Grand Chess Tour 2024
The Grand Chess Tour 2024 is a series of chess tournaments, which is the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It will consist of five tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.4 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.[1][2]
| 2024 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 6–August 31, 2024 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Most tournament titles | Magnus Carlsen (1) |
| Prize money leader | Magnus Carlsen ($40,000) |
| Points leader | R Praggnanandhaa[lower-alpha 1] (7) |
Format
The tour will consist of five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of 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 will count in overall standings.[3]
The tour points are to be awarded as follows:
Place Tour Points Classical
prize moneyRapid & Blitz
prize moneyGCT Tour
bonuses1st 12/13* $100,000 $40,000 $100,000 2nd 10 $65,000 $30,000 $50,000 3rd 8 $48,000 $25,000 $25,000 4th 7 $32,000 $20,000 5th 6 $26,000 $15,000 6th 5 $21,000 $11,000 7th 4 $18,500 $10,000 8th 3 $16,000 $9,000 9th 2 $13,000 $8,000 10th 1 $10,500 $7,000
- If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
- Tour points and prize money are shared equally between tied players.
Lineup
The lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the defending GCT champion Fabiano Caruana.[4] The 2024 edition is marked by participation of several teenage grandmasters – World Chess Championship 2024 challenger Gukesh D, Candidates Tournament 2024 participant R Praggnanandhaa and World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov.[5] Among notable absentees are reigning World Chess Champion Ding Liren, highest rated player in the world Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, however, they are announced as wildcards for certain events.[6]
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (February 2024) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabiano Caruana | United States | 2804 |
| 2 | Alireza Firouzja | France | 2760 |
| 3 | Wesley So | United States | 2757 |
| 4 | Gukesh D | India | 2743 |
| 5 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Uzbekistan | 2744 |
| 6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE[lower-alpha 2] | 2758 |
| 7 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2732 |
| 8 | Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2762 |
| 9 | R Praggnanandhaa | India | 2747 |
Results
Tournament results
| Dates | Tournament Name | Format | Host city | Winner | Runner-Up | Third Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6–13, 2024 | Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | Rapid & blitz | Warsaw | Magnus Carlsen (WC) | Wei Yi (WC) | Jan-Krzysztof Duda (WC) |
| June 24–July 6, 2024 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | Classical | Bucharest | |||
| July 8–15, 2024 | SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia | Rapid & blitz | Zagreb | |||
| August 10–17, 2024 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Rapid & blitz | St. Louis | |||
| August 17–31, 2024 | Sinquefield Cup | Classical |
Tour rankings
The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
| Player | POL | ROU | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points |
Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Praggnanandhaa (India) | 7 | — | 7 | $20,000 | |||
| 2 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) | 5 | — | 5 | $11,000 | |||
| 3 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 3 | — | 3 | $9,000 | |||
| 4 | Gukesh D (India) | 1 | — | 1 | $7,000 | |||
| T–5 | Fabiano Caruana (United States) | — | 0 | $0 | ||||
| T–5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) | — | 0 | $0 | ||||
| T–5 | Wesley So (United States) | — | 0 | $0 | ||||
| T–5 | Alireza Firouzja (France) | — | 0 | $0 | ||||
| T–5 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | — | 0 | $0 | ||||
| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | 13 | — | — | — | 13 | $40,000 | ||
| Wei Yi (China) | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 | $30,000 | |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | $25,000 | |
| Arjun Erigaisi (India) | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | $15,000 | |
| Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | $10,000 | |
| Vincent Keymer (Germany) | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) | — | — | — | — | 0 | $0 | ||
| Vidit Gujrathi (India) | — | — | — | — | 0 | $0 | ||
| Ivan Šarić (Croatia) | — | — | — | — | 0 | $0 | ||
| Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | — | — | — | — | 0 | $0 | ||
| Levon Aronian (United States) | — | — | — | — | 0 | $0 | ||
| Leinier Domínguez (United States) | — | — | — | — | 0 | $0 | ||
| Ding Liren (China) | — | — | — | — | 0 | $0 |
Tournaments
Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland
The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from May 8 to 13, 2024. Wei Yi was the winner of the rapid portion.[8] Albeit in consecutive years, Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion and was the overall winner of the tournament.[9]
2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, May 8–13 Warsaw, Poland Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money Circuit 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 12 14 26 WC (13) $40,000 14.43 2 Wei Yi (CHN) 13 12½ 25½ WC (10) $30,000 10.50 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 9 10½ 19½ WC (8) $25,000 9.18 4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 10 9 19 7 $20,000 5 Arjun Erigaisi (IND) 8 10 18 WC (6) $15,000 6 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 8 9½ 17½ 5 $11,000 7 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU) 9 6 15 WC (4) $10,000 8 Anish Giri (NED) 7 7 14 3 $9,000 9 Vincent Keymer (GER) 7 6 13 WC (2) $8,000 10 Gukesh D (IND) 7 5½ 12½ 1 $7,000
2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, May 8–10 Warsaw, Poland[10] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Wei Yi (CHN) 2758 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 13 2 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2828 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 12 3 R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2704 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 10 4 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU) 2622 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 9 5 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2748 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 9 6 Arjun Erigaisi (IND) 2671 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 8 7 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2733 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 8 Vincent Keymer (GER) 2647 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 7 9 Anish Giri (NED) 2687 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 10 Gukesh D (IND) 2649 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, May 11–12 Warsaw, Poland[11] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2886 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 2 Wei Yi (CHN) 2684 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 12½ 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2766 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 10½ 4 Arjun Erigaisi (IND) 2744 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 10 5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2661 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ 6 R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2675 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 7 Anish Giri (NED) 2715 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 8 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU) 2546 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 6 9 Vincent Keymer (GER) 2610 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 6 10 Gukesh D (IND) 2651 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 5½
Superbet Romania Chess Classic
The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour will be held in Bucharest, Romania from June 25–5 July, 2024.[12]
2024 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, June 25–5 July Bucharest, Romania, Category XX (2750) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB Tour Points Prize money Circuit 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2805 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2770 3 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2766 4 Gukesh D (IND) 2763 5 Wesley So (USA) 2757 6 R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2747 7 Anish Giri (NED) 2745 8 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2737 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2732 10 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2680
References
- "2024 Grand Chess Tour Overview".
- "The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2024". February 23, 2024.
- "2024 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).
- "2024 Grand Chess Tour".
- "Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Abdusattorov Join 2024 Grand Chess Tour". February 24, 2024.
- "Grand Chess Tour announces wildcards and full-tour lineup". April 7, 2024.
- FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, February 28, 2022
- "Wei Yi Wins Rapid, Carlsen Still Unbeaten". May 11, 2024.
- "Magnus Carlsen defeats all 9 players in a row to win Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland event". May 12, 2024.
- "Superbet Poland Rapid Tournament". May 12, 2024.
- "Superbet Poland Blitz Tournament". May 12, 2024.
- "2024 Superbet Romania Chess Classic". June 9, 2024.
Notes
- Magnus Carlsen scored 13 points as a wildcard, however wildcards are ineligible for the points leaderboard.
- Nepomniachtchi is Russian, but plays under the FIDE flag due to FIDE banning Russian and Belarusian flags from FIDE-rated events in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]