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Chess competition
Grand Chess Tour
2019
2019 Grand Chess Tour winner Ding Liren.
Tournament information
Dates6 May–10 December 2019
Host(s)Abidjan
Zagreb
Paris
St. Louis
Bucharest
Kolkatta
London
Final positions
ChampionChina Ding Liren
Runner-upFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3rd placeNorway Magnus Carlsen
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titlesNorway Magnus Carlsen (3)
Prize money leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen ($302,500)
Points leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen (67.5)
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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 of China.

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.

Player Country FIDE Rating (January 2019) Selection criteria
Hikaru Nakamura  United States 2749 Winner of Grand Chess Tour 2018
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2780 Runner-up of 2018 Grand Chess Tour
Fabiano Caruana  United States 2828 Third place in 2018 Grand Chess Tour
Magnus Carlsen  Norway 2835 URS
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  Azerbaijan 2817 URS
Ding Liren  China 2813 URS
Levon Aronian  Armenia 2767 URS
Anish Giri  Netherlands 2783 Average FIDE rating
Wesley So  United States 2765 Average FIDE rating
Viswanathan Anand  India 2773 Average FIDE rating
Ian Nepomniachtchi  Russia 2763 Wild card
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 		–
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 (WC)
8 August – 15 August 2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz St. Louis Levon Aronian Ding Liren
Yu Yangyi (WC)
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 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Magnus Carlsen

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 Does not appear 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 15
2  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2824 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 12
3  Wesley So (United States) 2801 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 11
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2800 0 0 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 1 2 2 11
5  Ding Liren (China) 2760i 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 2 2 2 10
6  Wei Yi (China) 2698 0 1 1 0 2 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 9
7  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2781 1 0 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 1 6
8  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2781 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 6
9  Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2617 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 Does not appear 0 5
10  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2785 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 Does not appear 5
Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 11–12 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2933 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2 2893 15
3  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2752 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2821 11
4  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2819 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 3–4 2815 11
5  Ding Liren (China) 2805 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5–7 2780 7
6  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2779 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 5–7 2782 7
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2775 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 5–7 2782 7
8  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2748 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 8 2748 5
9  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2779 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4½ 9–11 2709 3
10  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2774 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 4½ 9–11 2710 3
11  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2767 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 4½ 9–11 2710 3
12  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2754 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 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.

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 Does not appear 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 13
2  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2744 1 Does not appear 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 12
3  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2757 2 0 Does not appear 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 10
4  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2735 1 1 2 Does not appear 1 1 1 0 1 2 10
5  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2817 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 2 2 2 1 1 9
6  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2731 0 2 0 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 2 9
7  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2853 1 0 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 2 2 1 8
8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2810 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 Does not appear 0 2 7
9  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2771 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 Does not appear 1 7
10  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2769 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 5
Paris Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 31 July–1 August 2019, Paris, France
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2730 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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. 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.

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 WC (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 Does not appear 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 13
2  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2704 2 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 13
3  Ding Liren (China) 2786 0 1 Does not appear 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 10
4  Yu Yangyi (China) 2775 1 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 0 2 2 10
5  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2895 2 0 0 1 Does not appear 0 0 2 2 1 8
6  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2807 0 0 1 0 2 Does not appear 1 2 1 1 8
7  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2759 0 0 1 1 2 1 Does not appear 1 0 2 8
8  Richárd Rapport (Hungary) 2719 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 Does not appear 0 2 8
9  Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2769 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 Does not appear 0 7
10  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2787 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 1 2 2838 16½
3  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2756 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2820 11
4  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2750 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 3–4 2821 11
5  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2818 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 5–8 2779 6½
6  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2779 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5–8 2782 6½
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2774 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 1 1 1 5½ 5–8 2783 6½
8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2764 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5–8 2784 6½
9  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2778 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 5 9–10 2746 3½
10  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2743 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 5 9–10 2750 3½
11  Wesley So (United States) 2776 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 4½ 11–12 2718 1½
12  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2765 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 4½ 11–12 2719 1½
First place playoff
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.

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
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 2798 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 12
2  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 1 Does not appear 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 10
3  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2734 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 10
4  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2705 1 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 0 2 2 10
5  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2757 0 2 1 1 Does not appear 0 2 2 0 1 9
6  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2756 1 1 1 0 2 Does not appear 0 2 1 1 9
7  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2791 1 0 0 1 0 2 Does not appear 0 2 2 8
8  Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2768 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 Does not appear 1 1 8
9  Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2746 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 8
10  Wesley So (United States) 2802 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 6
Romania Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 9–10 November 2019, București, Romania
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2680 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 6
First place playoff
Place Player Rapid rating Rapid Score
1  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 ½ 1 1½
2  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2756 ½ 0 ½

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.

2019 Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz, November 22–26 Kolkata, India
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
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2849 Does not appear 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 15
2  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2812 0 Does not appear 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 11
3  Wesley So (United States) 2802 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 9
4  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 1 0 1 2 9
5  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2705 0 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 1 9
6  Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2667 1 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 8
7  Ding Liren (China) 2832 0 1 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 1 8
8  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2757 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 8
9  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2765 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 Does not appear 2 7
10  Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2674 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 Does not appear 6
Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 25–26 November 2019, Kolkata, India
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2871 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 4

Grand Chess Tour Finals

In 2019, the London Chess Classic once again served as the semifinals and finals for the top 4 players from the 2019 Grand Chess Tour.

The players played 2 classical games, 2 rapid games, and 4 blitz games. 6 points was awarded for a win, 3 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss in classical play. In the rapid games, 4 points was awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. In the blitz games, 2 points was awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.

Vachier-Lagrave won the rapid playoff against Carlsen 1½–½ to advance to the final.

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

Standings

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
T-10  Fabiano Caruana (United States) — 11 5 3 6.5 1 — 26.5 — $76,250
T-10  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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