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Grand Chess Tour 2024

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Grand Chess Tour
2024
2024 Grand Chess Tour winner Alireza Firouzja
Tournament information
DatesMay 6–August 31, 2024
Host(s)Warsaw
Bucharest
Zagreb
St. Louis
Final positions
ChampionFrance Alireza Firouzja
Runner-upUnited States Fabiano Caruana
3rd placeFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titlesFrance Alireza Firouzja
United States Fabiano Caruana (2)
Prize money leaderFrance Alireza Firouzja ($323,750)
Points leaderFrance Alireza Firouzja (43.58)

The Grand Chess Tour 2024 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consisted 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

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The tour featured 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:

PlaceTour PointsClassical
prize money
Rapid & Blitz
prize money
GCT Tour
bonuses
1st12/13*$100,000$40,000$100,000
2nd10$65,000$30,000$50,000
3rd8$48,000$25,000$25,000
4th7$32,000$20,000
5th6$26,000$15,000
6th5$21,000$11,000
7th4$18,500$10,000
8th3$16,000$9,000
9th2$13,000$8,000
10th1$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

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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)
Fabiano Caruana  United States 2804
Alireza Firouzja  France 2760
Wesley So  United States 2757
Gukesh Dommaraju  India 2743
Nodirbek Abdusattorov  Uzbekistan 2744
Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE[a] 2758
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2732
Anish Giri  Netherlands 2762
R Praggnanandhaa  India 2747

Results

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Tournament results

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Dates Tournament Name Format Host city Winner Runner-up Third place
May 6–13, 2024 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland Rapid & blitz Warsaw Magnus Carlsen (WC) Wei Yi (WC) Jan-Krzysztof Duda (WC)
June 24–July 6, 2024 Superbet Chess Classic Romania Classical Bucharest Fabiano Caruana Alireza Firouzja
Gukesh Dommaraju
R Praggnanandhaa
July 8–15, 2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia Rapid & blitz Zagreb Fabiano Caruana Wesley So
Alireza Firouzja
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
August 10–17, 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Rapid & blitz St. Louis Alireza Firouzja Wesley So Hikaru Nakamura (WC)
August 19–29, 2024 Sinquefield Cup Classical Alireza Firouzja Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Tour rankings

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The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.

Player POL ROU CRO STL SIN Total
points
Prize
money
1 Alireza Firouzja (France) N/a9.258.33131343.58$323,750
2 Fabiano Caruana (United States) N/a9.25134.51036.75$234,250
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) N/a58.336.57.527.33$129,333
4 Wesley So (United States) N/a2.58.3310525.83$91,333
5 R Praggnanandhaa (India) 79.25N/a1522.25$107,583
6 Gukesh Dommaraju (India) 19.254N/a519.25$97,583
T-7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) N/a564.52.518$61,833
T-7 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) 52.5N/a37.518$74,500
9 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 353N/a112$50,333
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 13N/aN/aN/aN/a13$40,000
 Levon Aronian (United States) N/aN/a56.5N/a11.5$28,500
 Wei Yi (China) 10N/aN/aN/aN/a10$30,000
 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 8N/aN/aN/aN/a8$25,000
 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) N/aN/aN/a8N/a8$25,000
 Arjun Erigaisi (India) 6N/aN/aN/aN/a6$15,000
 Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) 4N/aN/aN/aN/a4$10,000
 Ding Liren (China) N/aN/aN/aN/a2.52.5$14,500
 Vincent Keymer (Germany) 2N/aN/aN/aN/a2$8,000
 Vidit Gujrathi (India) N/aN/a2N/aN/a2$8,000
 Leinier Domínguez (United States) N/aN/aN/a2N/a2$8,000
 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) N/a1N/aN/aN/a1$10,500
 Ivan Šarić (Croatia) N/aN/a1N/aN/a1$7,000

Tournaments

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Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland

