Chess.com Classic is the second of the Champions Chess Tour’s four events and determines one of the players who’ll make it to the in-person CCT Finals. The event starts on May 8 at 12:30 p.m. ET/18:30 CEST/10 p.m. IST and features a $300,000 prize fund.
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