Grand Chess Tour 2023

Grand Chess Tournament
2023
Tournament information
Dates	May 4–December 3, 2023
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titles	Magnus Carlsen (2)
Prize money leader	Fabiano Caruana ($120,000)
Points leader	Fabiano Caruana (20)

The Grand Chess Tour 2023 is a series of chess tournaments, which is the eighth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It will consist of five tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.4 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.[1][2]

The lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the World Chess Champion Ding Liren, the World Chess Championship 2023 runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the defending champion Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Richárd Rapport.[3][4]

Format

The tour will consist of five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of 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.[5]

The tour points were 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

The events in St. Louis are set to take place during the months of November and December, compared to the previous editions where they took place during the months of August and September. The change was implemented to avoid scheduling clashes with the 2023 Chess World Cup and the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.[6]

Dates	Tournament Name	Host city
May 4–16, 2023	Superbet Chess Classic	Bucharest
May 19–26, 2023	Superbet Rapid & Blitz	Warsaw
July 3–10, 2023	SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz	Zagreb
November 12–19, 2023	Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz	St. Louis
November 19–December 3, 2023	Sinquefield Cup	St. Louis

Results

Tournament results

Dates	Tournament Name	Winner	Runner-Up	Third place
May 4–16, 2023	Superbet Chess Classic	Fabiano Caruana	Wesley So	Richárd Rapport
May 19–26, 2023	Poland Rapid & Blitz	Magnus Carlsen (WC)	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wesley So
July 3–10, 2023	Croatia Rapid & Blitz	Magnus Carlsen (WC)	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Alireza Firouzja
November 12–19, 2023	Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
November 19–3 December 2023	Sinquefield Cup

Tour rankings

The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.

Player	Superbet Chess Classic Romania	Poland GCT Rapid & Blitz	Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz	Total points	Prize money
Fabiano Caruana (United States)	13		7	20	$120,000
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	4.5	10	3.5	18	$59,250
Richárd Rapport (Romania)	7.75	5	5	17.75	$64,750
Alireza Firouzja (France)	7.75		8	15.75	$67,750
Wesley So (United States)	7.75	7.5		15.25	$65,250
Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)[lower-alpha 1]	2		10	12	$43,000
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	4.5	7.5		12	$42,250
Anish Giri (Netherlands)	7.75	4		11.75	$52,750
Ding Liren (China)[lower-alpha 2]	3			3	$16,000
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)		13 (WC)	13 (WC)	26	$80,000
Levon Aronian (United States)		6 (WC)		6	$15,000
Gukesh D (India)			6 (WC)	6	$15,000
Viswanathan Anand (India)			3.5 (WC)	3.5	$9,500
Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)	1 (WC)	2 (WC)		3	$18,000
Kirill Shevchenko (Romania)		3 (WC)		3	$9,000
Ivan Šarić (Croatia)			2 (WC)	2	$8,000
Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)		1 (WC)		1	$7,000
Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)			1 (WC)	1	$7,000

Tournaments

Superbet Chess Classic

The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from May 4–16, 2023. The winner of the tournament was Fabiano Caruana.[9]

Superbet Chess Classic, May 4–16 Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2757.1)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	Tour Points
1	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2764	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	5½		13
2	Wesley So (United States)	2760	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	5	22.50	7.75
3	Richárd Rapport (Romania)	2745	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	5	22.25	7.75
4	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2768	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	22.00	7.75
5	Alireza Firouzja (France)	2785	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	1	5	20.50	7.75
6	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2724	½	½	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4½	20.25	4.5
7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2742	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	4½	19.25	4.5
8	Ding Liren (China)	2789	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	4		3
9	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2794	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	3½		2
10	Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)	2700	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	3		1

Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from May 19 to 26, 2023. Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the winner of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.[10][11]

Poland Grand Chess Tour Rapid, May 19–22 Warsaw, Poland
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2782	Does not appear	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	13
2	Levon Aronian (United States)	2729	1	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	12
3	Wesley So (United States)	2788	1	1	Does not appear	0	1	2	1	1	2	2	11
4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2762	0	1	2	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	2	2	11
5	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2839	1	1	1	1	Does not appear	1	1	0	2	2	10
6	Richárd Rapport (Romania)	2767	1	1	0	1	1	Does not appear	1	1	1	2	9
7	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2714	0	0	1	1	1	1	Does not appear	2	0	1	7
8	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2622	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	7
9	Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)	2618	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	Does not appear	1	6
10	Kirill Shevchenko (Romania)	2602	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	Does not appear	4

Poland Grand Chess Tour Blitz, May 23–26 Warsaw, Poland
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2852	Does not appear	1 1	0 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	14
2	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2723	0 0	Does not appear	½ ½	0 1	½ 0	1 1	½ 1	1 1	0 ½	1 1	10½
3	Wesley So (United States)	2749	1 0	½ ½	Does not appear	½ 0	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	0 1	1 ½	½ 1	10½
4	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2790	0 ½	1 0	½ 1	Does not appear	½ 1	0 1	0 0	½ 0	1 1	1 1	10
5	Kirill Shevchenko (Romania)	2562	0 0	½ 1	½ 0	½ 0	Does not appear	1 0	0 1	1 ½	1 0	1 1	9
6	Richard Rapport (Romania)	2701	0 0	0 0	½ ½	1 0	0 1	Does not appear	1 ½	1 ½	0 1	1 1	9
7	Levon Aronian (United States)	2804	0 ½	½ 0	0 ½	1 1	1 0	0 ½	Does not appear	0 ½	1 1	½ ½	8½
8	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2807	0 ½	0 0	1 0	½ 1	0 ½	0 ½	1 ½	Does not appear	0 1	1 ½	8
9	Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)	2649	½ ½	1 ½	0 ½	0 0	0 1	1 0	0 0	1 0	Does not appear	0 ½	6½
10	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2605	½ 0	0 0	½ 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ ½	0 ½	1 ½	Does not appear	4

