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Grand Chess Tour 2023
Series of chess tournaments

The Grand Chess Tour 2023 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the eighth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consisted 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.

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Format

The tour consisted 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.3

The tour points were awarded as follows:

PlaceTour PointsClassicalprize moneyRapid & Blitzprize moneyGCT Tourbonuses
1st12/13*$100,000$40,000$100,000
2nd10$65,000$30,000$50,000
3rd8$48,000$25,000$25,000
4th7$32,000$20,000
5th6$26,000$15,000
6th5$21,000$11,000
7th4$18,500$10,000
8th3$16,000$9,000
9th2$13,000$8,000
10th1$10,500$7,000
  • If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
  • Tour points and prize money are shared equally between tied players.

Lineup

The field was announced on February 22, 2023. It consisted of nine players, including both participants of World Chess Championship 2023, eventual winner Ding Liren and runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi, as well as defending Grand Chess Tour champion Alireza Firouzja.456

PlayerCountryFIDE rating (February 2023)
Alireza Firouzja France2785
Wesley So United States2766
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France2737
Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE72793
Ding Liren China2788
Anish Giri Netherlands2780
Fabiano Caruana United States2766
Jan-Krzysztof Duda Poland2729
Richárd Rapport Romania2740

Schedule

The events in St. Louis took 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.8

DatesTournament NameFormatHost city
May 4–16, 2023Superbet Chess ClassicClassicalBucharest
May 19–26, 2023Superbet Rapid & BlitzRapid & BlitzWarsaw
July 3–10, 2023SuperUnited Rapid & BlitzRapid & BlitzZagreb
November 12–19, 2023Saint Louis Rapid & BlitzRapid & BlitzSt. Louis
November 21–30, 2023Sinquefield CupClassical

Results

Tournament results

DatesTournament NameWinnerRunner-UpThird place
May 4–16, 2023Superbet Chess Classic Fabiano Caruana Wesley So Richárd Rapport Anish Giri Alireza Firouzja
May 19–26, 2023Poland Rapid & Blitz Magnus Carlsen (WC) Jan-Krzysztof Duda Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wesley So
July 3–10, 2023Croatia Rapid & Blitz Magnus Carlsen (WC) Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja
November 12–19, 2023Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Ian Nepomniachtchi Lê Quang Liêm (WC)
November 21–30, 2023Sinquefield Cup Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez (WC) Wesley So

Tour rankings

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

PlayerROUPOLCROSTLSINTotalpointsPrizemoney9
1 Fabiano Caruana (United States)137131346$310,000
2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)4.57.510628$148,583
3 Wesley So (United States)7.757.54.5827.75$148,750
4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)102107.5625.5$91,833
5 Alireza Firouzja (France)7.7586324.75$98,750
6 Richárd Rapport (Romania)7.7555219.75$77,750
7 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)4.5103.5w/d18$59,250
8 Anish Giri (Netherlands)7.7542417.75$79,250
9 Ding Liren (China)1133$16,000
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)131326$80,000
 Levon Aronian (United States)6612$41,333
 Leinier Domínguez (United States)1010$65,000
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)7.57.5$22,500
 Gukesh D (India)66$15,000
 Ray Robson (United States)4.54.5$10,500
 Viswanathan Anand (India)3.53.5$9,500
 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)123$18,000
 Kirill Shevchenko (Romania)33$9,000
 Samuel Sevian (United States)33$9,000
 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)22$8,000
 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)11$7,000
 Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)11$7,000
 Jeffery Xiong (United States)11$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.12

2023 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, May 4–16 Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2757.1)
PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2764Does not appear½½½½½1½1½13$100,00026.84
2 Wesley So (USA)2760½Does not appear½½1½½½½½57.75$42,75017.44
3 Richárd Rapport (ROU)2745½½Does not appear½½1½½½½57.75$42,75017.44
4 Anish Giri (NED)2768½½½Does not appear½½½1½½57.75$42,75017.44
5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2785½0½½Does not appear0½11157.75$42,75017.44
6 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2724½½0½1Does not appear½½½½4.5$19,750
7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)27420½½½½½Does not appear½1½4.5$19,750
8 Ding Liren (CHN)2789½½½00½½Does not appear½143$16,000
9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27940½½½0½0½Does not appear12$13,000
10 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)2700½½½½0½½00Does not appear3WC (1)$10,500

