Eight invited players join the eight players who made it to the Playoffs to compete for top prize money and CCT Points, which may grant them a spot at the Esports World Cup.

Eight invited players join the eight players who made it to the Playoffs
Players contest a double-elimination bracket
Winners Bracket matches consist of four games
Losers Bracket matches consist of two games
Grand Final match consists of four games
Grand Final Reset, if necessary, consists of two games
If the match ends in a tie, a bidding armageddon game with a base time of 10 minutes decides the winner

Invited Players	Play-in
Magnus Carlsen	Levon Aronian
Gukesh Dommaraju	Arjun Erigaisi
Hikaru Nakamura	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Nodirbek Abdusattorov	Fabiano Caruana
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Denis Lazavik
Ian Nepomniachtchi	Fedoseev, Vladimir
Ding Liren	Vladislav Artemiev
Wei Yi	Jan-Krzysztof Duda

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