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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] For the second year in a row, 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
PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)121426WC (13)$40,00014.43
2 Wei Yi (CHN)1312½25½WC (10)$30,00010.50
3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)910½19½WC (8)$25,0009.18
4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)109197$20,000
5 Arjun Erigaisi (IND)81018WC (6)$15,000
6 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)817½5$11,000
7 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)9615WC (4)$10,000
8 Anish Giri (NED)77143$9,000
9 Vincent Keymer (GER)7613WC (2)$8,000
10 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)712½1$7,000
2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, May 8–10 Warsaw, Poland[10]
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Wei Yi (CHN)2758Does not appear01221212213
2 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)28282Does not appear1111221112
3 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)270411Does not appear011222010
4 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)2622012Does not appear1012029
5 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)27480111Does not appear210129
6 Arjun Erigaisi (IND)267111120Does not appear10118
7 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)2733000111Does not appear1228
8 Vincent Keymer (GER)26471000221Does not appear107
9 Anish Giri (NED)268701021101Does not appear17
10 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2649012001021Does not appear7
2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, May 11–12 Warsaw, Poland[11]
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2886Does not appear½ 1½ 11 ½0 10 11 ½1 11 11 114
2 Wei Yi (CHN)2684½ 0Does not appear1 01 11 11 01 11 ½1 ½0 112½
3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2766½ 00 1Does not appear0 11 00 ½½ 11 11 10 110½
4 Arjun Erigaisi (IND)27440 ½0 01 0Does not appear1 ½1 1½ 11 0½ 11 010
5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)26611 00 00 10 ½Does not appear½ 1½ 01 1½ 11 ½
6 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)26751 00 11 ½0 0½ 0Does not appear0 11 00 11 19
7 Anish Giri (NED)27150 ½0 0½ 0½ 0½ 11 0Does not appear0 ½½ 1½ ½7
8 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)25460 00 ½0 00 10 00 11 ½Does not appear0 11 06
9 Vincent Keymer (GER)26100 00 ½0 0½ 0½ 01 0½ 01 0Does not appear1 16
10 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)26510 01 01 00 10 ½0 0½ ½0 10 0Does not appear

Superbet Romania Chess Classic

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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)
PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2805Does not appear1½½0½½½½1539.25$68,75021.23
2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27370Does not appear½½½½½11½529.25$58,75014.70
3 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2763½½Does not appear½½½½½½1519.25$58,75014.70
4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2747½½½Does not appear1½½½½½509.25$58,75014.70
5 Anish Giri (NED)27451½½0Does not appear½½½½½5$21,833
6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2732½½½½½Does not appear½½½½5$21,833
7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2770½½½½½½Does not appear½½½5$21,833
8 Wesley So (USA)2757½0½½½½½Does not appear½½42.5$14,500
9 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)2766½0½½½½½½Does not appear½42.5$14,500
10 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)26800½0½½½½½½Does not appearWC (1)$10,500
First place playoff
Place Player Rapid rating 1 2 3 4 Score
1 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2738 Does not appear 1 1 1 3
2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2724 0 Does not appear 1 1 2
3 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND) 2647 0 0 Does not appear 1 1
4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2709 0 0 0 Does not appear 0

Zagreb Rapid & Blitz

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2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia, July 9–14 Zagreb, Croatia
PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)15122713$40,00013.92
T–2 Wesley So (USA)1211238.33$25,0006.33
T–2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)1013238.33$25,0006.33
T–2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)1013238.33$25,0006.33
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)1018½6$15,000
6 Levon Aronian (USA)11617WC (5)$11,000
7 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)95144$10,000
8 Anish Giri (NED)613½3$9,000
9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)4711WC (2)$8,000
10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)3710WC (1)$7,000
2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, July 10–12 Zagreb, Croatia
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2738Does not appear12112222215
2 Wesley So (USA)27221Does not appear1111212212
3 Levon Aronian (USA)275001Does not appear110222211
4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2754111Does not appear11012210
5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27241111Does not appear1120210
6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)274701211Does not appear012210
7 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2647000212Does not appear1129
8 Anish Giri (NED)26790101011Does not appear116
9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)270100002011Does not appear04
10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)2614000000012Does not appear3
2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, July 13–14 Zagreb, Croatia
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2863Does not appear½ 01 10 11 11 11 10 11 1½ 013
2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2764½ 1Does not appear½ ½½ ½0 01 11 11 ½1 11 113
3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)27770 0½ ½Does not appear1 00 1½ 11 ½1 11 11 112
4 Wesley So (USA)27731 0½ ½0 1Does not appear1 ½0 1½ 11 1½ ½0 111
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)28000 01 11 00 ½Does not appear½ ½0 11 00 ½1 ½
6 Anish Giri (NED)26890 00 0½ 01 0½ ½Does not appear½ ½½ ½½ 11 ½
7 Ivan Šarić (CRO)26010 00 00 ½½ 01 0½ ½Does not appear½ 11 10 ½7
8 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)26571 00 ½0 00 00 1½ ½½ 0Does not appear½ ½1 17
9 Levon Aronian (USA)27660 00 00 0½ ½1 ½½ 00 0½ ½Does not appear1 16
10 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2627½ 10 00 01 00 ½0 ½1 ½0 00 0Does not appear5

