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Grand Chess Tour 2017

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Grand Chess Tour
2017
2017 Grand Chess Tour winner Magnus Carlsen.
Tournament information
Dates12 June–21 December 2017
Host(s)Paris
Leuven
St. Louis
London
Final positions
ChampionNorway Magnus Carlsen
Runner-upFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3rd placeArmenia Levon Aronian
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titlesNorway Magnus Carlsen (2)
Prize money leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen ($245,417)
Points leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen (41)
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Grand Chess Tour 2017 was a circuit of chess tournaments, which was the third edition of Grand Chess Tour. It took place from June 21 to December 12, 2017, and was won by reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen.

Format

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The tour consisted of five events, including three fast chess and two classical events. Scoring system looked 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

Lineup

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The tour consisted of nine regular players, who were selected to participate based on different criteria, including performance in previous edition, average rating for last twelve months, URS rating and invitation by organizers. Almost all invitees accepted, with only exception being former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, who refused to participate due to busy schedule.[1]

Player Country Rating (January 2017) Qualification method
1 Wesley So  United States 2808 Winner of Grand Chess Tour 2016
2 Hikaru Nakamura  United States 2785 Runner-up of Grand Chess Tour 2016
3 Fabiano Caruana  United States 2827 Third place in Grand Chess Tour 2016
4 Magnus Carlsen  Norway 2840 Average FIDE rating
5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2796 Average FIDE rating
6 Ian Nepomniachtchi  Russia 2767 URS
7 Sergey Karjakin  Russia 2785 URS
8 Viswanathan Anand  India 2786 Wildcard
9 Levon Aronian  Armenia 2780 Replacement for Vladimir Kramnik

Schedule and results

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Dates Tournament Host city Winner
June 21-25 Paris Rapid and Blitz Paris Magnus Carlsen
June 28-July 27 Your Next Move Leuven Magnus Carlsen
August 1-17 Sinquefield Cup St. Louis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
August 13-17 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz St. Louis Levon Aronian
December 1-17 London Chess Classic London Fabiano Caruana

Tournaments

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Paris

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2017 Grand Chess Tour opened with Paris Rapid and Blitz event. It was won by Magnus Carlsen, who defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on tie-break.[2][3][4]

2017 Paris GCT, June 21–25 Paris, France
Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 14 10 24 12 $31,250
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 11 13 24 ½ 10 $31,250
3  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 12 11 23 8 $20,000
4  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 13 9 22 WC (7) $15,000
5  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 11 9 20 WC (6) $12,500
6  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 8 10 18 5 $10,000
7  Wesley So (USA) 9 6 15 4 $7,500
8  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 3 11 14 3 $7,500
9  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 5 11½ WC (2) $7,500
10  Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 4 WC (1) $7,500
Paris GCT Rapid, June 21–23
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2896 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 14
2  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2822 1 Does not appear 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 13
3  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2796 1 2 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 12
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2770 0 1 2 Does not appear 0 1 2 2 2 1 11
5  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2825 0 0 1 2 Does not appear 1 2 2 1 2 11
6  Wesley So (USA) 2759 0 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 2 2 9
7  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2773 1 0 1 0 0 2 Does not appear 1 2 1 8
8  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2715 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 5
9  Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2710 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Does not appear 2 4
10  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2752 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Does not appear 3
Paris GCT Blitz, June 24–25
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2825 Does not appear ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 13
2  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2865 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 11
3  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2800 1 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 11
4  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2791 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 10
5  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2914 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
6  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2813 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 9
7  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2772 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9
8  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2710 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1
9  Wesley So (USA) 2791 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 Does not appear 0 1 6
10  Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2627 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 Does not appear
First place playoff
Place Player Rapid rating Rapid Score
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2896 1 ½
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2770 0 ½ ½

Leuven

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Leuven Grand Chess Tour took place from June 28 to July 2 in Leuven, Belgium. As well as previous event, it was won by Magnus Carlsen.

2017 Leuven GCT, June 28–July 2 Leuven, Belgium
Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 11 14½ 25½ 13 $37,500
2  Wesley So (USA) 14 22½ 10 $25,000
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 12 10 22 8 $20,000
4  Anish Giri (NED) 10 10 20 WC (7) $15,000
5  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 9 18½ WC (5.5) $11,250
6  Levon Aronian (ARM) 9 18½ 5.5 $11,250
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 9 9 18 4 $7,500
8  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 8 8 16 3 $7,500
9  Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) 7 15½ WC (2) $7,500
10  Baadur Jobava (GEO) 1 WC (1) $7,500
Leuven GCT Rapid, June 28–30
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Wesley So (USA) 2759 Does not appear 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 14
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2770 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 12
3  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2896 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 11
4  Anish Giri (NED) 2750 1 1 1 Does not appear 0 2 1 1 2 1 10
5  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2819 1 0 1 2 Does not appear 2 1 0 0 2 9
6  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2797 0 2 0 0 0 Does not appear 2 2 1 2 9
7  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2798 0 1 0 1 1 0 Does not appear 2 2 2 9
8  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2789 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 Does not appear 2 2 8
9  Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) 2827 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 Does not appear 2 7
10  Baadur Jobava (GEO) 2649 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Does not appear 1
Leuven GCT Blitz, July 1–2
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2899 Does not appear 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 14½
2  Anish Giri (NED) 2723 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2890 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 10
4  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2760 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0
5  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2786 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1
6  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2793 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9
7  Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) 2768 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
8  Wesley So (USA) 2724 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 1 1
9  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2766 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 Does not appear 1 ½ 8
10  Baadur Jobava (GEO) 2734 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear

