The Grand Chess Tour 2021 was a series of chess tournaments, which was sixth edition of Grand Chess Tour. It consisted five tournaments, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.[1] It was won by American grandmaster Wesley So.[2]

Format

Tour consists five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted 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. The tour points are 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.

Lineup

The lineup was announced on January 13, 2021.[3] Initially, ten players were invited as regular participants, with only difference from cancelled 2020 edition being the absence of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura and participation of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Teimour Radjabov.[4][5] Later, Ding Liren has withdrawn from the Tour due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in China, being replaced by Richárd Rapport. After winning the Candidates Tournament 2020–2021 and qualifying for the World Chess Championship 2021, Ian Nepomniachtchi also withdrew from the Tour, reducing number of regular participants to nine.[6]

Player Country FIDE Rating (January 2021)
Fabiano Caruana  United States 2823
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2784
Wesley So  United States 2770
Alexander Grischuk  Russia 2777
Levon Aronian  Armenia 2781
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  Azerbaijan 2770
Teimour Radjabov  Azerbaijan 2765
Anish Giri  Netherlands 2764
Richárd Rapport  Hungary 2759

Schedule

Dates Tournament Name Host city
3 June – 15 June 2021 Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest
20 June – 24 June 2021 Paris Rapid & Blitz Paris
7 July – 11 July 2021 Croatia Rapid & Blitz Zagreb
11 August – 16 August 2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz St. Louis
17 August – 27 August 2021 Sinquefield Cup St. Louis

Results

Dates Tournament Name Winner Runner-Up Third place
3 June – 15 June 2021 Superbet Chess Classic Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Levon Aronian
Wesley So
Alexander Grischuk 		–
20 June – 24 June 2021 Paris Rapid & Blitz Wesley So Ian Nepomniachtchi (WC) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Alireza Firouzja (WC)
7 July – 11 July 2021 Croatia Rapid & Blitz Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Viswanathan Anand (WC) Anish Giri
11 August – 16 August 2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Hikaru Nakamura (WC) Fabiano Caruana Richard Rapport
17 August – 27 August 2021 Sinquefield Cup Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana
Leinier Domínguez (WC)
Wesley So 		–

Tournaments

Superbet Chess Classic

The first leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania in 3–15 June. It was won by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan.[7]

2021 Superbet Chess Classic, 3–15 June Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2750.5)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR Tour Points Prize money
1  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2770 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2882 13 $90,000
2  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2781 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2791 8.3 $45,000
3  Wesley So (USA) 2770 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2793 8.3 $45,000
4  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2776 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2792 8.3 $45,000
5  Anish Giri (NED) 2780 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2747 5.5 $22,500
6  Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2765 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2749 5.5 $22,500
7  Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2627 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 4 2720 WC (3.5) $16,250
8  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2820 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 4 2698 3.5 $16,250
9  Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) 2656 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 3½ 2672 WC (1.5) $11,250
10  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ 2660 1.5 $11,250

Paris Rapid & Blitz

The second leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour was won by Wesley So.

2021 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz, 20–24 June 2021, Paris, France
Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money
1  Wesley So (USA) 12 12½ 24½ 13 $37,500
2  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 11 10½ 21½ WC (10) $25,000
T-3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 9 9 18 7.5 $17,500
T-3  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 7 11 18 WC (7.5) $17,500
T-5  Levon Aronian (ARM) 8 9½ 17½ 5.5 $11,250
T-5  Richard Rapport (HUN) 8 9½ 17½ 5.5 $11,250
7  Peter Svidler (RUS) 9 8 17 WC (4) $9,000
8  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 8 8½ 16½ 3 $8,000
9  Etienne Bacrot (FRA)
 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)[a]		 10 5½ 15½ WC (2) $7,000
10  Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 8 6 14 1 $6,000
2021 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 20–22 June 2021, Paris, France
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Wesley So (USA) 2741 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 12
2  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2778 1 Does not appear 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 11
3  Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 2667 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 10
4  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2742 1 1 1 Does not appear 2 2 0 1 0 1 9
5  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2860 0 2 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 2 9
6  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2778 1 0 2 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 8
7  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2773 0 1 0 2 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 8
8  Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2758 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 8
9  Richard Rapport (HUN) 2727 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 8
10  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 Does not appear 7
2021 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 23–24 June 2021, Paris, France
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Wesley So (USA) 2816 Does not appear 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 12½
2  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2770 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11
3  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2785 ½ 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10½
4  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2739 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 9½
5  Richard Rapport (HUN) 2759 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9½
6  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2822 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9
7  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2711 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 8½
8  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2754 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 0 1 8
9  Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2757 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 1 0 6
10  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2797 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 5½

