Grand Chess Tour 2021
The Grand Chess Tour 2021 was a series of chess tournaments, which was sixth edition of Grand Chess Tour. It consisted five tournaments, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.[1] It was won by American grandmaster Wesley So.[2]
| 2021 | |
2021 Grand Chess Tour winner Wesley So. | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 June–27 August 2021 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Wesley So |
| Runner-up | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| 3rd place | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Most tournament titles | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2) |
| Prize money leader | Wesley So ($242,500) |
| Points leader | Wesley So (36.6) |
Format
Tour consists five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted two parts – rapid (2 points for win, 1 for draw) and blitz (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw). Combined result for both portions was counted in overall standings. The tour points are awarded as follows:
Place Points 1st 12/13* 2nd 10 3rd 8 4th 7 5th 6 6th 5 7th 4 8th 3 9th 2 10th 1
- If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
- Tour points are shared equally between tied players.
Lineup
The lineup was announced on January 13, 2021.[3] Initially, ten players were invited as regular participants, with only difference from cancelled 2020 edition being the absence of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura and participation of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Teimour Radjabov.[4][5] Later, Ding Liren has withdrawn from the Tour due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in China, being replaced by Richárd Rapport. After winning the Candidates Tournament 2020–2021 and qualifying for the World Chess Championship 2021, Ian Nepomniachtchi also withdrew from the Tour, reducing number of regular participants to nine.[6]
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (January 2021) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabiano Caruana | United States | 2823 |
| 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2784 |
| 3 | Wesley So | United States | 2770 |
| 4 | Alexander Grischuk | Russia | 2777 |
| 5 | Levon Aronian | Armenia | 2781 |
| 6 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 2770 |
| 7 | Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | 2765 |
| 8 | Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2764 |
| 9 | Richárd Rapport | Hungary | 2759 |
Schedule
| Dates | Tournament Name | Host city |
|---|---|---|
| 3 June – 15 June 2021 | Superbet Chess Classic | Bucharest |
| 20 June – 24 June 2021 | Paris Rapid & Blitz | Paris |
| 7 July – 11 July 2021 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Zagreb |
| 11 August – 16 August 2021 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | St. Louis |
| 17 August – 27 August 2021 | Sinquefield Cup | St. Louis |
Results
| Dates | Tournament Name | Winner | Runner-Up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June – 15 June 2021 | Superbet Chess Classic | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Levon Aronian Wesley So Alexander Grischuk |
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| 20 June – 24 June 2021 | Paris Rapid & Blitz | Wesley So | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alireza Firouzja |
| 7 July – 11 July 2021 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Viswanathan Anand | Anish Giri |
| 11 August – 16 August 2021 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | Richard Rapport |
| 17 August – 27 August 2021 | Sinquefield Cup | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez Wesley So |
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Tournaments
Superbet Chess Classic
The first leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania in 3–15 June. It was won by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan.[7]
2021 Superbet Chess Classic, 3–15 June Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2750.5) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR Tour Points Prize money 1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2770 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2882 13 $90,000 2 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2781 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2791 8.3 $45,000 3 Wesley So (USA) 2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2793 8.3 $45,000 4 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2776 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2792 8.3 $45,000 5 Anish Giri (NED) 2780 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2747 5.5 $22,500 6 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2765 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2749 5.5 $22,500 7 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2627 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2720 WC (3.5) $16,250 8 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2820 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2698 3.5 $16,250 9 Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) 2656 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 3½ 2672 WC (1.5) $11,250 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 3½ 2660 1.5 $11,250
Paris Rapid & Blitz
The second leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour was won by Wesley So.
