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Revision as of 19:12, 31 May 2021

Champions Chess Tour 2021
Details
Duration22 November 2020 – 3 October 2021
Tournaments10
CategoriesRegular (6)
Major (3)
Final (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesUnited States Wesley So (2)
Most tournament finalsNorway Magnus Carlsen (4)
Points leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen (185)

The Champions Chess Tour 2021, known for sponsorship reasons as the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour,[1][2] is a 10-month long series of 10 online chess tournaments featuring the world's top players, playing for a prize money pool of US$1.5 million.[3] The tournament games are held on chess24.com and are broadcast on Twitch, chess24.com itself, and the tour's official website.[3] The tour is scheduled to start on November 22, 2020 and last until October 3, 2021.[3] The tournaments are not rated by FIDE.

Format

There are 10 total tournaments in the tour: 6 labelled as Regular, 3 labelled as Major, and 1 Final. Each takes place towards the end of a month over the course of 9 days.[3]

Qualification

There are 16 spots in a Regular tournament, 16 spots in a Major tournament (originally planned to be 12), and 10 spots in the Final tournament.[4]

For each of the Regular tournaments except for the 1st one, 8 of the 16 spots are given to the current top 8 players in the Tour Rankings. The rest of the spots are given out via wild cards, invitations, or popular votes.[4] The 16 spots for the first tournament of the tour are chosen via the decision of the event organizers.

For the Major tournaments, 8 of the 16 spots are also given to the current top 8 players in the Tour Rankings. The winner of the preceding Regular tournament is also given a spot, if he is not already in the top 8. The rest of the spots are given via wild cards.

For the Final tournament, 8 of the 10 spots are given first to the winners of the 3 Major tournaments, then down the standings of the Tour Rankings. The final 2 spots are given to the best-performing "Tour Ambassadors."[4]

Schedule

Dates Tournament Name Type
November 22 – November 30, 2020 Skilling Open Regular
December 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021 Airthings Masters Major
February 6 – February 14, 2021 Opera Euro Rapid Regular
March 13 – March 21, 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2021 Major
April 24 – May 2, 2021 New In Chess Classic Regular
May 23 – May 31, 2021 FTX Crypto Cup Major
June 26 – July 4, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Regular
July 31 – August 8, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Regular
August 28 – September 5, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Regular
September 25 – October 3, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Final

Time controls

Three different time controls are used in the tour:

  • In rapid games, each player has 15 minutes, plus a 10-second increment for each move.
  • In blitz games, each player has 5 minutes, plus a 3-second increment for each move.
  • In Armageddon games, white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes, there is no increment, and black wins the tie in case of a draw.

Tournament formats

Regular

The Regular tournaments consist of a preliminary round and 3 knockout rounds. In the preliminary round, the 16 players participate in a round-robin spanning 3 days (5 games per day), with each player playing the other players for 1 rapid game, for a total of 120 games. The top 8 players with the most points advance to the next round and are seeded for the purposes of making the bracket based on their points. In the event that 2 or more players are tied with points, the following system is used:[4]

  1. Points won in matches involving the tied players
  2. Number of wins
  3. Sonneborn–Berger score
  4. Koya score

In the knockout rounds, each matchup consists of 2 matches of 4 rapid games on back-to-back days. If either player wins one match and at least draws the other, he advances on to the next round. If each player wins one match or both matches are drawn, immediately following the second match, the players play 2 blitz games. If the blitz games are split, the winner is determined via an Armageddon game. The higher seed in each matchup picks the color for the first game, the first tiebreaker, and the Armageddon. In addition to the games between players who advanced, there is also a match for third place between the semifinal losers.[4]

Major

The major tournament operates the same way as the Regular tournament. It is still the top 8 players who qualify for the knockout rounds.

Final

The Final only consists of one round-robin for the 10 players, spanning 9 days (1 matchup per day). Each matchup will comprise 4 rapid games. If the 4 points are split among the two players, then 2 blitz games are played, followed by Armageddon if the blitz games are split. 3 points are awarded for an outright win (no tiebreak needed), 2 points are awarded for a tiebreak win, and 1 point is awarded for a tiebreak loss.[4]

In addition to these points, the players start off with bonus points based on their Tour rankings coming into the Final. The player with the fewest Tour points gets 0 bonus points, and the other players are awarded half a point for every full 10 points they have more than the player with the least number. For example, if Player A has the fewest Tour points with 86, a Player B with 143 Tour points will be awarded 2.5 points, since they exceed Player A's total by 57 (no rounding).[4]

The player with the greatest sum of bonus points and points won in the Final will be crowned the Tour Champion.

