Grand Chess Tour 2023
| 2023 | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 4 May–3 December 2023 |
The Grand Chess Tour 2023 is a series of chess tournaments, which is the eighth 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]
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 was counted in overall standings.[2]
The tour points were awarded as follows:
Place Points 1st 12/13* 2nd 10 3rd 8 4th 7 5th 6 6th 5 7th 4 8th 3 9th 2 10th 1
- If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
- Tour points are shared equally between tied players.
Schedule
Compared to the previous edition of the Grand Chess Tour, the events in St. Louis were pushed
| Dates | Tournament Name | Host city |
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| May 4–16, 2023 | Superbet Chess Classic |  Bucharest
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| May 19–26, 2023 | Superbet Rapid & Blitz |  Warsaw
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| July 3–10, 2023 | SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz |  Zagreb
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| November 12–19, 2023 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz |  St. Louis
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| November 19 – 3 December 2023 | Sinquefield Cup |
Results
| Dates | Tournament Name | Winner | Runner-Up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4–16, 2023 | Superbet Chess Classic | |||
| May 19–26, 2023 | Poland Rapid & Blitz | |||
| July 3–10, 2023 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz | – | ||
| November 12–19, 2023 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | |||
| November 19 – 3 December 2023 | Sinquefield Cup |
Superbet Chess Classic
The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from 4–16 May 2023.
Superbet Chess Classic, 3–15 May Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2761.4) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB H2H Wins SB Koya TPR Tour Points 1 
Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2794 2 
Ding Liren (China)2789 3 
Alireza Firouzja (France)2785 4 
Anish Giri (Netherlands)2768 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2764 6 Wesley So (United States)2760 7 Richárd Rapport (Romania)2745 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2742 9 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)2770 10 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2700