2021 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz, 20–24 June 2021, Paris, France Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 Wesley So (USA) 12 12½ 24½ 13 $37,500 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 11 10½ 21½ WC (10) $25,000 T-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 9 9 18 7.5 $17,500 T-3 Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 7 11 18 WC (7.5) $17,500 T-5 Levon Aronian (ARM) 8 9½ 17½ 5.5 $11,250 T-5 Richard Rapport (HUN) 8 9½ 17½ 5.5 $11,250 7 Peter Svidler (RUS) 9 8 17 WC (4) $9,000 8 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 8 8½ 16½ 3 $8,000 9 Etienne Bacrot (FRA)
Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)[lower-alpha 1]10 5½ 15½ WC (2) $7,000 10 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 8 6 14 1 $6,000
2021 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 20–22 June 2021, Paris, France Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Wesley So (USA) 2741 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 12 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2778 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 11 3 Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 2667 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 10 4 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2742 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 9 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2860 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 9 6 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2778 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 7 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2773 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2758 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 8 9 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2727 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 10 Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
2021 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 23–24 June 2021, Paris, France Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Wesley So (USA) 2816 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 12½ 2 Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2770 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 3 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2785 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10½ 4 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2739 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 9½ 5 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2759 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2822 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 7 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2711 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 8½ 8 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2754 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 8 9 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2757 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 10 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2797 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 5½
Croatia Rapid & Blitz
The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia in 7-11 July, 2021. It had a lot of attention from media because of participation of former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. The event was won by French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
2021 Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz, 7–11 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 10 13 23 13 $37,500 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 9 12 21 WC (10) $25,000 3 Anish Giri (NED) 10 10½ 20½ 8 $20,000 T-4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 11 9 20 WC (6.5) $13,750 T-4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 10 10 20 WC (6.5) $13,750 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 9 10 19 10 $10,000 7 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 8 10 18 4 $9,000 8 Anton Korobov (UKR) 7 8½ 15½ WC (3) $8,000 9 Ivan Šarić (CRO)
Garry Kasparov (RUS/CRO)[lower-alpha 2]10 2½ 12½ WC (2) $7,000 10 Jorden van Foreest (NED) 6 4½ 10½ WC (1) $6,000
2021 Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 7–9 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2791 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 2 Ivan Šarić (CRO) 2650 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 10 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2831 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 10 4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2774 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 10 5 Anish Giri (NED) 2731 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 10 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2761 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 9 7 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2753 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 9 8 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2784 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 9 Anton Korobov (UKR) 2781 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 10 Jorden van Foreest (NED) 2543 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
2021 Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 10–11 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2794 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 13 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2785 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 3 Anish Giri (NED) 2744 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10½ 4 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2765 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 10 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2716 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 6 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2799 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 10 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2807 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 9 8 Anton Korobov (UKR) 2668 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 8½ 9 Jorden van Foreest (NED) 2622 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 4½ 10 Garry Kasparov (RUS/CRO) 2801 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 2½
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, 12–16 August 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 12 12 24 WC (13) $37,500 2 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 11 10 21 10 $25,000 3 Richard Rapport (HUN) 11 8½ 19½ 8 $20,000 4 Wesley So (USA) 9 9½ 18½ 7 $15,000 5 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 6 11½ 17½ WC (6) $12,500 T-6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 8 9 17 4.5 $9,500 T-6 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 7 10 17 WC (4.5) $9,500 8 Peter Svidler (RUS) 9 7 16 WC (3) $8,000 9 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 8 7 15 WC (2) $7,000 10 Sam Shankland (USA) 9 5½ 14½ WC (1) $6,000
