| 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.[1][2]
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 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 6 3 Wesley So (United States)2801 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2800 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 5 Ding Liren (China)2760i ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 5 6 Wei Yi (China)2698 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 7 
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2781 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2781 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 9 
Bassem Amin (Egypt)2617 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 2½ 10 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2785 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 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 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
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
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
Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz
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 |
References
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