Grand Chess Tour 2019
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]
| 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) |
Format
The tour featured 8 tournaments, and total number of 26 players, 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
Lineup
Participants of 2019 edition were announced on January 24, 2019. Players were selected by different criterias, including top three finish in previous edition, Universal Rating System, average FIDE rating and personal selection by organizers. Total number of participants were 12, largest since the introduction of tour in 2015.[3][4]
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (January 2019) | Selection criteria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | United States | 2749 | Winner of Grand Chess Tour 2018 |
| 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2780 | Runner-up of 2018 Grand Chess Tour |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana | United States | 2828 | Third place in 2018 Grand Chess Tour |
| 4 | Magnus Carlsen | Norway | 2835 | URS |
| 5 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 2817 | URS |
| 6 | Ding Liren | China | 2813 | URS |
| 7 | Levon Aronian | Armenia | 2767 | URS |
| 8 | Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2783 | Average FIDE rating |
| 9 | Wesley So | United States | 2765 | Average FIDE rating |
| 10 | Viswanathan Anand | India | 2773 | Average FIDE rating |
| 11 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Russia | 2763 | Wild card |
| 12 | Sergey Karjakin | Russia | 2753 | Replacement for Vladimir Kramnik |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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 8½ 19½ 7 $15,000 5 Ding Liren (CHN) 10 8½ 18½ 6 $12,500 6 Wei Yi (CHN) 9 7½ 16½ WC (5) $10,000 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 5 10½ 15½ 3.5 $7,500 8 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 6 9½ 15½ 3.5 $7,500 9 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 6 5½ 11½ WC (2) $7,500 10 Bassem Amin (EGY) 5 5½ 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 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 15 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2824 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 12 3 Wesley So (United States) 2801 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 11 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2800 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 11 5 Ding Liren (China) 2760i 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 10 6 Wei Yi (China) 2698 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 9 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2781 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2781 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 9 Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2617 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 10 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2785 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5
Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 11–12 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2933 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 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 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 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 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 9½ 6 Wesley So (United States) 2744 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8½ 7 Ding Liren (China) 2773 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 8½ 8 Wei Yi (China) 2641 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 9 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2682 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 5½ 10 Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2662 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 5½
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 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2 2893 15 3 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2752 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2821 11 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2819 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 3–4 2815 11 5 Ding Liren (China) 2805 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5–7 2780 7 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2779 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 5–7 2782 7 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2775 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 5–7 2782 7 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2748 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 8 2748 5 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2779 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 9–11 2709 3 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2774 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 9–11 2710 3 11 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2767 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 4½ 9–11 2710 3 12 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2754 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 12 2675 1
Paris Rapid & Blitz
Paris Grand Chess Tour was held on July 27–August 1, 2019, in Paris, France. It was won by French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who scored 21 points.[6][7]
2019 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz, July 27–August 1 Paris, France Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 13 8 21 13 $37,500 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 10 10½ 20½ 10 $25,000 3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 12 8 20 WC (7.5) $17,500 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 10 10 20 7.5 $17,500 5 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 9 10½ 19½ WC (6) $12,500 6 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 9 10 19 5 $10,000 7 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 8 10½ 18½ 4 $7,500 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 7 8 15 3 $7,500 9 Daniil Dubov (RUS) 7 7 14 WC (2) $7,500 10 Anish Giri (NED) 5 7½ 12½ 1 $7,500
Paris Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 27–29 July 2019, Paris, France Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2812 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 13 2 Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2744 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 12 3 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2757 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 10 4 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2735 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 10 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2817 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 9 6 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2731 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 9 7 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2853 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 8 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2810 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2771 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 10 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2769 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Paris Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 31 July–1 August 2019, Paris, France[8] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2730 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 10½ 2 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2778 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 10½ 3 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2902 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 10½ 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2815 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 10 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2772 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2778 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 8 7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2948 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 8 8 Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2733 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8 9 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2770 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 7½ 10 Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2642 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 7
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz took place in St. Louis, Missouri on August 10–14. It was won by Levon Aronian.[9] Tournament is notable for somewhat poor performance by incumbent World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who finished on sixth place, which was his worst result since 2017.[10]
2019 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, August 10–14 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money 1 Levon Aronian (ARM) 13 9 22 13 $37,500 2 Yu Yangyi (CHN) 10 11½ 21½ 8.3 $20,000 3 Ding Liren (CHN) 10 11½ 21½ 8.3 $20,000 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 13 8½ 21½ 8.3 $20,000 5 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 8 11½ 19½ 6 $12,500 6 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 8 9 17 5 $10,000 7 Richárd Rapport (HUN) 8 8½ 16½ WC (4) $7,500 8 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 8 7 15 3 $7,500 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 7 6½ 13½ WC (2) $7,500 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 5 7 12 1 $7,500
Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 10–12 August 2019, Saint Louis, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2843 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 13 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2704 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 13 3 Ding Liren (China) 2786 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 10 4 Yu Yangyi (China) 2775 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 10 5 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2895 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 8 6 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2807 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 8 7 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2759 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 8 8 Richárd Rapport (Hungary) 2719 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2769 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 7 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2787 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 5
Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 13–14 August 2019, Saint Louis, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Yu Yangyi (China) 2718 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 11½ 2 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2798 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 11½ 3 Ding Liren (China) 2779 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 11½ 4 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2840 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 9 5 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2920 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 9 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2939 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 8½ 7 Richárd Rapport (Hungary) 2736 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 8½ 8 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2772 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 7 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2787 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 7 10 Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2703 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 6½
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 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 1 2 2838 16½ 3 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2756 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2820 11 4 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2750 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2821 11 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2818 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 5–8 2779 6½ 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2779 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5–8 2782 6½ 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2774 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 5½ 5–8 2783 6½ 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2764 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5–8 2784 6½ 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2778 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 9–10 2746 3½ 10 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2743 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 9–10 2750 3½ 11 Wesley So (United States) 2776 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 11–12 2718 1½ 12 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2765 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 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
Superbet Rapid & Blitz
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 and secured place in Grand Chess Tour finals after this victory.[11][12]
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 1½ 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 6½ 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 6½ 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[13] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 2798 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 12 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 10 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2734 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 10 4 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2705 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 10 5 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2757 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 9 6 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2756 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 9 7 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2791 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 8 8 Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2768 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 8 9 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2746 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 8 10 Wesley So (United States) 2802 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 6
Romania Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 9–10 November 2019, București, Romania[14] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2680 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 0 0 1 1 6½ 9 Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 2771 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 6½ 10 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2774 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 6
Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz
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.[15][16]
2019 Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz, November 22–26 Kolkata, India[17] 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 9½ 18½ 7.5 $17,500 4 Anish Giri (NED) 9 9½ 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 6½ 14½ WC (2.5) $7,500 9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 6 8½ 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[18] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2849 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 15 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2812 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 11 3 Wesley So (United States) 2802 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 9 4 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 9 5 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2705 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 9 6 Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2667 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 8 7 Ding Liren (China) 2832 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 8 8 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2757 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 8 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2765 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 7 10 Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2674 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6
Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 25–26 November 2019, Kolkata, India[19] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2871 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 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 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 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 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 9½ 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2740 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9½ 7 Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2744 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8½ 8 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2791 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 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 1 ½ 6½ 10 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2818 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 4
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 | |||||||
Results
| Player | CIV | CRO | PAR | STL | SIN | ROU | IND | Total points |
LON | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ding Liren (China) | 6 | 7 | — | 8.3 | 16.5 | — | 6 | 43.8 | 1st | $294,833 |
| 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 9 | 3 | 13 | 8.3 | 3.5 | — | — | 36.8 | 2nd | $200,000 |
| 3 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | 13 | 20 | — | 5 | 16.5 | — | 13 | 67.5 | 3rd | $302,500 |
| 4 | Levon Aronian (Armenia) | — | 11 | — | 13 | 1.5 | 11 | 1 | 37.5 | 4th | $161,250 |
| 5 | Sergey Karjakin (Russia) | 3.5 | 5 | — | 6 | 11 | 11 | — | 36.5 | — | $99,250 |
| 6 | Viswanathan Anand (India) | — | 3 | 10 | — | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | — | $97,500 |
| 7 | Wesley So (United States) | 7 | 15 | — | — | 1.5 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 33.5 | — | $110,000 |
| 8 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) | 3.5 | 7 | 7.5 | — | 6.5 | — | 5 | 29.5 | — | $68,583 |
| 9 | Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | 9 | 1 | 4 | — | 3.5 | — | 10 | 27.5 | — | $75,000 |
| T10 | Fabiano Caruana (United States) | — | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | — | 26.5 | — | $76,250 |
| T10 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | — | 7 | 1 | — | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 26.5 | — | $67,333 |
| 12 | 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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