Grand Chess Tour 2019 Last updated April 17, 2025 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. [ 3] [ 4]
Tournaments Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz2019 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 Blitz, 11–12 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast [ 5] 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
Paris Rapid & BlitzParis 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. [ 6] [ 7]
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 Blitz, 31 July–1 August 2019, Paris, France [ 8] 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 & BlitzSaint Louis Rapid and Blitz took place in St. Louis , Missouri on August 10–14. It was won by Levon Aronian . [ 9] 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. [ 10]
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 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
Superbet Rapid & BlitzSuperbet 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. [ 11] [ 12]
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 Blitz, 9–10 November 2019, București, Romania [ 14] 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
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. [ 15] [ 16]
2019 Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz, November 22–26 Kolkata , India [ 17] 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 Blitz, 25–26 November 2019, Kolkata, India [ 19] 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.
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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