Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour

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]

Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour
Magnus Carlsen – winner of the tour
Details
Duration18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020
Tournaments5
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Magnus Carlsen (4)
Most tournament finals Magnus Carlsen (4)

Format

There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:

  1. Magnus Carlsen Invitational, 18 April – 3 May 2020.
  2. Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020), 19 May – 3 June 2020.
  3. Chessable Masters (2020), 20 June – 5 July 2020.
  4. Legends of Chess (2020) 21 July – 5 August 2020.
  5. Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020), 9 August – 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 August – 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 Anish Giri Ding Liren
Ian Nepomniachtchi
21 July – 5 August 2020 Legends of Chess (2020) Magnus Carlsen Ian Nepomniachtchi Peter Svidler
Anish Giri
9 August – 20 August 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020) Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Ding Liren
Daniil Dubov

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 Nakamura33-
 
 
 
 Levon Aronian21-
 
 Hikaru Nakamura2½3-
 
 
 
 Magnus Carlsen1½2-
 
 Wesley So1½1½-
 
 
 
 Magnus Carlsen2½2½-
 
 Hikaru Nakamura2½1½2
 
 
 
 Daniil Dubov1½2½3
 
 Sergey Karjakin030
 
 
 
 Daniil Dubov323
 
 Daniil Dubov2½2½-
 
 
 
 Ding Liren1½1½-
 
 Yu Yangyi31½2
 
 
 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)
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Magnus Carlsen2½2½-
 
 
 
 Fabiano Caruana1½1½-
 
 Magnus Carlsen3½2½-
 
 
 
 Ding Liren2½1½-
 
 Ding Liren2½32½
 
 
 
 Hikaru Nakamura1½41½
 
 Magnus Carlsen3½2½-
 
 
 
 Anish Giri2½1½-
 
 Alexander Grischuk3½1-
 
 
 
 Anish Giri3½3-
 
 Anish Giri31½3½
 
 
 
 Ian Nepomniachtchi12½2½
 
 Ian Nepomniachtchi2½2½-
 
 
 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)
          
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]


Semifinal 1 (9-12 August)
       
Magnus Carlsen 3½ 2½ 2½ 3½ -
Ding Liren 3½[lower-alpha 1] ½ ½ 2½ -
Semifinal 2 (9-12 August)
       
Daniil Dubov 2½ 1 1½ - -
Hikaru Nakamura 3½ 3 2½ - -
Final
Magnus Carlsen 1½ 3½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 3½[lower-alpha 2]
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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