Champions Showdown 2025

System: Double round-robin, totaling 18 games.

Time Control: 10 minutes + 5 seconds. (10+5)

Scoring:

Day 1 wins = 1 point each

Day 2 wins = 2 points each

Day 3 wins = 3 points each

Prize Fund: $412,000 total, featuring daily win bonuses and a Champion’s Jackpot for added excitement.

Taking place from October 27 to 29, 2025, at the newly expanded Saint Louis Chess Club, this high-stakes invitational rapid event brings together the four elite players of the moment: World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura, No. 3 Fabiano Caruana, and reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. It’s shaping up to be the highest-rated chess tournament of the year.