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

Main article: 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)".
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