SuperPogChamps 2025

SuperPogChamps 2025 is a chess tournament from December 2 to December 5 hosted by Chess.com. It is the first SuperPogChamps and, as per chess.com, includes the strongest PogChamps players. It is a 12 player rapid chess tournament which includes round robins (all play all) and knockouts (one wins and eliminates others).

Players

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In the first stage of SuperPogChamps 2025, players are divided into two groups. Below is the list of players in their respective groups.

Group A

Group B

Format

The game is played in two stages, group stage and knockout stage.

Group stage

Group stage will be played as double round robin (all play all twice). A player of each group will play two games against all other players of his/her group twice (once with white pieces, once with black) in rapid format. Each player will get 10 minutes + 5 seconds of increment each move. A person will score 3 points for a winning a match, 2 points for winning a tie-breaker, 1 point for losing a tie-breaker and no points for a loss (here, both the games played by one player against the other are considered a single match). If a player scores 1-1 with any other player (i.e. both win one and lose one game or both draw both games) then tiebreakers in blitz format will be played until a person wins a gme and breaks the tie. In such a tie-breaker, each person will get 5 minutes + 3 seconds of increment each move.

Top 3 players of group stage of each group will go into the Championship Bracket of Knockout Stage and other 3 will go into the COnsolation bracket of it.

Knockout Stage

The most scoring player of each group or each bracket will receive a bye to the semifinals (i.e. he won't play the quarter finals and directly advance into the semifinals). Each player will have to eliminate his/her opponent in each bracket and advance to the semifinals, and in the same way, advance to the finals and win.in his/her bracket. Winner of the Championship bracket will be declared the winner.

Prize fund

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Prize fund is awarded for scoring rank in Knockout Stage. The performance in Group stage or being in a group won't directly affect your rank in knockout stage

Rank Prize money in respective brackets (in USD)
Championship Consolation
1 10,000 5,000
2 7,000 3,500
3 & 4

(tied)

 4,000 3,000
5 & 6

(tied)

 3,000 2,250

Results

Group Stage

Group A

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Players Masi Oka Andrea Botez Linda Diaz VoyBoy SonicFox Sparg0 Final Points

(after Match Counts)

Masi Oka 1.5-0.5 1.5-0.5 2-0 2-0 2-0 15
Andrea Botez 0.5-1.5 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-0 10
Linda Diaz 0.5-1.5 1-2 1.5-0.5 2-0 2-0 10
VoyBoy 0-2 0-2 0.5-1.5 2-0 1-2 4
SonicFox 0-2 1-2 0-2 0-2 2-0 4
Sparg0 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-1 0-2 2

Group B

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Players Samay Raina Sardoche Wirtual Will Benson Tyler1 Daryl Morey Final Points

(after Match Counts)

Samay Raina 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 15
Sardoche 0-2 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 11
Wirtual 0-2 1-2 1-2 2-0 2-0 8
Will Benson 0-2 0-2 2-1 1-2 2-0 6
Tyler1 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-1 1-2 3
Daryl Morey 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-1 2

Knockout Stage

Championship Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Masi Oka W
8 Bye
Masi Oka 0.5
Sardoche 1.5
4 Sardoche 1.5
5 Linda Diaz 0.5
Sardoche 0
Samay Raina 2
2 Samay Raina W
7 Bye
Samay Raina 2
Andrea Botez 1
3 Andrea Botez 2
6 Wirtual 0

Consolation Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 VoyBoy W
8 Bye
VoyBoy 2
Sparg0 0
4 Tyler1 0
5 Sparg0 2
VoyBoy 2
SonicFox 0
2 Will Benson W
7 Bye
Will Benson 1
SonicFox 2
3 SonicFox 2
6 Daryl Morey 1

Final Rankings

Championship Bracket
Rank Country Player Prize Money Won (USD)
1 India Samay Raina 10,000
2 France Sardoche 7,000
3 & 4

(tied)

 Canada Andrea Botez 4,000
Japan Masi Oka 4,000
5 & 6

(tied)

 United States Linda Diaz 3,000
Norway Wirtual 3,000
Consolation Bracket
Rank Country Player Prize Money Won (USD)
1 United States VoyBoy 5,000
2 SonicFox 3,500
3 & 4

(tied)

 Will Benson 3,000
Mexico Sparg0 3,000
5 & 6

(tied)

 United States Tyler1 2,250
Daryl Morey 2,250

References

  1. ↑ "SuperPogChamps: Live Coverage". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ↑ "SuperPogChamps: Live Coverage". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ↑ "Results & Standings - SuperPogChamps | Group A". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  4. ↑ "Results & Standings - SuperPogChamps | Group B". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  5. ↑ "Results & Standings - SuperPogChamps | Championship Bracket". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  6. ↑ "Results & Standings - SuperPogChamps | Consolation Bracket". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
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