Tour points

For Regular tournaments, points are awarded as follows. [4]

Finish Points
Winner 40
Runner-up 25
3rd place 15
4th place 10

In other words, a player receives 10 points for winning in the quarterfinals, 15 points for winning in the semifinals, 15 points for winning the final and 5 points for winning the match for third place. The regulations were changed after the Skilling Open tournament; in this first tournament of the tour, the runner-up was awarded 20 points and the two remaining semi-finalists were each awarded 10 points, without a match for 3rd place.[5]

Additional points are also awarded to finishes in the preliminary round:

Finish Points
1st 10
2nd 8
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
9th–16th 0

The points system for Major tournaments is the same, but all values are doubled.[4]

In the event that two players are tied for the same amount of Tour points, the following tiebreak system will be used:[4]

  1. Number of tournament wins
  2. Number of tournament appearances (fewer is better)
  3. Number of final appearances
  4. Number of semi-final appearances
  5. Number of quarter-final appearances

The administrators of the tournament also have the right to substitute a tiebreak match if the tie is for a qualification spot.

Prize money

Regular

The total prize pool for a Regular tournament is $100,000. The money is split as follows:[4]

Finish Prize
Winner $30,000
Runner-up $15,000
3rd place $8,500
4th place $6,500
Quarterfinalist $5,000
Preliminary $2,500

The regulations were changed after the Skilling Open tournament; in this first tournament of the tour, the players who lost in the semifinals each received $7,500, without a match for 3rd place.[5]

Major

The total prize pool for a Major tournament is $200,000. The money is split as follows:[4]

Finish Prize
Winner $60,000
Runner-up $40,000
3rd place $25,000
4th place $15,000
Quarterfinalist $10,000
Preliminary $5,000

Final

The prize pool for the final is $300,000, which is split as follows:[4]

Finish Prize
1st $100,000
2nd $60,000
3rd $40,000
4th $30,000
5th $20,000
6th $15,000
7th $12,500
8th $10,000
9th $7,500
10th $5,000

Results

Tournament results

Dates Tournament Name Type Winner Runner-Up 3rd Place 4th Place
November 22 – November 30, 2020 Skilling Open Regular United States Wesley So Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi
December 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021 Airthings Masters Major Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov Armenia Levon Aronian France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Russia Daniil Dubov
February 6 – February 14, 2021 Opera Euro Rapid Regular United States Wesley So Norway Magnus Carlsen Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
March 13 – March 21, 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Major Netherlands Anish Giri Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Wesley So
April 24 – May 2, 2021 New In Chess Classic Regular Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Armenia Levon Aronian
May 23 – May 31, 2021 FTX Crypto Cup Major Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Wesley So
June 26 – July 4, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Regular
July 31 – August 8, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Regular
August 28 – September 5, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Regular
September 25 – October 3, 2021 Unnamed Tournament Final

Tour rankings

During an ongoing tournament, points that may yet increase as the tournament progresses are indicated by "≥".

The column labelled "Wins" indicates the number of tournament wins.

The column labelled "Apps" indicates the number of tournament appearances (including the ongoing tournament, if any).

The top 5 are guaranteed a spot in the Final. Players finishing 6th through 8th may also qualify if enough players above them qualify as Major winners. Players outside the top 8 can only be invited as a wild card. An asterisk denotes a Major.

Pos Name Wins Apps Skilling Open Airthings Masters* Opera Euro Rapid Magnus Carlsen Invitational* New In Chess Classic FTX Crypto Cup* Regular 4 Regular 5 Regular 6 Total
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2 6 30 20 35 50 50 88 273
2 United States Wesley So 2 6 46 16 46 32 5 56 201
3 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 1 6 3 88 17 0 1 24 133
4 Netherlands Anish Giri 1 5 1 0 8 96 16 121
5 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 0 5 15 10 0 58 32 115
6 United States Hikaru Nakamura 0 6 18 12 0 10 33 12 85
7 Armenia Levon Aronian 0 6 4 56 5 2 14 0 81
8 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0 5 2 34 14 4 10 64
9 Russia Daniil Dubov 0 4 22 1 0 0 23
10 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0 3 0 21 0 21
11 United States Fabiano Caruana 0 1 20 20
12 FIDE Alireza Firouzja 0 4 0 6 3 0 9
13 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 0 3 0 3 0 3
14 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 0 2 0 2 2
15 Norway Aryan Tari 0 1 0 0
India Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 0 1 0 0
England Gawain Jones 0 1 0 0
Norway Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 0 1 0 0
India Pentala Harikrishna 0 1 0 0
United States Sam Shankland 0 1 0 0
Germany Matthias Bluebaum 0 1 0 0
Netherlands Jorden van Foreest 0 1 0 0
Sweden Nils Grandelius 0 1 0 0
24 Russia Peter Svidler 0 2 0 0 0
Argentina Alan Pichot 0 2 0 0 0
United States Leinier Dominguez 0 2 0 0 0
27 Russia Alexander Grischuk 0 3 0 0 0 0
China Ding Liren 0 3 0 0 0 0
Russia Sergey Karjakin 0 3 0 0 0 0
India Vidit Gujrathi 0 3 0 0 0 0
Spain David Anton Guijarro 0 3 0 0 0 0