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

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2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, August 10–17 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)11122313$40,00014.60
2 Wesley So (USA)9112010$30,00010.62
3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)910½19½WC (8)$25,0009.29
T4 Levon Aronian (USA)10919WC (6.5)$17,500
T4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)118196.5$17,500
T6 Fabiano Caruana (USA)810184.5$10,500
T6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)117184.5$10,500
8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)88163$9,000
9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)915½WC (2)$8,000
10 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)48121$7,500
2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2753Does not appear22011210211
2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27310Does not appear1122121111
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)274701Does not appear111221211
4 Levon Aronian (USA)2754211Does not appear11102110
5 Wesley So (USA)27351011Does not appear112119
6 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)274610111Does not appear10229
7 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2693010111Does not appear1229
8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)27321002021Does not appear118
9 Fabiano Caruana (USA)277721101001Does not appear28
10 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2688010110010Does not appear4
2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2869Does not appear1 ½1 ½½ 00 ½½ 1½ 11 01 11 112
2 Wesley So (USA)27820 ½Does not appear1 01 ½1 1½ ½1 01 ½½ ½1 ½11
3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)28740 ½0 1Does not appear0 ½1 0½ 10 11 11 11 010½
4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2795½ 10 ½1 ½Does not appear1 1½ ½1 01 00 10 ½10
5 Levon Aronian (USA)27271 ½0 00 10 0Does not appear1 ½1 ½1 00 ½1 19
6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2795½ 0½ ½½ 0½ ½0 ½Does not appear1 11 00 1½ 08
7 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2693½ 00 11 00 10 ½0 0Does not appear0 11 10 18
8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)26690 10 ½0 00 10 10 11 0Does not appear0 11 ½8
9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27770 0½ ½0 01 01 ½1 00 01 0Does not appear½ 17
10 Leinier Domínguez (USA)26510 00 ½0 11 ½0 0½ 11 00 ½½ 0Does not appear

Sinquefield Cup

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2024 GCT Sinquefield Cup, August 19–29 St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2755)
PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2751Does not appear1½½½½½1½1613$100,00028.67
2 Fabiano Caruana (USA)27930Does not appear½1½½½½1110$65,00020.85
3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2721½½Does not appear½½½½1½½57.5$40,0009.12
4 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)2762½0½Does not appear½½1½1½57.5$40,0009.12
5 Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2766½½½½Does not appear½½½½½5$21,833
6 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2749½½½½½Does not appear½½½½5$21,833
7 Wesley So (USA)2751½½½0½½Does not appear½1½5$21,833
8 Ding Liren (CHN)27450½0½½½½Does not appear½½WC (2.5)$14,500
9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2767½0½0½½0½Does not appear12.5$14,500
10 Anish Giri (NED)274600½½½½½½0Does not appear31$10,500

References

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  1. "2024 Grand Chess Tour Overview".
  2. "The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2024". February 23, 2024.
  3. "2024 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).
  4. "2024 Grand Chess Tour".
  5. "Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Abdusattorov Join 2024 Grand Chess Tour". February 24, 2024.
  6. "Grand Chess Tour announces wildcards and full-tour lineup". April 7, 2024.
  7. FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, February 28, 2022
  8. "Wei Yi Wins Rapid, Carlsen Still Unbeaten". May 11, 2024.
  9. "Magnus Carlsen defeats all 9 players in a row to win Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland event". May 12, 2024.
  10. "Superbet Poland Rapid Tournament". May 12, 2024.
  11. "Superbet Poland Blitz Tournament". May 12, 2024.
  12. "2024 Superbet Romania Chess Classic". June 9, 2024.

Notes

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  1. 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]