Grand Chess Tour 2024
2024 | |
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 6–August 31, 2024 |
Host(s) | Warsaw Bucharest Zagreb St. Louis |
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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]
Format
[edit]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
[edit]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) | |
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1 | Fabiano Caruana | ![]() |
2804 |
2 | Alireza Firouzja | ![]() |
2760 |
3 | Wesley So | ![]() |
2757 |
4 | Gukesh D | ![]() |
2743 |
5 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | ![]() |
2744 |
6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ![]() |
2758 |
7 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ![]() |
2732 |
8 | Anish Giri | ![]() |
2762 |
9 | R Praggnanandhaa | ![]() |
2747 |
Results
[edit]Tournament results
[edit]Dates | Tournament Name | Format | Host city | Winner | Runner-Up | Third Place |
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May 6–13, 2024 | Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | Rapid & blitz | Warsaw | ![]() |
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June 24–July 6, 2024 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | Classical | Bucharest | ![]() |
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July 8–15, 2024 | SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia | Rapid & blitz | Zagreb | ![]() |
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August 10–17, 2024 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Rapid & blitz | St. Louis | ![]() |
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August 19–29, 2024 | Sinquefield Cup | Classical |
Tour rankings
[edit]The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
Player | POL | ROU | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points |
Prize money | |
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1 | ![]() |
— | 9.25 | 8.33 | 13 | 30.58 | $123,750 | |
2 | ![]() |
— | 9.25 | 13 | 4.5 | 26.75 | $119,250 | |
3 | ![]() |
— | 2.5 | 8.33 | 10 | 20.83 | $69,500 | |
4 | ![]() |
— | 5 | 8.33 | 6.5 | 19.83 | $64,333 | |
5 | ![]() |
7 | 9.25 | — | 1 | 17.25 | $86,250 | |
6 | ![]() |
— | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 15.5 | $47,333 | |
7 | ![]() |
1 | 9.25 | 4 | — | 14.25 | $75,750 | |
8 | ![]() |
3 | 5 | 3 | — | 11 | $39,833 | |
9 | ![]() |
5 | 2.5 | — | 3 | 10.5 | $34,500 | |
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13 | — | — | — | — | 13 | $40,000 | |
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— | — | 5 | 6.5 | — | 11.5 | $28,500 | |
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10 | — | — | — | — | 10 | $30,000 | |
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8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | $25,000 | |
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— | — | — | 8 | — | 8 | $25,000 | |
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6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | $15,000 | |
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4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | $10,000 | |
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2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
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— | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
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— | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
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— | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | $10,500 | |
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— | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | $7,000 | |
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— | — | — | — | 0 | $0 |
Tournaments
[edit]Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland
[edit]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
[edit]The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was 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 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 3 9.25 $68,750 21.23 2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
2737 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2 9.25 $58,750 14.70 3 Gukesh D (IND)
2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 1 9.25 $58,750 14.70 4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)
2747 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 0 9.25 $58,750 14.70 5 Anish Giri (NED)
2745 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2732 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 8 Wesley So (USA)
2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2.5 $14,500 9 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)
2766 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2.5 $14,500 10 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)
2680 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ WC (1) $10,500
First place playoff Place Player Rapid rating 1 2 3 4 Score 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
2738 1 1 1 3 2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
2724 0 1 1 2 3 Gukesh D (IND)
2647 0 0 1 1 4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)
2709 0 0 0 0
Zagreb Rapid & Blitz
[edit]2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia, July 9–14 Zagreb, Croatia Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money Circuit 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
15 12 27 13 $40,000 13.92 T–2 Wesley So (USA)
12 11 23 8.33 $25,000 6.33 T–2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
10 13 23 8.33 $25,000 6.33 T–2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
10 13 23 8.33 $25,000 6.33 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
10 8½ 18½ 6 $15,000 6 Levon Aronian (USA)
11 6 17 WC (5) $11,000 7 Gukesh D (IND)
9 5 14 4 $10,000 8 Anish Giri (NED)
6 7½ 13½ 3 $9,000 9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)
4 7 11 WC (2) $8,000 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)
3 7 10 WC (1) $7,000
2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, July 10–12 Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
2738 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 15 2 Wesley So (USA)
2722 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 12 3 Levon Aronian (USA)
2750 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 11 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
2754 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 10 5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
2724 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 10 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2747 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 10 7 Gukesh D (IND)
2647 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 9 8 Anish Giri (NED)
2679 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)
2701 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)
2614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, July 13–14 Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
2863 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 0 13 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2764 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 13 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
2777 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 Wesley So (USA)
2773 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 11 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
2800 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 8½ 6 Anish Giri (NED)
2689 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7½ 7 Ivan Šarić (CRO)
2601 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 7 8 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)
2657 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7 9 Levon Aronian (USA)
2766 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 10 Gukesh D (IND)
2627 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 5
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
[edit]2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, August 10–17 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money Circuit 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
11 12 23 13 $40,000 14.60 2 Wesley So (USA)
9 11 20 10 $30,000 10.62 3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
9 10½ 19½ WC (8) $25,000 9.29 T–4 Levon Aronian (USA)
10 9 19 WC (6.5) $17,500 T–4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
11 8 19 6.5 $17,500 T–6 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
8 10 18 4.5 $10,500 T–6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
11 7 18 4.5 $10,500 8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)
8 8 16 3 $9,000 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)
9 6½ 15½ WC (2) $8,000 10 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)
4 8 12 1 $7,500
2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
2753 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 11 2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
2731 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 11 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2747 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 11 4 Levon Aronian (USA)
2754 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 10 5 Wesley So (USA)
2735 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 9 6 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
2746 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 9 7 Leinier Domínguez (USA)
2693 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)
2732 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 8 9 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
2777 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 10 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)
2688 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4
2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
2869 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 12 2 Wesley So (USA)
2782 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 11 3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
2874 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 10½ 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
2795 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 10 5 Levon Aronian (USA)
2727 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 9 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2795 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 8 7 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)
2693 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)
2669 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 8 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
2777 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 7 10 Leinier Domínguez (USA)
2651 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 6½
Sinquefield Cup
[edit]2024 GCT Sinquefield Cup, August 19–29 St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2755) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB Tour Points Prize money Circuit 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)
2793 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)
2767 3 Gukesh D (IND)
2766 4 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)
2762 5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
2751 6 Wesley So (USA)
2751 7 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)
2749 8 Anish Giri (NED)
2746 9 Ding Liren (CHN)
2745 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
2721
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- ^ 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]