Tournaments

Skilling Open

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

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 9
02  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
03  Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8½
04  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 1 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 8½
05  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½
06  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 0 ½ ½ 0 1 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 8
07  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 8
08  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8
09  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 8
10  Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2744 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 - ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8
11  Ding Liren (China) 2836 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 7½
12  Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 0 ½ 6½
13  David Antón Guijarro (Spain) 2667 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 1 6½
14  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - ½ ½ 6
15  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2709 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ - 1 5½
16  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 - 4½

The results of the knockout rounds were as follows.[7]

 
Quarterfinal (November 25-26)Semifinal (November 27-28)Final (November 29-30)
 
                
 
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½2-
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri1½2-
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½2-
 
 
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 1½2-
 
Armenia Levon Aronian2½10
 
 
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi1½32
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen22½
 
 
 
United States Wesley So221½
 
United States Wesley So½2½1½*
 
 
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov2½1½1½
 
United States Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura1½2-
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave3½
1½
 
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura12½1½*
 

* This player advanced by drawing as black in an Armageddon game.

Airthings Masters

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[8]

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Points
01  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½
02  Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½
03  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½
04  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6
05  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
06  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 5½
07  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5
08  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 5
09  Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2705 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ 5
10  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 5
11  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ - ½ 4½
12  David Antón Guijarro (Spain) 2667 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 4½

The results of the knockout rounds were as follows.[9]

 
Quarterfinal (December 29-30)Semifinal (Dec 31 - Jan 1)Final (January 2-3)
 
                
 
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½-
 
 
 
Russia Daniil Dubov22½-
 
Russia Daniil Dubov10-
 
 
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov32-
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov221½*
 
 
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi221½
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov2½2-
 
 
 
Armenia Levon Aronian1½1-
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura1½0-
 
 
 
Armenia Levon Aronian2½2-
 
Armenia Levon Aronian32-
 
 
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave11-3rd place (January 2-3)
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave31½1½*
 
 
 
United States Wesley So12½1½
 
Russia Daniil Dubov21½-
 
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave22½-
 

* This player advanced by drawing as black in an Armageddon game.

Opera Euro Rapid

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 9½
02  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9½
03  Wesley So (United States) 2741 1 ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 9
04  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 8½
05  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ 0 1 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
06  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 8
07  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8
08  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7½
09  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½
10  Sam Shankland (United States) 2609 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7
11  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ 0 1 0 ½ 7
12  Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ 0 6½
13  Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2786 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 ½ 0 6½
14  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½ 1 6½
15  Matthias Bluebaum (Germany) 2562 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 5½
16  Ding Liren (China) 2836 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ - 5
 
Quarterfinal (February 9-10)Semifinal (February 11-12)Final (February 13-14)
 
                
 
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½½2
 
 
 
Russia Daniil Dubov½2½1
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½12
 
 
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave½31
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave2½2-
 
 
 
Armenia Levon Aronian1½2-
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen21½-
 
 
 
United States Wesley So22½-
 
United States Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda1½0-
 
United States Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov1½1-3rd place (February 13-14)
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov221½
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri22½
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave1½0-
 
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov2½2-
 

Magnus Carlsen Invitational

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10½
02  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 1 - 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 10
03  Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ 0 - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9½
04  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9
05  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 0 1 1 ½ - ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 8½
06  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 8½
07  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½
08  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 8
09  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2709 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 - ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 8
10  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 7½
11  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7
12  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ - 1 1 0 ½ 6½
13  Nils Grandelius (Sweden) 2632 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 - 1 1 1 6
14  Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) 2543 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - 1 ½ 6
15  David Anton Guijarro (Spain) 2674 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4
16  Alan Pichot (Argentina) 2548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - 2½
 
Quarterfinal (March 16-17)Semifinal (March 18-19)Final (March 20-21)
 
                
 
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen2½2-
 
 
 
Armenia Levon Aronian½1-
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen1½2½½
 
 
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi2½1½1½
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura2½-
 
 
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi22½-
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi220
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri222
 
United States Wesley So2½2½-
 
 
 
FIDE Alireza Firouzja½½-
 
United States Wesley So1½1½-
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri2½2½-3rd place (March 20-21)
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave21-
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri23-
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen32-
 
