Grand Chess Tour 2019

Grand Chess Tour

2019
2019 Grand Chess Tour winner Ding Liren.
Tournament information
Dates	6 May–10 December 2019
Final positions
Champion	Ding Liren
Runner-up	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3rd place	Magnus Carlsen
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titles	Magnus Carlsen (3)
Prize money leader	Magnus Carlsen ($302,500)
Points leader	Magnus Carlsen (67.5)

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.

Format

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	8	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

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

Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

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		½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½
2	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2824	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	1	½	0	1	6
3	Wesley So (United States)	2801	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	5½
4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2800	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	1	1	5½
5	Ding Liren (China)	2760i	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	1	5
6	Wei Yi (China)	2698	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	4½
7	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2781	½	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	3
8	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2781	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	3
9	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	2617	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	½	Does not appear	0	2½
10	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2785	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	2½

Croatia Grand Chess Tour

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	5½		5–7	2780	7
6	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2779	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	½	½	5½		5–7	2782	7
7	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2775	0	½	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	5½		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	4½		9–11	2709	3
10	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2774	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	4½		9–11	2710	3
11	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2767	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	4½		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

Sinquefield Cup

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	6½	3	1	2845	16½
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2882	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	6½	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	5½		5–8	2779	6½
6	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2779	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	5½		5–8	2782	6½
7	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2774	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	1	5½		5–8	2783	6½
8	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2764	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	5½		5–8	2784	6½
9	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2778	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	5		9–10	2746	3½
10	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2743	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	5		9–10	2750	3½
11	Wesley So (United States)	2776	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	4½		11–12	2718	1½
12	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2765	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	4½		11–12	2719	1½

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

Grand Chess Tour Finals

	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

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