Grand Chess Tour
A season-long circuit of elite classical and rapid-and-blitz events, ending in a finals for the top four.
- Founded
- 2015
- Held
- Annual season
- Where
- Various, including Bucharest, Warsaw, Zagreb and St. Louis
- Format
- A series of classical and rapid-and-blitz events; the top players on tour points meet in the finals in St. Louis
- Champion
- Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2026)
History
The Grand Chess Tour was announced at the Saint Louis Chess Club in 2015 to link the world’s top invitational events into one season with a single overall winner.
Today it combines classical events, such as the Sinquefield Cup and the Super Chess Classic in Romania, with rapid and blitz legs in Europe and the United States, ending with a knockout finals in St. Louis. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the 2026 tour, beating Fabiano Caruana in the final.
Grand Chess Tour in The Chess Herald
- Deekshitha's Record Gain Shows How Fast the FIDE Rating List Can Move
- India Used To Have One World-Class Player. Now It Has A Bench.
- Caruana's Italian Job: An Old Opening Finds New Teeth in the Grand Chess Tour Finals
- The 'Curse of the Draw' Follows the Grand Chess Tour to St. Louis
- Sindarov's Round-Seven Win Echoes His Candidates Surge as Tan Survives a Near-Collapse
Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa |
| 2025 | Fabiano Caruana |
| 2024 | Alireza Firouzja |
| 2023 | Fabiano Caruana |
| 2022 | Alireza Firouzja |
| 2021 | Wesley So |
| 2020 | Cancelled |
| 2019 | Ding Liren |
| 2018 | Hikaru Nakamura |
| 2017 | Magnus Carlsen |
Show all winners since 2015
| 2016 | Wesley So |
| 2015 | Magnus Carlsen |
Source: Wikipedia.
Page last reviewed September 29, 2026.