The Chess.com Classic is the second of four tournaments preceding the Champions Chess Tour live Finals. Carlsen and Firouzja both earned spots in Division I based on their performance in the Chessable Masters, and fought their way to the Grand Finals to face each other! 🏆 https://www.chess.com/events/info/2024-champions-chess-tour-chesscom-classic The 2024 Champions Chess Tour (CCT) is Chess.com's most important event series of the year with the overall winner being crowned Tour Champion, the highest annual honor conferred by the world's largest chess platform. New for 2024, each regular season event has had its prize pool increased from $235,000 last year to $300,000—the largest ever offered for CCT events outside the Tour Finals. The pool for the Tour Finals remains $500,000 making the total available on the Tour a cool $1.7 million. Also new for 2024, the time control for every stage will be 10+2. Follow us here 😀: ✅ Join the world's largest chess community: http://www.Chess.com 💜 Check us out on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chess 📸 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wwwchesscom 📱 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chess 🎶 Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chess 💙 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chesscom #chess #chesschamps #chesscom