2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 12–14 August 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2829 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 12 2 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2724 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 11 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2758 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 11 4 Wesley So (USA) 2774 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 9 5 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2745 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 9 6 Sam Shankland (USA) 2609 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 9 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2756 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 8 8 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2730 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2786 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7 10 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 2744 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 15–16 August 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2900 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 12 2 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 2690 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 3 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2654 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2734 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 10 5 Wesley So (USA) 2861 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 9½ 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2755 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 9 7 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2776 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 8½ 8 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2724 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 7 9 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2743 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 7 10 Sam Shankland (USA) 2704 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 5½
Sinquefield Cup
2021 Sinquefield Cup, 16–28 August St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XX (2742.0) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR Tour Points Prize money 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2751 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 2919 13 $90,000 2 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2806 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 2824 8.3 $45,000 3 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2758 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2829 WC (8.3) $45,000 4 Wesley So (USA) 2772 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2828 8.3 $45,000 5 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 2740 6 $25,000 6 Sam Shankland (USA) 2709 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2701 WC (4) $17,500 7 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2710 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4 2701 WC (4) $17,500 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2782 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 2693 4 $17,500 9 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2714 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 2656 WC (2) $12,500 10 Dariusz Świercz (USA) 2655 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 2½ 2574 WC (1) $10,000
Tour Standings
The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
| Player | ROU | PAR | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wesley So (United States) | 8.3 | 13 | — | 7 | 8.3 | 36.6 | $242,500 |
| 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 1.5 | 7.5 | 13 | — | 13 | 35 | $206,250 |
| 3 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | 13 | — | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 26.5 | $152,000 |
| 4 | Fabiano Caruana (United States) | 3.5 | 3 | — | 10 | 8.3 | 24.8 | $94,250 |
| 5 | Richárd Rapport (Hungary) | — | 5.5 | — | 8 | 6 | 19.5 | $42,500 |
| 6 | Levon Aronian (Armenia) | 8.3 | 5.5 | — | — | — | 13.8 | $56,250 |
| 7 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 5.5 | — | 8 | — | — | 13.5 | $42,500 |
| 8 | Alexander Grischuk (Russia) | 8.3 | — | 4 | — | — | 12.3 | $54,000 |
| 9 | Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) | 5.5 | 1 | — | — | — | 6.5 | $28,500 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) | — | 10 | 6.5 | — | — | 16.5 | $36,750 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | — | — | — | 13 | — | 13 | $37,500 | |
| Leinier Domínguez Pérez (United States) | — | — | — | 4.5 | 8.3 | 12.8 | $54,500 | |
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | — | — | 10 | — | — | 10 | $25,000 | |
| Peter Svidler (Russia) | — | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | 9 | $29,000 | |
| Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) | — | 7.5 | — | — | — | 7.5 | $17,500 | |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | — | — | 6.5 | — | — | 6.5 | $11,250 | |
| Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | $12,500 | |
| Jeffery Xiong (United States) | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | $24,500 | |
| Sam Shankland (United States) | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | $23,500 | |
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) | 3.5 | — | — | — | — | 3.5 | $16,250 | |
| Anton Korobov (Ukraine) | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | $8,000 | |
| Etienne Bacrot (France) Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)[lower-alpha 1] |
— | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | $7,000 | |
| Ivan Šarić (Croatia) Garry Kasparov (RUS/CRO)[lower-alpha 2] |
— | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | $7,000 | |
| Constantin Lupulescu (Romania) | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 1.5 | $11,250 | |
| Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | $6,000 | |
| Dariusz Świercz (United States) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | $10,000 |
Notes
- Bacrot and Kramnik competed as a team, with Bacrot playing the Rapid portion and Kramnik playing the Blitz portion.
- Šarić and Kasparov competed as a team, with Šarić playing the Rapid portion and Kasparov playing the Blitz portion.
References
- "2021 Grand Chess Tour".
- "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wins 2021 Sinquefield Cup; So Bags Tour". 30 August 2021.
- "Full Tour Participants confirmed for the 2021 Grand Chess Tour". January 13, 2021.
- "Grand Chess Tour: Carlsen, Nakamura Only As Wildcards". January 14, 2021.
- "Grand Chess Tour 2021". January 14, 2021.
- "2021 Grand Chess Tour Is Ready To Kick Off With The First Two Legs In Bucharest And Paris". June 11, 2021.
- "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov wins Superbet Classic".
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