Grand Chess Tour 2024
| 2024 | |
![]() 2024 Grand Chess Tour winner Alireza Firouzja | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 6–August 31, 2024 |
| Host(s) | Warsaw Bucharest Zagreb St. Louis |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| 3rd place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Most tournament titles | |
| Prize money leader | |
| Points leader | |
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
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:
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
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 | 2804 | |
| Alireza Firouzja | 2760 | |
| Wesley So | 2757 | |
| Gukesh Dommaraju | 2743 | |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2744 | |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2758 | |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2732 | |
| Anish Giri | 2762 | |
| R Praggnanandhaa | 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 | |||
| June 24–July 6, 2024 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | Classical | Bucharest | – | ||
| July 8–15, 2024 | SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia | Rapid & blitz | Zagreb | – | ||
| August 10–17, 2024 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Rapid & blitz | St. Louis | |||
| August 19–29, 2024 | Sinquefield Cup | Classical |
Tour rankings
The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
| Player | POL | ROU | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points |
Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | 9.25 | 8.33 | 13 | 13 | 43.58 | $323,750 | |
| 2 | — | 9.25 | 13 | 4.5 | 10 | 36.75 | $234,250 | |
| 3 | — | 5 | 8.33 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 27.33 | $129,333 | |
| 4 | — | 2.5 | 8.33 | 10 | 5 | 25.83 | $91,333 | |
| 5 | 7 | 9.25 | — | 1 | 5 | 22.25 | $107,583 | |
| 6 | 1 | 9.25 | 4 | — | 5 | 19.25 | $97,583 | |
| T-7 | — | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 18 | $61,833 | |
| T-7 | 5 | 2.5 | — | 3 | 7.5 | 18 | $74,500 | |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 12 | $50,333 | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | 13 | $40,000 | ||
| — | — | 5 | 6.5 | — | 11.5 | $28,500 | ||
| 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 | $30,000 | ||
| 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | $25,000 | ||
| — | — | — | 8 | — | 8 | $25,000 | ||
| 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | $15,000 | ||
| 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | $10,000 | ||
| — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | $14,500 | ||
| 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | ||
| — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | ||
| — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | $8,000 | ||
| — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | $10,500 | ||
| — | — | 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.[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 Dommaraju (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 Dommaraju (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 Dommaraju (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
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 T-2
Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2737 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2 9.25 $58,750 14.70 T-2
Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 1 9.25 $58,750 14.70 T-2
R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2747 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 0 9.25 $58,750 14.70 T-5
Anish Giri (NED)2745 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 T-5
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2732 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 T-5
Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 T-8
Wesley So (USA)2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2.5 $14,500 T-8
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 Dommaraju (IND)
2647 0 0 1 1 4
R Praggnanandhaa (IND)
2709 0 0 0 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 Dommaraju (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 Dommaraju (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 Dommaraju (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
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
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 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 13 $100,000 28.67 2
Fabiano Caruana (USA)2793 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 10 $65,000 20.85 T–3
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2721 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 7.5 $40,000 9.12 T–3
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)2762 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 7.5 $40,000 9.12 T–5
Gukesh Dommaraju (IND)2766 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 T–5
R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2749 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 T–5
Wesley So (USA)2751 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 5 $21,833 T–8
Ding Liren (CHN)2745 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ WC (2.5) $14,500 T–8
Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2767 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 3½ 2.5 $14,500 10
Anish Giri (NED)2746 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 3 1 $10,500
References
- ^ "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
- ^ 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]
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