Grand Chess Tour 2016
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| File:London Chess Classic 2016 Day2-12 (31416514922).jpg 2016 Grand Chess Tour winner Wesley So. | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 June–18 December 2016 |
| Host(s) | Paris Leuven St. Louis London |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | United States Wesley So |
| Runner-up | United States Hikaru Nakamura |
| 3rd place | United States Fabiano Caruana |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Most tournament titles | United States Wesley So (2) |
| Prize money leader | United States Wesley So ($295,000) |
| Points leader | United States Wesley So (36) |
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Grand Chess Tour 2016 was a second edition of Grand Chess Tour, a series of chess tournaments, that took place from June to December 2016. It consisted of four tournaments and was won by Wesley So.[1] On January 6, 2016, the Grand Chess Tour saw the withdrawal of Norway Chess, one of three tournaments that were parts of the tour, along with Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic. The reason was different views on the funding issue.[2] However, on February 11, Grand Chess Tour announced an inclusion of two fast chess events in Paris and Leuven.[3] [4]
Format
The tour consisted of four events, two fast chess and two classical chess events, with each tournament having one wildcard. Eegular tour players were scheduled to participate in every event, with the exception of Viswanathan Anand, with three best results going into account. The point system was 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
2016 Grand Chess Tour included nine participants. Among notable absentees were incumbent World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and World Chess Championship 2016 challenger Sergey Karjakin.[5] The roster was selected based on several criteria, including top-three finish in previous tour, average rating for 2015 and personal invitation.[6]
| Player | Country | Rating (April 2016) | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anish Giri | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 2790 | Runner-up of 2015 Grand Chess Tour |
| 2 | Levon Aronian | File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia | 2784 | Third place in 2015 Grand Chess Tour |
| 3 | Veselin Topalov | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 2754 | Average rating for 2015 |
| 4 | Viswanathan Anand | File:Flag of India.svg India | 2770 | Average rating for 2015 |
| 5 | Fabiano Caruana | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 2795 | Average rating for 2015 |
| 6 | Hikaru Nakamura | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 2787 | Average rating for 2015 |
| 7 | Vladimir Kramnik | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 2801 | Average rating for 2015 |
| 8 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | File:Flag of France.svg France | 2788 | Wildcard |
| 9 | Wesley So | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | 2773 | Replacement for Magnus Carlsen |
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Schedule and results
| Dates | Tournament | Host city | Winner |
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| June 9-12 | Paris Grand Chess Tour | File:Flag of France.svg Paris | File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura |
| June 17-20 | Your Next Move | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leuven | File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (WC) |
| August 5-16 | Sinquefield Cup | File:Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis | File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So |
| December 9-18 | London Chess Classic | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London | File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So |
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Tournaments
Paris Grand Chess Tour
Paris Grand Chess Tour was the first event of 2016 edition, which was won by Hikaru Nakamura. Viswanathan Anand declined his invitation due to him playing in tournament in León, Spain on the same time, and thus, Laurent Fressinet was given the additional wildcard.