Final standings

	Player	Points	Tour Points
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	24	13
2	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	23	10
T-3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	21½	7.5
T-3	Wesley So (United States)	21½	7.5
5	Levon Aronian (United States)	20½	6
6	Richard Rapport (Romania)	18	5
7	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	15	4
8	Kirill Shevchenko (Romania)	13	3
9	Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)	12½	2
10	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	11	1

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia

The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 5 to 9, 2023. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana were the joint winners of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.

Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid, July 5–7 Zagreb, Croatia
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2760	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	12
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2752	1	Does not appear	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	12
3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2829	1	0	Does not appear	2	2	0	1	2	1	2	11
4	Gukesh D (India)	2629	1	0	0	Does not appear	2	1	1	1	2	2	10
5	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2731	1	1	0	0	Does not appear	1	2	1	2	2	10
6	Alireza Firouzja (France)	2745	0	1	2	1	1	Does not appear	1	0	2	1	9
7	Richárd Rapport (Romania)	2761	0	2	1	1	0	1	Does not appear	2	0	2	9
8	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2794	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	Does not appear	1	2	9
9	Ivan Saric (Croatia)	2635	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	Does not appear	1	6
10	Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)	2572	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	Does not appear	2

Croatia Grand Chess Tour Blitz, July 7–9 Zagreb, Croatia
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2858	Does not appear	1 0	1 1	1 0	1 ½	1 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	15
2	Alireza Firouzja (France)	2896	0 1	Does not appear	1 0	0 ½	1 0	1 1	½ 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	13
3	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2781	0 0	0 1	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	½ 0	½ 1	1 1	10½
4	Richárd Rapport (Romania)	2707	0 1	1 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	0 1	0 0	1 0	1 ½	0 1	1 1	10
5	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2832	0 ½	0 1	½ ½	1 0	Does not appear	1 0	½ 0	0 1	1 ½	1 1	9½
6	Gukesh D (India)	2626	0 0	0 0	0 ½	1 1	0 1	Does not appear	1 1	0 1	0 1	1 1	9½
7	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2783	0 ½	½ 0	0 0	0 1	½ 1	0 0	Does not appear	1 0	1 ½	½ 1	7½
8	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2733	0 0	0 0	½ 1	0 ½	1 0	1 0	0 1	Does not appear	0 ½	½ ½	6½
9	Ivan Saric (Croatia)	2576	0 0	0 0	½ 0	1 0	0 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	6
10	Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)	2576	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	2½

Final standings

	Player	Points	Tour Points
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	26	13
2	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	22½	10
3	Alireza Firouzja (France)	22	8
4	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	21½	7
5	Gukesh D (India)	19½	6
6	Richárd Rapport (Romania)	19	5
T–7	Viswanathan Anand (India)	16½	3.5
T–7	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	16½	3.5
9	Ivan Šarić (Croatia)	12	2
10	Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)	4½	1

References

"2023 Grand Chess Tour Overview".
"The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023". Chess News. January 10, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
"Firouzja returns as 2023 Grand Chess Tour field announced".
Sergio (March 29, 2023). "Grand Chess Tour 2023 with a dream lineup – Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
"2023 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).
"2023 Grand Chess Tour: St. Louis Events Moved To November–December".
FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, February 28, 2022
Starting Sunday: Carlsen heads intriguing field in Superbet Poland, ChessBase, May 20, 2023
"Caruana Wins Superbet Classic, Takes Grand Chess Tour Lead".
"2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland: Day 3 Recap". May 24, 2023.
McGourty, Colin. "Duda wins Superbet Rapid, Magnus back in business".

Notes

Nepomniachtchi is Russian, but plays under the FIDE flag due to FIDE banning Russian and Belarusian flags from FIDE-rated events in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
Ding withdrew before the Poland Rapid and Blitz event took place, citing fatigue. As a result of this change, Levon Aronian was chosen as a wildcard to replace him for the event.[8]

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[1] "2023 Grand Chess Tour Overview".

[2] "The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023". Chess News. January 10, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

[3] "Firouzja returns as 2023 Grand Chess Tour field announced".

[4] Sergio (March 29, 2023). "Grand Chess Tour 2023 with a dream lineup – Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

[5] "2023 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).

[6] "2023 Grand Chess Tour: St. Louis Events Moved To November–December".

[7] FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, February 28, 2022

[9] Starting Sunday: Carlsen heads intriguing field in Superbet Poland, ChessBase, May 20, 2023

[11] "Caruana Wins Superbet Classic, Takes Grand Chess Tour Lead".

[12] "2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland: Day 3 Recap". May 24, 2023.

[13] McGourty, Colin. "Duda wins Superbet Rapid, Magnus back in business".

[flags-8] Nepomniachtchi is Russian, but plays under the FIDE flag due to FIDE banning Russian and Belarusian flags from FIDE-rated events in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

[ding-10] Ding withdrew before the Poland Rapid and Blitz event took place, citing fatigue. As a result of this change, Levon Aronian was chosen as a wildcard to replace him for the event.[8]