Grand Chess Tour 2019

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Grand Chess Tour
2019
2019 Grand Chess Tour winner Ding Liren.
Tournament information
Dates6 May–10 December 2019
Final positions
ChampionChina Ding Liren
Runner-upFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3rd placeNorway Magnus Carlsen
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titlesNorway Magnus Carlsen (3)
Prize money leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen ($302,500)
Points leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen (67.5)
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The Grand Chess Tour 2019 was a series of chess tournaments, held in from 6 May to 10 December 2019. It was the fifth edition of Grand Chess Tour. The tour consisted of 8 tournaments, including 2 classical, 5 fast tournaments and tour final in London, the United Kingdom. It was won by Ding Liren from China.[1][2]

Format[edit]

The tour featured 8 tournaments, including 12 full participants and 14 wildcard. Top 4 after 7 tournaments qualifies to the tour finals in London. The points awarded as follows:

Place Points (classical) Points (rapid/blitz)
1st 18/20* 12/13*
2nd 15 10
3rd 12 8
4th 10 7
  5th 6
  6th 7 5
  7th 6 4
8th 5 3
  9th 4 2
10th 3 1
11th 2 N/A
12th 1 N/A

Schedule and results[edit]

Dates Tournament Name Host city Winner Runner-up Third place
6 May – 13 May 2019 Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz Abidjan Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Hikaru Nakamura
24 June – 9 July 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour Zagreb Magnus Carlsen Wesley So Levon Aronian
Fabiano Caruana
26 July – 6 August 2019 Paris Rapid & Blitz Paris Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Viswanathan Anand Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alexander Grischuk
8 August – 15 August 2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz St. Louis Levon Aronian Ding Liren
Yu Yangyi
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
15 August – 30 August 2019 Sinquefield Cup St. Louis Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen Sergey Karjakin
Viswanathan Anand
4 November – 11 November 2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Bucharest Levon Aronian Sergey Karjakin Viswanathan Anand
20 November – 27 November 2019 Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz Kolkatta Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Anish Giri
Wesley So
30 November – 10 December 2019 London Chess Classic London Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Tournaments[edit]

Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz[edit]

2019 GCT Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz, May 8–13 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 15 11½ 26½ 13 $37,500
2  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 12 11 23 9 $22,500
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 11 12 23 9 $22,500
4  Wesley So (USA) 11 19½ 7 $15,000
5  Ding Liren (CHN) 10 18½ 6 $12,500
6  Wei Yi (CHN) 9 16½ WC (5) $10,000
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 5 10½ 15½ 3.5 $7,500
8  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 6 15½ 3.5 $7,500
9  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 6 11½ WC (2) $7,500
10  Bassem Amin (EGY) 5 10½ WC (1) $7,500
Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 8–10 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2869 Does not appear 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 15
2  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2824 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 12
3  Wesley So (United States) 2801 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 11
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2800 0 0 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 1 2 2 11
5  Ding Liren (China) 2760i 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 2 2 2 10
6  Wei Yi (China) 2698 0 1 1 0 2 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 9
7  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2781 1 0 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 1 6
8  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2781 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 6
9  Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2617 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 Does not appear 0 5
10  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2785 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 Does not appear 5
Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 11–12 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast[3]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2933 Does not appear 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 12
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2954 0 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 11½
3  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2934 0 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 11
4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
5  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2817 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1
6  Wesley So (United States) 2744 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
7  Ding Liren (China) 2773 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0
8  Wei Yi (China) 2641 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1
9  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2682 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 0 ½
10  Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2662 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ Does not appear

Croatia Grand Chess Tour[edit]

Zagreb Chess Classic, 24 June – 9 July 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, Category XXII (2782)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points TB Place TPR GCT Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2875 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8 1 2955 20
2  Wesley So (United States) 2754 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2 2893 15
3  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2752 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2821 11
4  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2819 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 3–4 2815 11
5  Ding Liren (China) 2805 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5–7 2780 7
6  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2779 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5–7 2782 7
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2775 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5–7 2782 7
8  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2748 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 8 2748 5
9  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2779 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 9–11 2709 3
10  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2774 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 9–11 2710 3
11  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2767 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 9–11 2710 3
12  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2754 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 4 12 2675 1

Paris Rapid & Blitz[edit]

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz[edit]

Sinquefield Cup[edit]

7th Sinquefield Cup, 17–29 August 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2783)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points TB Place TPR GCT Points
1  Ding Liren (China) 2805 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 1 2845 16½
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2882 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 2 2838 16½
3  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2756 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2820 11
4  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2750 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2821 11
5  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2818 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5–8 2779
6  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2779 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5–8 2782
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2774 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 1 1 1 5–8 2783
8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2764 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 5–8 2784
9  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2778 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 5 9–10 2746
10  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2743 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 5 9–10 2750
11  Wesley So (United States) 2776 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 11–12 2718
12  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2765 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 11–12 2719
First place playoff, 29 August 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Place Player Rapid rating Blitz rating Rapid Blitz Score
1  Ding Liren (China) 2786 2779 ½ ½ 1 1 3
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2895 2920 ½ ½ 0 0 1

Superbet Rapid & Blitz[edit]

Superbet Rapid and Blitz took place in Bucharest, Romania on November 6–11. It was won by Levon Aronian, who defeated Sergey Karjakin in play-off secured place in Grand Chess Tour finals after this victory.[4][5]

