Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020
Series of elite chess tournaments (2020)
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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]
Duration18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020
Tournaments5
Most titles
Magnus Carlsen (4)
Magnus Carlsen (4)Most finals Magnus Carlsen (4)
Magnus Carlsen (4)Magnus Carlsen, winner of the tour | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020 |
| Tournaments | 5 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles | Magnus Carlsen (4) |
| Most finals | Magnus Carlsen (4) |
2021 → | |
Format
There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:
- Magnus Carlsen Invitational, 18 April – 3 May 2020.
- Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020), 19 May – 3 June 2020.
- Chessable Masters (2020), 20 June – 5 July 2020.
- Legends of Chess (2020) 21 July – 5 August 2020.
- Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020), 9–20 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) |
| 9–20 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 | Magnus Carlsen |
 Hikaru Nakamura |
 Ding Liren Fabiano Caruana |
| 19 May 19 – 3 June 2020 | Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020) |  Daniil Dubov |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen |
| 20 June – 5 July 2020 | Chessable Masters (2020) | Magnus Carlsen (2) |
 Anish Giri |
Ding Liren Ian Nepomniachtchi |
| 21 July – 5 August 2020 | Legends of Chess (2020) | Magnus Carlsen (3) |
Ian Nepomniachtchi |
Peter Svidler Anish Giri |
| 9–20 August 2020 | Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020) | Magnus Carlsen (4) |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Ding Liren 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) | ||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen
| 2½ | – | – | ||||||||||
| Ding Liren
| 1½ | – | – | ||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen
| 2½ | – | – | ||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura
| 1½ | – | – | ||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana
| 2 | 0 | – | ||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 3 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian | 2 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 0 | 2½ | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 3 | 1½ | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 1½ | 1½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | 2½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Daniil Dubov | 1½ | 2½ | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sergey Karjakin | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Daniil Dubov | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Daniil Dubov | 2½ | 2½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Ding Liren | 1½ | 1½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Yu Yangyi | 3 | 1½ | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Liren | 2 | 2½ | 3 | |||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | 2½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | ½ | ½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 3½ | 2½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Ding Liren | 2½ | 1½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Ding Liren | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 1½ | 4 | 1½ | |||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 3½ | 2½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Anish Giri | 2½ | 1½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Grischuk | 3½ | 1 | - | |||||||||||||
| Anish Giri | 3½ | 3 | - | |||||||||||||
| Anish Giri | 3 | 1½ | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2½ | 2½ | - | |||||||||||||
| Vladislav Artemiev | 1½ | 1½ | - | |||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen
| 2½ | 2½ | – | ||||||||||
| Peter Svidler
| 1½ | 1½ | – | ||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen
| 4 | 2½ | – | ||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi
| 2 | ½ | – | ||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi
| 2½ | 3 | 3½ | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen
| 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | – | ||||||||||||||
| Ding Liren
| 3½[a] | ½ | ½ | 2½ | – | ||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen
| 1½ | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3½[b] | ||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura
| 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 1½ | 4 | 1 | 3½ | ||||||||||||
| Daniil Dubov
| 2½ | 1 | 1½ | – | – | ||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura
| 3½ | 3 | 2½ | – | – | ||||||||||||||