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The Chess.com Classic which is part of the Champions Chess Tour took place Fri 10th to Wed 15th May 2024 on Chess.com. The format is Double Elimination Knockout. Carlsen, Ivic, Lazavik, Nepomniachtchi, Firouzja, Duda, Keymer and Sarana play for the title in Division 1. There were two further divisions which had qualification places for the division above. Alireza Firouzja overcame a loss to Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the first round to progress through the losers half and then beat Magnus Carlsen twice in a row in the Grand Final and its reset to take the title.

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Chess.com Classic Div 1 W chess.com INT Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024 Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final Reset
1	Firouzja, Alireza	2
2	Carlsen, Magnus	1
	Grand Final
1	Firouzja, Alireza	3
2	Carlsen, Magnus	2
	Final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Keymer, Vincent	1.5
	Round 2
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Lazavik, Denis	1.5
1	Keymer, Vincent	2.5
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0.5
	Round 1
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Ivic, Velimir	0.5
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	3.0
2	Firouzja, Alireza	2.0
1	Keymer, Vincent	2.5
2	Sarana, Alexey	0.5
1	Lazavik, Denis	2.5
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1.5
8 players

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Chess.com Classic Div 1 L chess.com INT Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Round 4
1	Firouzja, Alireza	2
1	Keymer, Vincent	0
	Round 3
1	Firouzja, Alireza	1.5
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0.5
	Round 2
1	Firouzja, Alireza	2
2	Lazavik, Denis	0
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1
	Round 2
1	Firouzja, Alireza	2
2	Lazavik, Denis	0
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1
	Round 1
1	Firouzja, Alireza	1.5
2	Sarana, Alexey	0.5
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2
2	Ivic, Velimir	0
8 players

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Chess.com Classic Div 2 W chess.com INT Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.0
1	So, Wesley	0.0
2	Semi-final
1	So, Wesley	3.0
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.0
	Quarter-final
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.5
2	Oparin, Grigoriy	0.5
	Round 3
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.5
2	Dubov, Daniil	2.5
1	Oparin, Grigoriy	2.5
2	Aronian, Levon	1.5
	Round 2
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.5
2	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	1.5
1	Dubov, Daniil	3.0
2	Hakobyan, Aram	1.0
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
2	Kollars, Dmitrij	0.5
1	Oparin, Grigoriy	3.0
2	Esipenko, Andrey	2.0
	Round 1
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	3.0
2	Van Foreest, Jorden	2.0
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	2.5
2	So, Wesley	1.5
1	Dubov, Daniil	2.5
2	Bluebaum, Matthias	0.5
1	Hakobyan, Aram	2.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
2	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	0.5
1	Kollars, Dmitrij	3.0
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2.0
1	Esipenko, Andrey	2.5
2	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	1.5
1	Oparin, Grigoriy	3.0
2	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
16 players

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Chess.com Classic Div 2 L chess.com INT Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	So, Wesley	2.0
2	Oparin, Grigoriy	0.0
	Semi-final
1	So, Wesley	2.0
2	Aronian, Levon	1.0
	Quarter-final
1	Aronian, Levon	1.5
2	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	0.5
1	So, Wesley	2.0
2	Dubov, Daniil	0.0
	Round 3
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1.5
2	Sevian, Samuel	0.5
1	So, Wesley	1.5
2	Esipenko, Andrey	0.5
	Round 2
1	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
2	Hakobyan, Aram	0.0
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2.0
2	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	0.0
1	So, Wesley	1.5
2	Kollars, Dmitrij	1.5
1	Esipenko, Andrey	2.0
2	Caruana, Fabiano	1.0
	Round 1
1	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
2	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	0.0
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0.5
1	So, Wesley	1.5
2	Van Foreest, Jorden	0.5
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.0
2	Bluebaum, Matthias	1.0
8 players

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Chess.com Classic Div 3 W chess.com INT Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	3.0
2	Grandelius, Nils	2.0
	Semi-final
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.5
2	Grandelius, Nils	0.5
	Quarter-final
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.5
2	Le, Tuan Minh	0.5
1	Grandelius, Nils	2.5
2	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	1.5
	Round 3
1	Le, Tuan Minh	3.0
2	Paravyan, David	2.0
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	3.0
2	Karthikeyan, Murali	0.0
1	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	3.0
2	Kozak, Adam	0.0
1	Grandelius, Nils	3.0
2	Tang, Andrew	1.0
	Round 2
1	Le, Tuan Minh	2.5
2	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	1.5
1	Paravyan, David	3.0
2	Giri, Anish	2.0
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	3.0
2	Radjabov, Teimour	1.0
1	Karthikeyan, Murali	3.0
2	Warmerdam, Max	2.0
1	Kozak, Adam	2.5
2	Sadhwani, Raunak	0.5
1	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	3.0
2	Gledura, Benjamin	2.0
1	Tang, Andrew	2.5
2	Idani, Pouya	1.5
1	Grandelius, Nils	3.0
2	Bok, Benjamin	2.0
	Round 1
1	Le, Tuan Minh	3.0
2	Kovalev, Vladislav	1.0
1	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	3.0
2	Mamedov, Rauf	2.0
1	Giri, Anish	2.5
2	Kamsky, Gata	1.5
1	Paravyan, David	3.0
2	Rasulov, Vugar	1.0
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.5
2	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2.5
1	Radjabov, Teimour	2.5
2	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	1.5
32 players

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Chess.com Classic Div 3 L chess.com INT Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Grandelius, Nils	1.5
2	Karthikeyan, Murali	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Karthikeyan, Murali	2.0
2	Le, Tuan Minh	0.0
	Quarter-final
1	Le, Tuan Minh	1.5
2	Kozak, Adam	0.5
1	Karthikeyan, Murali	2.0
2	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	0.0
	Round 5
1	Kozak, Adam	1.5
2	Giri, Anish	0.5
1	Karthikeyan, Murali	1.5
2	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	0.5
	Round 4
1	Kozak, Adam	1.5
2	Daneshvar, Bardiya	0.5
1	Giri, Anish	2.0
2	Tang, Andrew	0.0
1	Karthikeyan, Murali	1.5
2	Mamedov, Rauf	0.5
1	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2.0
2	Paravyan, David	1.0
	Round 3
1	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2.0
2	Warmerdam, Max	1.0
1	Giri, Anish	2.0
2	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	0.0
1	Mamedov, Rauf	2.0
2	Rasulov, Vugar	1.0
1	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1.5
2	Lobanov, Sergei	0.5
	Round 2
1	Warmerdam, Max	2.0
2	Sjugirov, Sanan	0.0
1	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2.0
2	Radjabov, Teimour	1.0
1	Giri, Anish	1.5
2	Durarbayli, Vasif	0.5
1	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	1.5
2	Moussard, Jules	0.5
1	Rasulov, Vugar	1.5
2	Gledura, Benjamin	0.5
1	Mamedov, Rauf	2.0
2	Sadhwani, Raunak	1.0
1	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1.5
2	Bok, Benjamin	0.5
1	Lobanov, Sergei	1.5
8 players

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