Croatia Rapid & Blitz

The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia in 7-11 July, 2021. It had a lot of attention from media because of participation of former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. The event was won by French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

2021 Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz, 7–11 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia
Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money
1  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 10 13 23 13 $37,500
2  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 9 12 21 WC (10) $25,000
3  Anish Giri (NED) 10 10½ 20½ 8 $20,000
T-4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 11 9 20 WC (6.5) $13,750
T-4  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 10 10 20 WC (6.5) $13,750
6  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 9 10 19 10 $10,000
7  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 8 10 18 4 $9,000
8  Anton Korobov (UKR) 7 8½ 15½ WC (3) $8,000
9  Ivan Šarić (CRO)
 Garry Kasparov (RUS/CRO)[b]		 10 2½ 12½ WC (2) $7,000
10  Jorden van Foreest (NED) 6 4½ 10½ WC (1) $6,000
2021 Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 7–9 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2791 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 11
2  Ivan Šarić (CRO) 2650 2 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 10
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2831 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 10
4  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2774 1 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 1 2 1 10
5  Anish Giri (NED) 2731 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 1 2 1 10
6  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2761 0 1 2 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 9
7  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2753 1 1 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 2 2 9
8  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2784 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 8
9  Anton Korobov (UKR) 2781 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 2 7
10  Jorden van Foreest (NED) 2543 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Does not appear 6
2021 Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 10–11 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2794 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 13
2  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2785 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
3  Anish Giri (NED) 2744 1 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10½
4  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2765 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 10
5  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2716 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 10
6  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2799 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 10
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2807 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
8  Anton Korobov (UKR) 2668 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 8½
9  Jorden van Foreest (NED) 2622 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 Does not appear 1 0 4½
10  Garry Kasparov (RUS/CRO) 2801 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 2½

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, 12–16 August 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money
1  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 12 12 24 WC (13) $37,500
2  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 11 10 21 10 $25,000
3  Richard Rapport (HUN) 11 8½ 19½ 8 $20,000
4  Wesley So (USA) 9 9½ 18½ 7 $15,000
5  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 6 11½ 17½ WC (6) $12,500
T-6  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 8 9 17 4.5 $9,500
T-6  Leinier Domínguez (USA) 7 10 17 WC (4.5) $9,500
8  Peter Svidler (RUS) 9 7 16 WC (3) $8,000
9  Jeffery Xiong (USA) 8 7 15 WC (2) $7,000
10  Sam Shankland (USA) 9 5½ 14½ WC (1) $6,000
2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 12–14 August 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2829 Does not appear 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 12
2  Richard Rapport (HUN) 2724 1 Does not appear 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 11
3  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2758 0 0 Does not appear 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 11
4  Wesley So (USA) 2774 1 1 0 Does not appear 1 2 1 1 1 1 9
5  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2745 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 1 2 2 9
6  Sam Shankland (USA) 2609 1 0 2 0 1 Does not appear 2 0 1 2 9
7  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2756 1 1 0 1 2 0 Does not appear 1 2 0 8
8  Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2730 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 Does not appear 0 2 8
9  Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2786 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 Does not appear 1 7
10  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 2744 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 Does not appear 6
2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 15–16 August 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2900 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 12
2  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 2690 0 ½ Does not appear 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½
3  Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2654 ½ ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10
4  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2734 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 10
5  Wesley So (USA) 2861 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 Does not appear 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 9½
6  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2755 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 9
7  Richard Rapport (HUN) 2776 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 Does not appear 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 8½
8  Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2724 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 0 7
9  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2743 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 7
10  Sam Shankland (USA) 2704 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 Does not appear 5½