Sinquefield Cup

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Sinquefield Cup, 2–11 August 2017, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2787.7)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Wins H2H TPR Tour Points
1  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2789 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2907 13
2  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2822 0 Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3 2862 9
3  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2783 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2 2866 9
4  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2799 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5 3 2825 6.5
5  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2773 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2 2828 6.5
6  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2751 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 2792 WC (5)
7  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2807 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4 2747 4
8  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2792 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 2709 3
9  Wesley So (USA) 2810 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 3 1 1 2665 1.5
10  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2751 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 Does not appear 3 1 0 2672 1.5

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz

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The inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz was the fourth leg of 2017 Grand Chess Tour and took place in Saint Louis Chess Club from August 13 to August 19. It brought some attention from the media due to participation of former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, who has retired from competitive chess in 2005, 12 years prior to the event.[5][6][7][8] He represented Croatia at the tournament.[9]

2017 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz, August 10–16 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money
1  Levon Aronian (ARM) 12 12½ 24½ 13 $37,000
2  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 11 10½ 21½ 9 $22,500
3  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 8 13½ 21½ 9 $22,500
4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 10 10 20 7 $15,000
5  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 11 16½ 5 $10,000
6  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 8 16½ WC (5) $10,000
7  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 9 16½ WC (5) $10,000
8  Garry Kasparov (CRO) 7 9 16 WC (3) $7,500
9  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 7 7 14 2 $7,500
10  David Navara (CZE) 7 6 13 WC (1) $7,500
Saint Louis Rapid, August 14-16
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2794 Does not appear 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 12
2  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2700 0 Does not appear 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 11
3  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2822 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 11
4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2810 2 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 1 2 10
5  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2803 0 0 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 2 1 1 9
6  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 2761 2 2 2 1 0 Does not appear 0 0 1 0 8
7  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2765 0 0 1 1 1 2 Does not appear 0 2 1 8
8  David Navara (CZE) 2737 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 Does not appear 0 2 7
9  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2778 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 Does not appear 1 7
10  Garry Kasparov (CRO) 2812 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 Does not appear 7
Saint Louis Blitz, August 17–18
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2807 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 13½
2  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2794 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 12½
3  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2868 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10½
4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2787 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 10
5  Garry Kasparov (CRO) 2812 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 9
6  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE) 2747 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1
7  Leinier Domínguez (CUB) 2796 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 1 1 1
8  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2756 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 7
9  David Navara (CZE) 2748 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 0 6
10  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2806 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 Does not appear

London

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9th London Chess Classic, 1–11 December 2017, London, England, Category XXII (2779)[10]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB Wins H2H TPR Tour Points Place
1  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2799 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2901 12 1
2  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2729 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2909 10 2
3  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2837 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2 2815 7 3
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2789 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 1 ½ 2820 7 4–5
5  Wesley So (USA) 2788 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 1 ½ 2820 7 4–5
6  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2781 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 2778 5 6
7  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2805 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4 2733 4 7
8  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2760 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 2701 3 8
9  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2782 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3 0 ½ 2653 1.5 9–10
10  Michael Adams (ENG) 2715 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 0 ½ 2661 WC (1.5) 9–10
First place playoff
Place Player Rapid rating Blitz rating Rapid Blitz Score
1  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2751 2804 ½ ½ ½ 1
2  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2780 2810 ½ ½ ½ 0

Standings

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Player Paris Leuven Sinquefield St. Louis London Total
points
Prize
money
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 12 13 9 7 41 $245,417
2  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 10 8 13 7 38 $207,917
3  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 5.5 6.5 13 4 29 $91,250
4  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 8 3 9 5 25 $77,500
5  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 3 4 5 12 24 $95,000
6  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 5 6.5 9 3 23.5 $75,000
T-7  Wesley So (United States) 4 10 1.5 7 22.5 $79,167
T-7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 4 1.5 7 10 22.5 $100,000
9  Viswanathan Anand (India) 3 9 2 1.5 15.5 $75,000
 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 7 7 $15,000
 Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 7 7 $15,000
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 6 6 $12,500
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 5.5 5.5 $11,250
 Peter Svidler (Russia) 5 5 $20,000
 Leinier Domínguez (Cuba) 5 5 $10,000
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 5 5 $10,000
 Garry Kasparov (Russia) 3 3 $7,500
 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2 2 $7,500
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2 2 $7,500
 Michael Adams (England) 1.5 1.5 $15,000
 Étienne Bacrot (France) 1 1 $7,500
 Baadur Jobava (Georgia) 1 1 $7,500
 David Navara (Czech Republic) 1 1 $7,500

References

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  5. ^ "Гарри Каспаров блицнул мастерством". Kommersant (in Russian). Alexei Dospekhov. August 21, 2017.
  6. ^ "Historic Sinquefield Cup Brings Top World Chess Talent to Saint Louis; Legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov Comes out of Retirement for Inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Event". PR Newswire. July 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement for inaugural Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Event". The Indian Express. July 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Is Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In St. Louis Tournament". Forbes. Alex Knapp. July 5, 2017.
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