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Series of chess tournaments

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)
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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.

Format

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.

The tour points are to be awarded as follows:

Place Tour Points Classical
prize money		 Rapid & Blitz
prize money		 GCT Tour
bonuses
1st 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

The lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the defending GCT champion Fabiano Caruana. 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. 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.

Player Country FIDE Rating (February 2024)
Fabiano Caruana  United States 2804
Alireza Firouzja  France 2760
Wesley So  United States 2757
Gukesh D  India 2743
Nodirbek Abdusattorov  Uzbekistan 2744
Ian Nepomniachtchi  FIDE 2758
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2732
Anish Giri  Netherlands 2762
R Praggnanandhaa  India 2747

Results

Tournament results

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 D
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

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

Player POL ROU CRO STL SIN Total
points 		Prize
money
1  Alireza Firouzja (France) — 9.25 8.33 13 13 43.58 $323,750
2  Fabiano Caruana (United States) — 9.25 13 4.5 10 36.75 $234,250
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) — 5 8.33 6.5 7.5 27.33 $129,333
4  Wesley So (United States) — 2.5 8.33 10 5 25.83 $91,333
5  R Praggnanandhaa (India) 7 9.25 — 1 5 22.25 $107,583
6  Gukesh D (India) 1 9.25 4 — 5 19.25 $97,583
T-7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) — 5 6 4.5 2.5 18 $61,833
T-7  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) 5 2.5 — 3 7.5 18 $74,500
9  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 3 5 3 — 1 12 $50,333
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 13 — — — — 13 $40,000
 Levon Aronian (United States) — — 5 6.5 — 11.5 $28,500
 Wei Yi (China) 10 — — — — 10 $30,000
 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 8 — — — — 8 $25,000
 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) — — — 8 — 8 $25,000
 Arjun Erigaisi (India) 6 — — — — 6 $15,000
 Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) 4 — — — — 4 $10,000
 Ding Liren (China) — — — — 2.5 2.5 $14,500
 Vincent Keymer (Germany) 2 — — — — 2 $8,000
 Vidit Gujrathi (India) — — 2 — — 2 $8,000
 Leinier Domínguez (United States) — — — 2 — 2 $8,000
 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) — 1 — — — 1 $10,500
 Ivan Šarić (Croatia) — — 1 — — 1 $7,000

Tournaments

Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland

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. Albeit in consecutive years, Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion and was the overall winner of the tournament.

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
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Wei Yi (CHN) 2758 Does not appear 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 13
2  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2828 2 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 12
3  R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2704 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 10
4  Kirill Shevchenko (ROU) 2622 0 1 2 Does not appear 1 0 1 2 0 2 9
5  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2748 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 0 1 2 9
6  Arjun Erigaisi (IND) 2671 1 1 1 2 0 Does not appear 1 0 1 1 8
7  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2733 0 0 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 8
8  Vincent Keymer (GER) 2647 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 Does not appear 1 0 7
9  Anish Giri (NED) 2687 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 7
10  Gukesh D (IND) 2649 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 Does not appear 7
2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, May 11–12 Warsaw, Poland
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2886 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 5½

Superbet Romania Chess Classic

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from June 25–5 July, 2024.

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 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 3 9.25 $68,750 21.23
T-2  Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2737 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2 9.25 $58,750 14.70
T-2  Gukesh D (IND) 2763 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 1 9.25 $58,750 14.70
T-2  R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2747 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 0 9.25 $58,750 14.70
T-5  Anish Giri (NED) 2745 1 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833
T-5  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2732 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833
T-5  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833
T-8  Wesley So (USA) 2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 4 2.5 $14,500
T-8  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2766 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 4 2.5 $14,500
10  Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2680 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ WC (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 D (IND) 2647 0 0 Does not appear 1 1
4  R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2709 0 0 0 Does not appear 0

Zagreb Rapid & Blitz

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 Does not appear 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 15
2  Wesley So (USA) 2722 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 12
3  Levon Aronian (USA) 2750 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 11
4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2754 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 0 1 2 2 10
5  Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2724 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 0 2 10
6  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2747 0 1 2 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 2 2 10
7  Gukesh D (IND) 2647 0 0 0 2 1 2 Does not appear 1 1 2 9
8  Anish Giri (NED) 2679 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 6
9  Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 2701 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 Does not appear 0 4
10  Ivan Šarić (CRO) 2614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 5

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

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 Does not appear 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 11
2  Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2731 0 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 11
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2747 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 11
4  Levon Aronian (USA) 2754 2 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 0 2 1 10
5  Wesley So (USA) 2735 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 1 9
6  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2746 1 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 2 2 9
7  Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2693 0 1 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 9
8  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2732 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 Does not appear 1 1 8
9  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2777 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 2 8
10  R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2688 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 6½

Sinquefield Cup

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  Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2751 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 13 $100,000 28.67
2  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2793 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 10 $65,000 20.85
T–3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2721 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 7.5 $40,000 9.12
T–3  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2762 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 7.5 $40,000 9.12
T–5  Gukesh D (IND) 2766 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833
T–5  R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2749 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833
T–5  Wesley So (USA) 2751 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 4½ 5 $21,833
T–8  Ding Liren (CHN) 2745 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ WC (2.5) $14,500
T–8  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2767 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 3½ 2.5 $14,500
10  Anish Giri (NED) 2746 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 3 1 $10,500

References

  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

  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.
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