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Grand Chess Tournament
2023
2023 Grand Chess Tour winner Fabiano Caruana
Tournament information
DatesMay 4–December 3, 2023
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titlesUnited States Fabiano Caruana (3)
Prize money leaderUnited States Fabiano Caruana ($160,000)
Points leaderUnited States Fabiano Caruana (33)
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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][2]

The lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the World Chess Champion Ding Liren, the World Chess Championship 2023 runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the defending champion Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Richárd Rapport.[3][4]

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.[5]

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

The events in St. Louis are set to take place during the months of November and December, compared to the previous editions where they took place during the months of August and September. The change was implemented to avoid scheduling clashes with the 2023 Chess World Cup and the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.[6]

Dates Tournament Name Host city
May 4–16, 2023 Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest
May 19–26, 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Warsaw
July 3–10, 2023 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Zagreb
November 12–19, 2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz St. Louis
November 21–30, 2023 Sinquefield Cup

Results

Tournament results

Dates Tournament Name Winner Runner-Up Third place
May 4–16, 2023 Superbet Chess Classic Fabiano Caruana Wesley So Richárd Rapport
May 19–26, 2023 Poland Rapid & Blitz Magnus Carlsen (WC) Jan-Krzysztof Duda Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Wesley So
July 3–10, 2023 Croatia Rapid & Blitz Magnus Carlsen (WC) Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja
November 12–19, 2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Ian Nepomniachtchi
Lê Quang Liêm (WC)
November 21–30, 2023 Sinquefield Cup Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez Wesley So

Tour rankings

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

Player ROU
 POL
 CRO
 STL
 SIN
 Total points Prize money
 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 13 7 13 13 46 $160,000
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 4.5 7.5 10 6 28 $72,250
 Wesley So (United States) 7.75 7.5 4.5 8 27.75 $75,750
 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)[a] 2 10 7.5 6 25.5 $67,500
 Alireza Firouzja (France) 7.75 8 6 3 24.75 $82,750
 Richárd Rapport (Romania) 7.75 5 5 2 19.75 $64,750
 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 4.5 10 3.5 18 $59,250
 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 7.75 4 2 4 17.75 $60,750
 Ding Liren (China)[b] 3 3 $16,000
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 13 (WC) 13 (WC) 26 $80,000
 Leinier Domínguez (United States) 10 (WC) 10
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 7.5 (WC) 7.5 $22,500
 Levon Aronian (United States) 6 (WC) 6 (WC) 6 $15,000
 Gukesh D (India) 6 (WC) 6 $15,000
 Ray Robson (United States) 4.5 (WC) 4.5 $10,500
 Viswanathan Anand (India) 3.5 (WC) 3.5 $9,500
 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) 1 (WC) 2 (WC) 3 $18,000
 Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) 3 (WC) 3 $9,000
 Samuel Sevian (United States) 3 (WC) 3 $9,000
 Ivan Šarić (Croatia) 2 (WC) 2 $8,000
 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 1 (WC) 1 $7,000
 Constantin Lupulescu (Romania) 1 (WC) 1 $7,000
 Jeffery Xiong (United States) 1 (WC) 1 $7,000

Wildcards

Player ROU
 POL
 CRO
 STL
 SIN
 Total points Prize money
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 13 13 26 $80,000
 Leinier Domínguez (United States) 10 10
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 7.5 7.5 $22,500
 Levon Aronian (United States) 6 6 6 $15,000
 Gukesh D (India) 6 6 $15,000
 Ray Robson (United States) 4.5 4.5 $10,500
 Viswanathan Anand (India) 3.5 3.5 $9,500
 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) 1 2 3 $18,000
 Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) 3 3 $9,000
 Samuel Sevian (United States) 3 3 $9,000
 Ivan Šarić (Croatia) 2 2 $8,000
 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 1 1 $7,000
 Constantin Lupulescu (Romania) 1 1 $7,000
 Jeffery Xiong (United States) 1 1 $7,000

Tournaments

Superbet Chess Classic

The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from May 4–16, 2023. The winner of the tournament was Fabiano Caruana.[9]

Superbet Chess Classic, May 4–16 Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2757.1)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB Wins SB Koya Tour Points
1  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2764 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 13
2  Wesley So (United States) 2760 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 22.50 7.75
3  Richárd Rapport (Romania) 2745 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 22.25 7.75
4  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2768 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 22.00 7.75
5  Alireza Firouzja (France) 2785 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 1 1 1 5 20.50 7.75
6  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2724 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 20.25 4.5
7  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2742 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 4½ 19.25 4.5
8  Ding Liren (China) 2789 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 4 3
9  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2794 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 3½ 2
10  Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) 2700 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 Does not appear 3 1

Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from May 19 to 26, 2023. Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the winner of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.[10][11]

Poland Grand Chess Tour Rapid, May 19–22 Warsaw, Poland
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB
1  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2782 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 13
2  Levon Aronian (United States) 2729 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 12
3  Wesley So (United States) 2788 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 11
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2762 0 1 2 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 2 11
5  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2839 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 0 2 2 10
6  Richárd Rapport (Romania) 2767 1 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 9
7  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2714 0 0 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 2 0 1 7
8  Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 2622 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 7
9  Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) 2618 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 Does not appear 1 6
10  Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) 2602 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 4
Poland Grand Chess Tour Blitz, May 23–26 Warsaw, Poland
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2852 Does not appear 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 14
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2723 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 10½
3  Wesley So (United States) 2749 1 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10½
4  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2790 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 10
5  Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) 2562 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 9
6  Richard Rapport (Romania) 2701 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 9
7  Levon Aronian (United States) 2804 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8½
8  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2807 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 0 1 1 ½ 8
9  Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) 2649 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Does not appear 0 ½ 6½
10  Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 2605 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 4
Final standings
Player Points Tour Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 24 13
2  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 23 10
T-3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 21½ 7.5
T-3  Wesley So (United States) 21½ 7.5
5  Levon Aronian (United States) 20½ 6
6  Richard Rapport (Romania) 18 5
7  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 15 4
8  Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) 13 3
9  Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) 12½ 2
10  Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 11 1

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia

The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 5 to 9, 2023. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana were the joint winners of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.

Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid, July 5–7 Zagreb, Croatia
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB
1  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2760 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 12
2  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2752 1 Does not appear 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 12
3  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2829 1 0 Does not appear 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 11
4  Gukesh D (India) 2629 1 0 0 Does not appear 2 1 1 1 2 2 10
5  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2731 1 1 0 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 2 2 10
6  Alireza Firouzja (France) 2745 0 1 2 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 2 1 9
7  Richárd Rapport (Romania) 2761 0 2 1 1 0 1 Does not appear 2 0 2 9
8  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2794 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 Does not appear 1 2 9
9  Ivan Saric (Croatia) 2635 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 Does not appear 1 6
10  Constantin Lupulescu (Romania) 2572 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 2
Croatia Grand Chess Tour Blitz, July 7–9 Zagreb, Croatia
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2858 Does not appear 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 15
2  Alireza Firouzja (France) 2896 0 1 Does not appear 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
3  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2781 0 0 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 10½
4  Richárd Rapport (Romania) 2707 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 10
5  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2832 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 Does not appear 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 9½
6  Gukesh D (India) 2626 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 9½
7  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2783 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 Does not appear 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7½
8  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2733 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 0 ½ ½ ½ 6½
9  Ivan Saric (Croatia) 2576 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 6
10  Constantin Lupulescu (Romania) 2576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 2½
Final standings
Player Points Tour Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 26 13
2  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 22½ 10
3  Alireza Firouzja (France) 22 8
4  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 21½ 7
5  Gukesh D (India) 19½ 6
6  Richárd Rapport (Romania) 19 5
T–7  Viswanathan Anand (India) 16½ 3.5
T–7  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 16½ 3.5
9  Ivan Šarić (Croatia) 12 2
10  Constantin Lupulescu (Romania) 4½ 1

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz USA

The fourth leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States from November 12 to 19, 2023.

Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Rapid, November 14–16 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB
1  Ray Robson (United States) 2596 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 11
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2771 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 10
3  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2765 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 10
4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2789 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 0 2 1 9
5  Alireza Firouzja (France) 2742 0 1 2 1 Does not appear 2 1 0 1 1 9
6  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2697 1 1 1 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 1 9
7  Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2652 1 1 0 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 9
8  Samuel Sevian (United States) 2581 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 9
9  Wesley So (United States) 2753 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 7
10  Jeffery Xiong (United States) 2727 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 7
Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Blitz, November 17-18 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB
T-1  Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2665 Does not appear 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 11
T-1  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2813 0 0 Does not appear 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 11
T-1  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2785 1 ½ 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 11
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2728 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 Does not appear 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 10½
5  Wesley So (United States) 2760 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 10
6  Alireza Firouzja (France) 2896 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 9½
7  Samuel Sevian (United States) 2695 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 7½
8  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2752 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 7
9  Jeffery Xiong (United States) 2726 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 6½
10  Ray Robson (United States) 2665 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 6
Final standings
Player Points Tour Points
1  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 21 13
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 20½ 10
T-3  Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 20 7.5
T-3  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 20 7.5
5  Alireza Firouzja (France) 18½ 6
T-6  Wesley So (United States) 17 4.5
T-6  Ray Robson (United States) 17 4.5
8  Samuel Sevian (United States) 16½ 3
9  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 16 2
10  Jeffery Xiong (United States) 13½ 1

Sinquefield Cup

Sinquefield Cup, 21 November – 30 November 2023 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2753.2)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB Wins SB Koya Tour Points
1  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2795 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 – 5.5
2  Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2745 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 – 5.0
3  Wesley So (United States) 2752 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 – 4.5
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2734 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – 4.0
5  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2771 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ – 4.0
6  Levon Aronian (United States) 2727 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ – 4.0
7  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2752 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 3.5
8  Alireza Firouzja (France) 2777 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ – 3.0
9  Richárd Rapport (Romania) 2748 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear – 2.5
10  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2731 – – – – – – ½ – – Does not appear —

References

  1. ^ "2023 Grand Chess Tour Overview".
  2. ^ "The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023". Chess News. January 10, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Firouzja returns as 2023 Grand Chess Tour field announced".
  4. ^ Sergio (March 29, 2023). "Grand Chess Tour 2023 with a dream lineup – Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).
  6. ^ "2023 Grand Chess Tour: St. Louis Events Moved To November–December".
  7. ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, February 28, 2022
  8. ^ Starting Sunday: Carlsen heads intriguing field in Superbet Poland, ChessBase, May 20, 2023
  9. ^ "Caruana Wins Superbet Classic, Takes Grand Chess Tour Lead".
  10. ^ "2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland: Day 3 Recap". May 24, 2023.
  11. ^ McGourty, Colin. "Duda wins Superbet Rapid, Magnus back in business".

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.[7]
  2. ^ Ding withdrew before the Poland Rapid and Blitz event took place, citing fatigue. As a result of this change, Levon Aronian was chosen as a wildcard to replace him for the event.[8]
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