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.1314

2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, May 19–26 Warsaw, Poland
PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)101424WC (13)$40,00012.73
2 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)13102310$30,00010.19
T-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)1110½21½7.5$22,5008.28
T-3 Wesley So (USA)1110½21½7.5$22,5008.28
5 Levon Aronian (USA)1220½WC (6)$15,0006.37
6 Richard Rapport (ROU)99185$11,000
7 Anish Giri (NED)78154$10,000
8 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)4913WC (3)$9,000
9 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)612½WC (2)$8,000
10 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)7411WC (1)$7,000
2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, May 21–23 Warsaw, Poland
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2782Does not appear11211222113
2 Levon Aronian (USA)27291Does not appear1111221212
3 Wesley So (USA)278811Does not appear012112211
4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2762012Does not appear11112211
5 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)28391111Does not appear1102210
6 Richárd Rapport (ROU)276711011Does not appear11129
7 Anish Giri (NED)2714001111Does not appear2017
8 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)26220011210Does not appear117
9 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)261801000121Does not appear16
10 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)2602100000111Does not appear4
2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, May 24–25 Warsaw, Poland
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2852Does not appear1 10 11 ½1 11 11 ½1 ½½ ½½ 114
2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)27230 0Does not appear½ ½0 1½ 01 1½ 11 10 ½1 110½
3 Wesley So (USA)27491 0½ ½Does not appear½ 0½ 1½ ½1 ½0 11 ½½ 110½
4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)27900 ½1 0½ 1Does not appear½ 10 10 0½ 01 11 110
5 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)25620 0½ 1½ 0½ 0Does not appear1 00 11 ½1 01 19
6 Richard Rapport (ROU)27010 00 0½ ½1 00 1Does not appear1 ½1 ½0 11 19
7 Levon Aronian (USA)28040 ½½ 00 ½1 11 00 ½Does not appear0 ½1 1½ ½
8 Anish Giri (NED)28070 ½0 01 0½ 10 ½0 ½1 ½Does not appear0 11 ½8
9 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)2649½ ½1 ½0 ½0 00 11 00 01 0Does not appear0 ½
10 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)2605½ 00 0½ 00 00 00 0½ ½0 ½1 ½Does not appear4

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.

2023 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, July 3–10 Zagreb, Croatia
PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)111526WC (13)$40,00013.47
2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)1210½22½10$30,00010.78
3 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)913228$25,0009.43
4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)1221½7$20,0008.08
5 Gukesh D (IND)1019½WC (6)$15,0006.73
6 Richárd Rapport (ROU)910195$11,000
T-7 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)916½3.5$9,500
T-7 Viswanathan Anand (IND)1016½WC (3.5)$9,500
9 Ivan Šarić (CRO)6612WC (2)$8,000
10 Constantin Lupulescu (ROU)2WC (1)$7,000
2023 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, July 5–7 Zagreb, Croatia
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2760Does not appear11112202212
2 Fabiano Caruana (USA)27521Does not appear2211021212
3 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)282910Does not appear220121211
4 Gukesh D (IND)2629100Does not appear21112210
5 Viswanathan Anand (IND)27311100Does not appear1212210
6 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)274501211Does not appear10219
7 Richárd Rapport (ROU)2761021101Does not appear2029
8 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)27942001120Does not appear129
9 Ivan Saric (CRO)263501100021Does not appear16
10 Constantin Lupulescu (ROU)2572000001001Does not appear2
2023 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, July 8–9 Zagreb, Croatia
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2858Does not appear1 01 11 01 ½1 11 ½1 11 11 115
2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)28960 1Does not appear1 00 ½1 01 1½ 11 11 11 113
3 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27810 00 1Does not appear½ ½½ ½1 ½1 1½ 0½ 11 110½
4 Richárd Rapport (ROU)27070 11 ½½ ½Does not appear0 10 01 01 ½0 11 110
5 Fabiano Caruana (USA)28320 ½0 1½ ½1 0Does not appear1 0½ 00 11 ½1 1
6 Gukesh D (IND)26260 00 00 ½1 10 1Does not appear1 10 10 11 1
7 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)27830 ½½ 00 00 1½ 10 0Does not appear1 01 ½½ 1
8 Viswanathan Anand (IND)27330 00 0½ 10 ½1 01 00 1Does not appear0 ½½ ½
9 Ivan Saric (CRO)25760 00 0½ 01 00 ½1 00 ½1 ½Does not appear½ ½6
10 Constantin Lupulescu (ROU)25760 00 00 00 00 00 0½ 0½ ½½ ½Does not appear

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz

The fourth leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States from November 12 to 19, 2023.