 
United States Wesley So11-
 

New In Chess Classic

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 10½
02  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½
03  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 ½ 0 - 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9½
04  Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 9
05  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
06  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 0 ½ 0 1 1 - ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8½
07  Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2744 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 8½
08  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 8½
09  Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2786 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8
10  Aryan Tari (Norway) 2531 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 - ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7
11  Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 1 1 7
12  Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (India) 1781 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ - 1 1 ½ 1 7
13  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 - ½ 1 1 7
14  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2709 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ - 1 1 6½
15  Gawain Jones (England) 2615 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - ½ 3
16  Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Norway) 2521 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - 1½
 
Quarterfinal (April 27-28)Semifinal (April 29-30)Final (May 1-2)
 
                
 
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen22½-
 
 
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov21½-
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen23-
 
 
 
Armenia Levon Aronian21-
 
United States Wesley So11-
 
 
 
Armenia Levon Aronian32-
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen32-
 
 
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura12-
 
Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov32½-
 
 
 
FIDE Alireza Firouzja1½-
 
Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov131
 
 
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura3023rd place (May 1-2)
 
Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm1½1-
 
 
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura2½2-
 
Armenia Levon Aronian2½-
 
 
Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov22½
 

FTX Crypto Cup

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2773 - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10
02  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 9
03  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9
04  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9
05  Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9
06  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8½
07  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
08  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8
09  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 - 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 8
10  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 7½
11  Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 - ½ ½ 1 0 0 7
12  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 7
13  Ding Liren (China) 2836 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 7
14  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 6
15  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ - 1 5
16  Alan Pichot (Argentina) 2548 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1½
 
Quarterfinal (May 26-27)Semifinal (May 28-29)Final (May 30-31)
 
                
 
 
 
 
United States Fabiano Caruana22½
 
 
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi221½
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi1½1-
 
 
 
United States Wesley So2½2-
 
United States Wesley So32-
 
 
 
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave11-
 
United States Wesley So221
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen222
 
United States Hikaru Nakamura220
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen222
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen23-
 
 
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov21-3rd place (May 30-31)
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov2½2-
 
 
 
Netherlands Anish Giri1½2-
 
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi22½-
 
 
Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov21½-
 

Qualifiers

Chessable Qualifier

Chessable Qualifier was held from 17-18 October 2020, and was a qualification tournament for Skilling Open, the first event of the Champions Chess Tour.

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Points
01  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 - ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5
02  Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) 2691 ½ - 1 0 1 1 1 4½
03  S. L. Narayanan (India) 2436 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 3½
04  Sam Shankland (United States) 2609 0 1 ½ - ½ 0 1 3
05  Matthias Bluebaum (Germany) 2561 0 0 ½ ½ - 1 1 3
06  Grigoriy Oparin (Russia) 2736 0 0 0 1 0 - ½ 1½
07  Gawain Jones (England) 2609 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - ½

Magnus Carlsen Invitational Qualifier

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 Points
01  Alan Pichot (Argentina) 2548 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4
02  Nils Grandelius (Sweden) 2632 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 0 1 3½
03  Aryan Tari (Norway) 2531 0 ½ 0 ½ - 1 1 3
04  Max Warmerdam (Netherlands) 2412 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 - 1½

Coverage

Chess24.com is providing free live coverage of every tournament, with commentary in 10 different languages.[10] They are broadcasting on their website, the official tour website, and on Twitch. Various other chess streamers are also providing live commentary.

Sponsorship

Julius Baer and Opera are two listed sponsors of the event.[11] Skilling sponsored the first tournament,[12] while Airthings sponsored the second tournament.[11] Cryptocurrency Company FTX is sponsoring the FTX Crypto Cup, even providing 2.18 Bitcoin in the prize fund, equalling to $100,000 at the time of purchase. Future sponsors have yet to be announced. The Tour is also funded by offering Premium and VIP Tour Passes, services that offer perks such as voting on the wild cards, memberships for Chess24.com, and interaction opportunities with chess's top players.[13]

On January 3, 2021, Meltwater was announced as the title partner for the tour, thereby renaming it the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Meltwater revealed as new title partner for Champions Chess Tour". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  2. ^ a b "Meltwater becomes title partner of Champions Chess Tour". Meltwater. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  3. ^ a b c d "Champions Chess Tour". championschesstour.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Champions Chess Tour Regulations". championschesstour.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  5. ^ a b Tour Regulations, what's new? at the Wayback Machine (archived 2020-12-05)
  6. ^ "Skilling Open – Prelims Standings (detailed)".
  7. ^ "Skilling Open – Finals Bracket".
  8. ^ "Airthings Masters – Prelims Standings (detailed)".
  9. ^ "Airthings Masters – Finals Bracket".
  10. ^ "Giri, Anish vs. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | Skilling Open | Prelims | 2020" (in German).
  11. ^ a b "Champions Chess Tour Partners". championschesstour.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  12. ^ "Champions Chess Tour About Skilling". championschesstour.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  13. ^ "Champions Chess Tour Tour Pass". championschesstour.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
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