Grand Chess Tour 2019

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The 2019 Grand Chess Tour includes two 10-player Round Robin Tournaments played at a Classical time control and five 10-player Round Robin Tournaments played at both Rapid and Blitz time controls. Top 4 players by points standings qualifies to the GCT Finals in London with a 350,000 USD prize pool.

Standings

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#ParticipantTotal PointsCote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire
CroatiaCroatia
Croatia
ParisParis
Paris
Saint LouisSaint Louis
Saint Louis
Sinquefield Cup
Sinquefield Cup
RomaniaRomania
Romania
IndiaIndia
India
1.Norway Magnus Carlsen67.51320516.513
2.China Ding Liren43.8678.316.56
3.Armenia Levon Aronian37.511131.5111
4.France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave36.893138.33.5
5.Russia Sergey Karjakin36.53.5561111
6.India Viswanathan Anand363101184
7.United States Wesley So33.57151.52.57.5
8.Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi29.53.577.56.55
9.United States Hikaru Nakamura27.59143.510
10.Netherlands Anish Giri26.5716.54.57.5
10.United States Fabiano Caruana26.511536.51
12.Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov163316.52.5
13.China Yu Yangyi8.38.3
14.Russia Alexander Grischuk7.57.5
15.Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm77
16.Ukraine Anton Korobov66
16.Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda66
18.China Wei Yi55
19.Russia Vladislav Artemiev4.54.5
20.Hungary Richard Rapport44
21.India Pentala Harikrishna2.52.5
21.India Santosh Gujrathi Vidit2.52.5
23.Russia Daniil Dubov22
23.United States Leinier Dominguez Perez22
23.Bulgaria Veselin Topalov22
26.Egypt Bassem Amin11

Events

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Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Dec 2 - 8, 2019
$350,000
United Kingdom London
4 participants
Nov 22 - 26, 2019
$150,000
India Kolkata
10 participants
Nov 6 - 10, 2019
$150,000
Romania Bucharest
10 participants
Aug 17 - 29, 2019
$325,000
United States St. Louis
10 participants
Aug 10 - 14, 2019
$150,000
United States St. Louis
10 participants
 
TBD
Jul 27 - Aug 1, 2019
$150,000
France Paris
10 participants
Jun 26 - Jul 7, 2019
$325,000
Croatia Zagreb
12 participants
May 8 - 12, 2019
$150,000
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan
10 participants


References

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  1. The winner earns 13 GCT Tour Points if they win the tournament outright, without the need for a playoff.
  2. The winner earns 20 GCT Tour Points if they win the tournament outright, without the need for a playoff.