2023 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, November 12–19 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)10112113$40,00012.55
2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)1010½20½10$30,00010.04
T-3 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)911207.5$22,5008.16
T-3 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)91120WC (7.5)$22,5008.16
5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)918½6$15,0006.28
T-6 Wesley So (USA)710174.5$10,500
T-6 Ray Robson (USA)11617WC (4.5)$10,500
8 Samuel Sevian (USA)916½WC (3)$9,000
9 Anish Giri (NED)97162$8,000
10 Jeffery Xiong (USA)713½WC (1)$7,000
2023 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, November 14–16 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
PlayerRating12345678910Points
1 Ray Robson (USA)2596Does not appear11221120111
2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)27711Does not appear1111112110
3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)276511Does not appear101211210
4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2789011Does not appear1120219
5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27420121Does not appear210119
6 Anish Giri (NED)269711110Does not appear12119
7 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)2652110011Does not appear1229
8 Samuel Sevian (USA)25810112201Does not appear119
9 Wesley So (USA)275320101101Does not appear17
10 Jeffery Xiong (USA)2727110111011Does not appear7
2023 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, November 17–18 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
PlayerRating12345678910Points
T-1 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)2665Does not appear1 10 ½0 10 ½1 11 01 ½0 1½ 111
T-1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)28130 0Does not appear0 1½ ½1 11 10 ½1 11 1½ 011
T-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27851 ½1 0Does not appear1 10 ½0 01 ½0 ½1 11 111
4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)27281 0½ ½0 0Does not appear1 01 11 ½1 ½½ ½1 ½10½
5 Wesley So (USA)27601 ½0 01 ½0 1Does not appear½ ½½ ½1 01 ½1 ½10
6 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)28960 00 01 10 0½ ½Does not appear1 ½1 11 01 1
7 Samuel Sevian (USA)26950 11 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½0 ½Does not appear0 1½ 10 0
8 Anish Giri (NED)27520 ½0 01 ½0 ½0 10 01 0Does not appear½ ½1 ½7
9 Jeffery Xiong (USA)27261 00 00 0½ ½0 ½0 1½ 0½ ½Does not appear½ 1
10 Ray Robson (USA)2665½ 0½ 10 00 ½0 ½0 01 10 ½½ 0Does not appear6

Sinquefield Cup

2023 GCT Sinquefield Cup, November 21–30, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2753.2)
PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit
1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2795Does not appear½1½½½½1113$100,00025.93
2 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2745½Does not appear½½½½1½15WC (10)$65,00020.74
3 Wesley So (USA)27520½Does not appear½½1½½18$48,00018.15
4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2734½½½Does not appear½½½½½46$26,3335.19
5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2771½½½½Does not appear½½½½46$26,3335.19
6 Levon Aronian (USA)2727½½0½½Does not appear½1½4WC (6)$26,3335.19
7 Anish Giri (NED)2752½0½½½½Does not appear½½½4$18,500
8 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27770½½½½0½Does not appear½33$13,000
9 Richárd Rapport (ROU)2748000½½½½½Does not appear2$13,000
10 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)152731½Does not appear

Notes

References

  1. "2023 Grand Chess Tour Overview". https://grandchesstour.org/2023-grand-chess-tour/overview

  2. "The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023". Chess News. January 10, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023. https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-grand-chess-tour-returns-in-2023

  3. "2023 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF). https://grandchesstour.org/sites/default/files/2023%20GCT%20Regulations.pdf

  4. "Firouzja returns as 2023 Grand Chess Tour field announced". https://chess24.com/en/read/news/gct-field-2023-announced-with-firouzja

  5. Sergio (March 29, 2023). "Grand Chess Tour 2023 with a dream lineup – Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Retrieved September 27, 2023. https://www.chessdom.com/grand-chess-tour-2023-with-a-dream-lineup/

  6. "Grand Chess Tour Names Field Of Elite Players To Compete For $1.4M Purse". March 9, 2023. https://grandchesstour.org/news/grand-chess-tour-names-field-of-elite-players-to-compete-for-1-4m-purse/

  7. 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.[9] /wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

  8. "2023 Grand Chess Tour: St. Louis Events Moved To November–December". https://www.chess.com/news/view/2023-grand-chess-tour-tournaments-dates

  9. https://grandchesstour.org/blog/2023-sinquefield-cup-day-9-recap https://grandchesstour.org/blog/2023-sinquefield-cup-day-9-recap

  10. 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.[9] /wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

  11. 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.[10] /wiki/Levon_Aronian

  12. "Caruana Wins Superbet Classic, Takes Grand Chess Tour Lead". https://www.chess.com/news/view/2023-superbet-classic-romania-round-9

  13. "2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland: Day 3 Recap". May 24, 2023. https://www.fide.com/news/2417

  14. McGourty, Colin. "Duda wins Superbet Rapid, Magnus back in business". https://new.chess24.com/wall/news/duda-wins-superbet-rapid-magnus-back-in-business

  15. Jan-Krzysztof Duda withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup after round 1 due to illness; his round 1 result was not counted towards the standings. /wiki/Jan-Krzysztof_Duda