Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020

Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020
Magnus Carlsen – winner of the tour
Details
Duration18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020
Tournaments5
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesNorway Magnus Carlsen (4)
Most finalsNorway Magnus Carlsen (4)
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The 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour was a series of online chess tournaments featuring most of the world’s best players, playing for a prize money pool of US$ 1 million. The tour consisted of four super-tournaments (elite competitions), with the winners then playing in a Grand Final in August 2020.[1]

Format

There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:

  1. Magnus Carlsen Invitational, 18 April – 3 May 2020.
  2. Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020), 19 May – 3 June 2020.
  3. Chessable Masters (2020), 20 June – 5 July 2020.
  4. Legends of Chess (2020) 21 July – 5 August 2020.
  5. Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020), 9 August – 20 August 2020.

Schedule

Dates Tournament Name
18 April – 3 May 2020 Magnus Carlsen Invitational
19 May 19 – 3 June 2020 Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020)
20 June – 5 July 2020 Chessable Masters (2020)
21 July – 5 August 2020 Legends of Chess (2020)
9 August – 20 August 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020)

Results

Dates Tournament Name Winner Runner-Up Semifinalists
18 April – 3 May 2020 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura China Ding Liren
United States Fabiano Caruana
19 May 19 – 3 June 2020 Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020) Russia Daniil Dubov United States Hikaru Nakamura China Ding Liren
Norway Magnus Carlsen
20 June – 5 July 2020 Chessable Masters (2020) Norway Magnus Carlsen (2) Netherlands Anish Giri China Ding Liren
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi
21 July – 5 August 2020 Legends of Chess (2020) Norway Magnus Carlsen (3) Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia Peter Svidler
Netherlands Anish Giri
9 August – 20 August 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020) Norway Magnus Carlsen (4) United States Hikaru Nakamura China Ding Liren
Russia Daniil Dubov

Tournaments

Magnus Carlsen Invitational

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[2]

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Points
01  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 – 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 15
02  Ding Liren (China) 2836 1 – 3 1 3 3 2 2 15
03  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 2 0 – 3 2 3 0 3 13
04  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2773 2 2 0 – 3 3 0 3 13
05  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 0 0 1 0 – 2 3 2 8
06  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 0 0 0 0 1 – 3 3 7
07  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 0 1 3 3 0 0 – 0 7
08  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 – 6
Semifinal (1–2 May) Final (3 May)
          
Norway Magnus Carlsen 2½ – –
China Ding Liren 1½ – –
Norway Magnus Carlsen 2½ – –
United States Hikaru Nakamura 1½ – –
United States Fabiano Caruana 2 0 –
United States Hikaru Nakamura 2 2 –

Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[3]

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Points
01  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 – 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7½
02  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2709 0 – 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7
03  Yu Yangyi (China) 2738 ½ 0 – 0 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6
04  Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ ½ 1 – ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
05  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 ½ ½ 0 ½ – ½ 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
06  Ding Liren (China) 2836 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6
07  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 – ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 5½
08  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ – ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½
09  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ – 0 1 1 5½
10  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 – 1 ½ 4½
11  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 – ½ 4
12  Wei Yi (China) 2752 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – 2½
 
Quarterfinal (May 23–27)Semifinal (May 28–30)Final (June 2–3)
 
                
 
 
 
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura33-
 
 
 
Armenia Levon Aronian21-
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura02½3
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen31½2
 
United States Wesley So1½1½-
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½2½-
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura2½1½2
 
 
 
Russia Daniil Dubov1½2½3
 
Russia Sergey Karjakin030
 
 
 
Russia Daniil Dubov323
 
Russia Daniil Dubov2½2½-
 
 
 
China Ding Liren1½1½-
 
China Yu Yangyi31½2
 
 
China Ding Liren22½3
 

Chessable Masters

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[4]

Group A

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 Points
01  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 – - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6
02  Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2769 ½ ½ – - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 6
03  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ 0 ½ ½ – - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5
04  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – - ½ ½ 0 1 5
05  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ – - 1 ½ 5
06  Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2690 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ – - 3

Group B

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 Points
01  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 – - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6
02  Ding Liren (China) 2836 ½ 0 – - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½
03  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ 0 – - 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5½
04  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2773 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 – - 1 ½ 0 1 5
05  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ – - ½ 1 4½
06  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 – - 3½
 
Quarterfinal (June 25–29)Semifinal (June 30 – July 2)Final (July 3–4)
 
                
 
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½2½-
 
 
 
United States Fabiano Caruana1½1½-
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen3½2½-
 
 
 
China Ding Liren2½1½-
 
China Ding Liren2½32½
 
 
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura1½41½
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen3½2½-
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri2½1½-
 
Russia Alexander Grischuk3½1-
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri3½3-
 
Netherlands Anish Giri31½3½
 
 
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi12½2½
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi2½2½-
 
 
Russia Vladislav Artemiev1½1½-
 

Legends of Chess

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[5]

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Points
01  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 – 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 25
02  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 1 – 3 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 20
03  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 0 0 – 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 18
04  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 0 0 0 – 2 3 3 0 3 3 14
05  Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2686 1 0 2 1 – 3 0 3 2 1 13
06  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2756 0 1 0 0 0 – 2 3 3 3 12
07  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2702 0 2 0 0 3 1 – 3 0 2 11
08  Ding Liren (China) 2836 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 – 3 3 9
09  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2751 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 – 1 7
10  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2710 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 – 6
Semifinal (1–2 May) Final (3 May)
          
Norway Magnus Carlsen 2½ 2½ –
Russia Peter Svidler 1½ 1½ –
Norway Magnus Carlsen 4 2½ –
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2 ½ –
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2½ 3 3½
Netherlands Anish Giri 1½ 4 2½

Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[6]

Semifinals (9–12 August) Final
                
Norway Magnus Carlsen 3½ 2½ 2½ 3½ –
China Ding Liren 3½[a] ½ ½ 2½ –
Norway Magnus Carlsen 1½ 3½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 3½[b]
United States Hikaru Nakamura 2½ 2½ 3½ 1½ 4 1 3½
Russia Daniil Dubov 2½ 1 1½ – –
United States Hikaru Nakamura 3½ 3 2½ – –

Notes

  1. ^ Ding Liren won set 1 of the semifinal after drawing as black in the Armageddon game.
  2. ^ Carlsen won set 7 of the final after drawing as black in the Armageddon game.

References

  1. ^ "The Week in Chess: Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020".
  2. ^ "Magnus Carlsen Invitational (2020)".
  3. ^ "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020)".
  4. ^ "Chessable Masters (2020)".
  5. ^ "Legends of Chess (2020)".
  6. ^ "Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals (2020)".