2019 GCT Supernet Rapid & Blitz, November 6–10 Bucharest, Romania
Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money
1  Levon Aronian (ARM) 10 10 20 11 $31,250
2  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 9 11 20 ½ 11 $31,250
3  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 9 10½ 19½ 8 $20,000
4  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 8 11 19 WC (7) $15,000
5  Anton Korobov (UKR) 12 18½ WC (6) $12,500
6  Anish Giri (NED) 10 8 18 4.5 $8,750
7  Vladislav Artemiev (RUS) 8 10 18 WC (4.5) $8,750
8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 10 16½ 2.5 $7,500
9  Wesley So (USA) 6 10½ 16½ 2.5 $7,500
10  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 8 6 14 1 $7,500
Romania Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 6–8 November 2019, București, Romania[6]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 2798 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 12
2  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 1 Does not appear 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 10
3  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2734 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 10
4  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2705 1 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 0 2 2 10
5  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2757 0 2 1 1 Does not appear 0 2 2 0 1 9
6  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2756 1 1 1 0 2 Does not appear 0 2 1 1 9
7  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2791 1 0 0 1 0 2 Does not appear 0 2 2 8
8  Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2768 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 Does not appear 1 1 8
9  Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2746 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 8
10  Wesley So (United States) 2802 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 6
Romania Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 9–10 November 2019, București, Romania[7]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2680 Does not appear ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 11
2  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2829 ½ 1 Does not appear 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 11
3  Wesley So (United States) 2763 0 1 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
4  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2791 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 10½
5  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2818 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 10
6  Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2779 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10
7  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2740 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8
8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2737 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 0 0 1 1
9  Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 2771 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 Does not appear 1 0
10  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2774 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 6

Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz[edit]

Tata Steel India 2019 was played in Kolkata, India on November 22–26. It was won by Magnus Carlsen, who achieved biggest victory in Grand Chess Tour event by scoring 27 points.[8][9]

2019 Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz, November 22–26 Kolkata, India[10]
Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 15 12 27 13 $37,500
2  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 11 12 23 10 $25,000
3  Wesley So (USA) 9 18½ 7.5 $17,500
4  Anish Giri (NED) 9 18½ 7.5 $17,500
5  Ding Liren (CHN) 8 10 18 6 $12,500
6  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 7 10 17 5 $10,000
7  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 8 8 16 4 $7,500
8  Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 8 14½ WC (2.5) $7,500
9  Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 6 14½ WC (2.5) $7,500
10  Levon Aronian (ARM) 9 4 13 1 $7,500
Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 22-24 November 2019, Kolkata, India[11]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2849 Does not appear 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 15
2  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2812 0 Does not appear 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 11
3  Wesley So (United States) 2802 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 9
4  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 1 0 1 2 9
5  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2705 0 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 1 9
6  Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2667 1 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 8
7  Ding Liren (China) 2832 0 1 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 1 8
8  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2757 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 8
9  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2765 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 Does not appear 2 7
10  Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2674 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 Does not appear 6
Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 25–26 November 2019, Kolkata, India[12]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2871 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 12
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2828 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
3  Ding Liren (China) 2840 ½ ½ 1 1 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 10
4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2830 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 10
5  Wesley So (United States) 2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1
6  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2740 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½
7  Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2744 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
8  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2791 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ 8
9  Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2617 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½
10  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2818 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 4

Grand Chess Tour Finals[edit]

Semifinals Final
      
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 14½
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 15½
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 12
2  Ding Liren (China) 16
2  Ding Liren (China) 19
3  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 9 Third place
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 17
3  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 11

Tour standings[edit]

Wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.

Player Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz
May 6 – 13
Croatia GCT
June 24 – July 9
Paris GCT Rapid & Blitz
July 26 – August 1
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
August 8 – 15
Sinquefield Cup
August 15 – 30
Superbet Rapid & Blitz
November 4 – 11
Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz
November 20 – 27
Total points Prize money
 Ding Liren (China) 6 7 8.3 16.5 6 43.8 $144,833
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 9 3 13 8.3 3.5 36.8 $100,000
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 13 20 5 16.5 13 67.5 $242,500
 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 11 13 1.5 11 1 37.5 $121,250
 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 3.5 5 6 11 11 36.5 $99,250
 Viswanathan Anand (India) 3 10 11 8 4 36 $97,500
 Wesley So (United States) 7 15 1.5 2.5 7.5 33.5 $110,000
 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 3.5 7 7.5 6.5 5 29.5 $68,583
 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 9 1 4 3.5 10 27.5 $75,000
 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 11 5 3 6.5 1 26.5 $76,250
 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 7 1 6.5 4.5 7.5 26.5 $67,333
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 3 3 1 6.5 2.5 16 $48,750
 Yu Yangyi (China) 8.3 8.3 $20,000
 Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 7.5 7.5 $17,500
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 7 7 $15,000
 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 6 6 $12,500
 Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 6 6 $12,500
 Wei Yi (China) 5 5 $10,000
 Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 4.5 4.5 $8,750
 Richárd Rapport (Hungary) 4 4 $7,500
 Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2.5 2.5 $7,500
 Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2.5 2.5 $7,500
 Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2 2 $7,500
 Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2 2 $7,500
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2 2 $7,500
 Bassem Amin (Egypt) 1 1 $7,500

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