Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour

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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour
FIDE World FR Chess Championship 2019 - Magnus Carlsen.jpg
Magnus Carlsen – winner of the tour
Details
Duration18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020
Tournaments5
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesNorway Magnus Carlsen (4)
Most tournament finalsNorway Magnus Carlsen (4)

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 4 super-tournaments, 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. , 19 May – 3 June 2020.
  3. , 20 June – 5 July 2020.
  4. 21 July – 5 August 2020.
  5. , 9 August – 20 August 2020.


Schedule[]

Dates Tournament Name
18 April – 3 May 2020 Magnus Carlsen Invitational
19 May 19 – 3 June 2020
20 June – 5 July 2020
21 July – 5 August 2020
9 August – 20 August 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 Russia Daniil Dubov United States Hikaru Nakamura China Ding Liren
Norway Magnus Carlsen
20 June – 5 July 2020 Norway Magnus Carlsen Netherlands Anish Giri China Ding Liren
Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi
21 July – 5 August 2020 Norway Magnus Carlsen Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia Peter Svidler
Netherlands Anish Giri
9 August – 20 August 2020 Norway Magnus Carlsen 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 Nakamura2½3-
 
 
 
Norway Magnus Carlsen1½2-
 
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]


Semifinal 1 (9-12 August)
       
Norway Magnus Carlsen 3½ 2½ 2½ 3½ -
China Ding Liren 3½[a] ½ ½ 2½ -
Semifinal 2 (9-12 August)
       
Russia Daniil Dubov 2½ 1 1½ - -
United States Hikaru Nakamura 3½ 3 2½ - -
Final
Norway Magnus Carlsen 1½ 3½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 3½[b]
United States Hikaru Nakamura 2½ 2½ 3½ 1½ 4 1 3½

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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