Grand Chess Tour 2019
# 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.

## 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:

    PlacePoints (classical)Points (rapid/blitz) 1st18/20*12/13* 2nd1510 3rd128 4th107  5th8 6  6th75  7th64 8th53  9th42 10th31 11th2N/A 12th1N/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 PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2869½11½1½1117½ 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2824½Does not appear½11½1½016 3 Wesley So (United States)28010½Does not appear½½½½1115½ 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)280000½Does not appear½11½115½ 5 Ding Liren (China)2760i½0½½Does not appear0½1115 6 Wei Yi (China)26980½½01Does not appear½½1½4½ 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2781½0½0½½Does not appear½0½3 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)27810½0½0½½Does not appear½½3 9 Bassem Amin (Egypt)26170100001½Does not appear02½ 10 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)278500000½½½1Does not appear2½

### Croatia Grand Chess Tour

    Zagreb Chess Classic, 24 June – 9 July 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, Category XXII (2782) PlayerRating123456789101112PointsTBPlaceTPRGCT Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2875½½½111½1½½181295520 2 Wesley So (United States)2754½Does not appear½½1½½½½1½172289315 3 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2752½½Does not appear½½½½1½½½½63–4282111 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2819½½½Does not appear½½0½1½½163–4281511 5 Ding Liren (China)280500½½Does not appear11½½½½½5½5–727807 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27790½½½0Does not appear1½½1½½5½5–727827 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)27750½½100Does not appear½½11½5½5–727827 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2748½½0½½½½Does not appear½½½½5827485 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)27790½½0½½½½Does not appear½½½4½9–1127093 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2774½0½½½00½½Does not appear1½4½9–1127103 11 Viswanathan Anand (India)2767½½½½½½0½½0Does not appear½4½9–1127103 12 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)275400½0½½½½½½½Does not appear41226751

### Sinquefield Cup

    7th Sinquefield Cup, 17–29 August 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2783) PlayerRating123456789101112PointsTBPlaceTPRGCT Points 1 Ding Liren (China)2805½½½11½½½½½½6½31284516½ 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2882½Does not appear½½½½½½1½1½6½12283816½ 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)2756½½Does not appear½½½1½½½½½63–4282011 4 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2750½½½Does not appear½½½½1½½½63–4282111 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States)28180½½½Does not appear½½½½½½15½5–827796½ 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27790½½½½Does not appear1½½½½½5½5–827826½ 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2774½½0½½0Does not appear½01115½5–827836½ 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2764½½½½½½½Does not appear½½½½5½5–827846½ 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2778½0½0½½1½Does not appear½½½59–1027463½ 10 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2743½½½½½½0½½Does not appear½½59–1027503½ 11 Wesley So (United States)2776½0½½½½0½½½Does not appear½4½11–1227181½ 12 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2765½½½½0½0½½½½Does not appear4½11–1227191½
    First place playoff, 29 August 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlacePlayerRapid ratingBlitz ratingRapidBlitzScore 1 Ding Liren (China) 27862779 ½ ½ 1 1 3 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 28952920 ½ ½ 0 0 1

## Grand Chess Tour Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | 14½ | | | |
| 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 15½ | | | |
| 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 15½ | 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 12 |
| | | | 2 | Ding Liren (China) | 16 |
| 2 | Ding Liren (China) | 19 | 2 | Ding Liren (China) | 16 |
| 3 | Levon Aronian (Armenia) | 9 | Third place | Third place | 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 |