2016 Paris GCT, June 9–12 Paris, France Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money 1 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 14 11½ 25½ 13 $37,500 2 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 13 11½ 24½ WC (10) $30,000 3 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 11 11 22 8 $15,000 4 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 11 8½ 19½ 7 $15,000 5 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 9 10 19 6 $15,000 6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 9 9 18 5 $7,500 7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 10 5½ 15½ 4 $7,500 8 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 4 10 14 3 $7,500 9 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 4 8 12 2 $7,500 10 File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 5 5 10 WC (1) $7,500
Paris GCT Rapid, June 9-10 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2846 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 14 2 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2878 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 13 3 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 2652 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 11 4 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2784 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 11 5 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2799 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 10 6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2738 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 9 7 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2739 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 8 File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2695 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 9 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2771 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 10 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2829 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4
Paris GCT Blitz, June 11-12 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2915 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 11½ 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2883 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 11½ 3 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2871 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 10½ 4 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2665 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 5 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2798 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 10 6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2822 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 9 7 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 2726 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 8½ 8 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2644 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 8 9 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2841 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 5½ 10 File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2630 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5
Your Next Move
2016 Your Next Move GCT, June 17–20 Leuven, Belgium Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money 1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 12 11 23 WC (13) $37,500 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 11 9½ 20½ 10 $30,000 3 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 10 10 20 8 $15,000 4 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 10 9½ 19½ 7 $15,000 5 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 9 8½ 17½ 6 $15,000 6 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 8 9 17 5 $7,500 7 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 7 9½ 16½ 4 $7,500 8 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 7 9 16 2.5 $7,500 9 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 8 8 16 2.5 $7,500 10 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 8 5½ 13½ 1 $7,500
Leuven GCT Rapid, June 17–18 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2878 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 12 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 2652 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 11 3 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2795 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 10 4 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2739 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 10 5 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2829 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 9 6 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2784 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 8 7 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2738 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 8 8 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2771 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 8 9 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2846 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 10 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2799 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
Leuven GCT Blitz, June 19–20 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2915 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 11 2 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2798 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10 3 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2764 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9½ 4 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2883 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9½ 5 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 2726 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½ 6 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2841 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 9 7 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2871 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 9 8 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2665 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 8½ 9 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2822 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 8 10 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2644 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 6
Sinquefield Cup
Vladimir Kramnik has withdrawn due to health issues and was replaced by Peter Svidler.[7]
4th Sinquefield Cup, 4–16 August 2016, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2778.6)[8] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR Tour Points 1 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 2771 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2859 13 2 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2792 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 5 2820 7.75 3 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2761 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2823 7.75 4 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2822 7.75 5 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2807 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2818 7.75 6 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2791 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ 2777 4.5 7 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2819 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2774 4.5 8 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren (CHN) 2755 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2738 WC (3) 9 File:Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler (RUS) 2751 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 3½ 2701 WC (2) 10 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2769 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 3 2654 1
London Chess Classic
8th London Chess Classic, 9–18 December 2016, London, England, Category XXII (2785)[9] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR Tour Points 1 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 2794 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2909 13 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2823 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2861 10 3 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2779 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2829 7 4 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2779 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2829 7 5 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2809 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2826 7 6 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2771 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2787 5 7 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2804 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2740 3 8 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2785 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 4 2742 3 9 File:Flag of England.svg Michael Adams (ENG) 2748 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4 2746 WC (3) 10 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2760 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 2 2568 1
Standings
Player Paris Leuven Sinquefield London Total
pointsPrize
money1 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (United States) (7) 10 13 13 36 $295,000 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 13 (4) 4.5 7 24.5 $144,166 3 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (United States) (3) 6 7.75 10 23.75 $108,750 T-4 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (Armenia) 6 8 7.75 (3) 21.75 $81,250 T-4 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (India) — 7 7.75 7 21.75 $82,916 6 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 8 5 4.5 (3) 17.5 $55,000 7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 4 2.5 — 7 13.5 $46,666 8 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (Netherlands) 5 2.5 (1) 5 12.5 $50,000 9 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2 (1) 7.75 1 10.75 $66,250 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 10 13 — — 23 $67,500 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren (China) — — 3 — 3 $15,000 File:Flag of England.svg Michael Adams (England) — — — 3 3 $15,000 File:Flag of Russia.svg Peter Svidler (Russia) — — 2 — 2 $15,000 File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Fressinet (France) 1 — — — 1 $7,500
References
- ↑ "Grand Chess Tour 2016 – ChessHive". chesshive.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ Doggers, Peter (6 January 2016). "Norway Chess Leaves Grand Chess Tour". Chess.com.
- ↑ Klein, Mike (12 February 2016). "Grand Chess Tour Adds 2 Events, Keeps $1 Million+ Purse". Chess.com.
- ↑ "Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events". ChessBase.com. 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "Grand Chess Tour Announces Field For 2016 Season". 7 April 2016.
- ↑ Doggers, Peter (8 April 2016). "Grand Chess Tour Announces 2016 Participants". Chess.com.
- ↑ Doggers, Peter (29 July 2016). "Kramnik Withdraws From Sinquefield Cup, Cites Back Problems". Chess.com.
- ↑ "Sinquefield Cup 2016 - The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ Mark Crowther (19 December 2016). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1154". The Week in Chess.