Champions Chess Tour 2021

Champions Chess Tour 2021
Details
Duration22 November 2020 – 4 October 2021
Tournaments10
CategoriesRegular (6)
Major (3)
Final (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesNorway Magnus Carlsen (4 titles)
Most tournament finalsNorway Magnus Carlsen (6)
Points leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen (339)
2020
2022

The Champions Chess Tour 2021, known for sponsorship reasons as the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour,[1][2] was a 10-month long series of 10 online chess tournaments featuring the world's top players, playing for a prize money pool of US$1.5 million.[3] The tournament games are held on chess24.com and are broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, chess24.com itself, and the tour's official website.[3] The tour started on November 22, 2020, and lasted until October 4, 2021.[3] The tournaments were not rated by FIDE.

  1. ^ "Meltwater revealed as new title partner for Champions Chess Tour". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  2. ^ "Meltwater becomes title partner of Champions Chess Tour". Meltwater. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  3. ^ a b c "Champions Chess Tour". championschesstour.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.