Sinquefield Cup

2021 Sinquefield Cup, 16–28 August St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XX (2742.0)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR Tour Points Prize money
1  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2751 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 2919 13 $90,000
2  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2806 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 2824 8.3 $45,000
3  Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2758 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2829 WC (8.3) $45,000
4  Wesley So (USA) 2772 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2828 8.3 $45,000
5  Richard Rapport (HUN) 2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 2740 6 $25,000
6  Sam Shankland (USA) 2709 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2701 WC (4) $17,500
7  Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2710 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 4 2701 WC (4) $17,500
8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2782 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 4 2693 4 $17,500
9  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2714 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 3½ 2656 WC (2) $12,500
10  Dariusz Świercz (USA) 2655 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 Does not appear 2½ 2574 WC (1) $10,000

Standings

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

Player ROU PAR CRO STL SIN Total
points		 Prize
money
1  Wesley So (United States) 8.3 13 — 7 8.3 36.6 $242,500
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 1.5 7.5 13 — 13 35 $206,250
3  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 13 — 5 4.5 4 26.5 $152,000
4  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 3.5 3 — 10 8.3 24.8 $94,250
5  Richárd Rapport (Hungary) — 5.5 — 8 6 19.5 $42,500
6  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 8.3 5.5 — — — 13.8 $56,250
7  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 5.5 — 8 — — 13.5 $42,500
8  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 8.3 — 4 — — 12.3 $54,000
9  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 5.5 1 — — — 6.5 $28,500
 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) — 10 6.5 — — 16.5 $36,750
 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) — — — 13 — 13 $37,500
 Leinier Domínguez Pérez (United States) — — — 4.5 8.3 12.8 $54,500
 Viswanathan Anand (India) — — 10 — — 10 $25,000
 Peter Svidler (Russia) — 4 — 3 2 9 $29,000
 Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) — 7.5 — — — 7.5 $17,500
 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) — — 6.5 — — 6.5 $11,250
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) — — — 6 — 6 $12,500
 Jeffery Xiong (United States) — — — 2 4 6 $24,500
 Sam Shankland (United States) — — — 1 4 5 $23,500
 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) 3.5 — — — — 3.5 $16,250
 Anton Korobov (Ukraine) — — 3 — — 3 $8,000
 Etienne Bacrot (France)
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)[a] 		— 2 — — — 2 $7,000
 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)
 Garry Kasparov (RUS/CRO)[b] 		— — 2 — — 2 $7,000
 Constantin Lupulescu (Romania) 1.5 — — — — 1.5 $11,250
 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) — — 1 — — 1 $6,000
 Dariusz Świercz (United States) — — — — 1 1 $10,000

Notes

  1. ^ a b Bacrot and Kramnik competed as a team, with Bacrot playing the Rapid portion and Kramnik playing the Blitz portion.
  2. ^ a b Šarić and Kasparov competed as a team, with Šarić playing the Rapid portion and Kasparov playing the Blitz portion.

References

  1. ^ "2021 Grand Chess Tour".
  2. ^ "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wins 2021 Sinquefield Cup; So Bags Tour". 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Full Tour Participants confirmed for the 2021 Grand Chess Tour". January 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Grand Chess Tour: Carlsen, Nakamura Only As Wildcards". January 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Grand Chess Tour 2021". January 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 Grand Chess Tour Is Ready To Kick Off With The First Two Legs In Bucharest And Paris". June 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov wins Superbet Classic".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Chess_Tour_2021
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