Grand Chess Tour 2021
2021 | |
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 3 June–27 August 2021 |
Final positions | |
Champion | Wesley So |
Runner-up | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
3rd place | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
Tournament statistics | |
Most tournament titles | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2) |
Prize money leader | Wesley So ($242,500) |
Points leader | Wesley So (36.6) |
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.
Schedule
Dates | Tournament Name | Host city |
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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 |
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3 June – 15 June 2021 | Superbet Chess Classic | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Levon Aronian Wesley So Alexander Grischuk |
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20 June – 24 June 2021 | Paris Rapid & Blitz | Wesley So | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alireza Firouzja |
7 July – 11 July 2021 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Viswanathan Anand | Anish Giri |
11 August – 16 August 2021 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | Richard Rapport |
17 August – 27 August 2021 | Sinquefield Cup | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez Wesley So |
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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.[3]
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 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2882 13 $90,000 2 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2781 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2791 8.3 $45,000 3 Wesley So (USA) 2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2793 8.3 $45,000 4 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2776 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2792 8.3 $45,000 5 Anish Giri (NED) 2780 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2747 5.5 $22,500 6 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2765 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2749 5.5 $22,500 7 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2627 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2720 WC (3.5) $16,250 8 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2820 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2698 3.5 $16,250 9 Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) 2656 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 3½ 2672 WC (1.5) $11,250 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 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 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 12 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2778 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 11 3 Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 2667 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 10 4 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2742 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 9 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2860 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 9 6 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2778 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 7 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2773 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2758 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 8 9 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2727 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 10 Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 11 2 Ivan Šarić (CRO) 2650 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 10 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2831 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 10 4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2774 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 10 5 Anish Giri (NED) 2731 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 10 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2761 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 9 7 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2753 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 9 8 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2784 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 9 Anton Korobov (UKR) 2781 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 10 Jorden van Foreest (NED) 2543 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 12 2 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2724 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 11 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2758 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 11 4 Wesley So (USA) 2774 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 9 5 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2745 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 9 6 Sam Shankland (USA) 2609 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 9 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2756 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 8 8 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2730 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2786 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7 10 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 2744 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 2919 13 $90,000 2 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2806 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 2824 8.3 $45,000 3 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2758 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2829 WC (8.3) $45,000 4 Wesley So (USA) 2772 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2828 8.3 $45,000 5 Richard Rapport (HUN) 2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 2740 6 $25,000 6 Sam Shankland (USA) 2709 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2701 WC (4) $17,500 7 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2710 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4 2701 WC (4) $17,500 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2782 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 2693 4 $17,500 9 Peter Svidler (RUS) 2714 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 2656 WC (2) $12,500 10 Dariusz Świercz (USA) 2655 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 2½ 2574 WC (1) $10,000
Tour Standings
The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
Pos | Player | ROU |
PAR |
CRO |
STL |
SIN |
Total points | Prize money |
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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 |
Wildcards
Player | ROU |
PAR |
CRO |
STL |
SIN |
Total points | Prize money |
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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 |