Grand Chess Tour 2015

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Grand Chess Tour
2015
File:World Chess Championship 2016 Game 12 - 4.jpg
2015 Grand Chess Tour winner Magnus Carlsen.
Tournament information
Dates15 June–14 December 2015
Host(s)Stavanger
St. Louis
London
Final positions
ChampionNorway Magnus Carlsen
Runner-upNetherlands Anish Giri
3rd placeArmenia Levon Aronian
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titlesBulgaria Veselin Topalov
Armenia Levon Aronian
Norway Magnus Carlsen (1)
Prize money leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen ($215,000)
Points leaderNorway Magnus Carlsen (26)
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Grand Chess Tour 2015 was an inaugural edition of Grand Chess Tour, an annual circuit of chess tournaments. It was won by incumbent World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. The Grand Chess Tour was announced on April 24, 2015, prior to the match between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short, and was billed as "the biggest announcement in professional chess since 1988."[1] It had three events – Norway Chess in June, Sinquefield Cup in August and London Chess Classic in December. Each tournament consisted of nine regular tour players, who were selected based on their rating, and one wildcard.

Format

Scoring 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

Eight players, including World Champion Magnus Carlsen, were selected based on their ratings in January 2015. Ninth player invited to the tour was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Notably, Sergey Karjakin was absent, despite him being two-time Norway Chess winner and 11th on FIDE rankings in January 2015, while No. 8 Vladimir Kramnik and No. 10 Wesley So declined their invitations.[2]

Player Country Rating (January 2015)
1 Magnus Carlsen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 2862
2 Fabiano Caruana File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy[lower-alpha 1] 2820
3 Alexander Grischuk File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2810
4 Veselin Topalov File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 2800
5 Viswanathan Anand File:Flag of India.svg India 2797
6 Levon Aronian File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 2797
7 Anish Giri File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2784
8 Hikaru Nakamura File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2776
9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave File:Flag of France.svg France 2757

Schedule and results

Dates Tournament Host city Winner Runner-up Third place
June 15–26 Norway Chess File:Flag of Norway.svg Stavanger File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
August 22–September 3 Sinquefield Cup File:Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura
December 4–13 London Chess Classic File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Tournaments

Norway Chess

Wildcard qualifier

EnterCard Chess Qualifier took place in Oslo, Norway on May 10–15, 2015, and determined last wildcard spot. Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway won the tournament to qualify into the main event.[3]

EnterCard Chess Qualifier, May 10–15, Oslo, Norway
Player Classical Rapid Total
Points
Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points
1 File:Flag of Norway.svg GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR) 2665 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 2 8 2578 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 1 4 12
2 File:Flag of France.svg GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2712 1 Does not appear 2 1 2 2 8 2707 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 3 11
3 File:Flag of Norway.svg IM Aryan Tari (NOR) 2520 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 4 2442 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 3½ 7½
4 File:Flag of Sweden.svg GM Nils Grandelius (SWE) 2623 0 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 5 2623 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 0 0 1½ 6½
5 File:Flag of Denmark.svg GM Curt Hansen (DEN) 2621 0 0 1 0 Does not appear 2 3 2621 0 0 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1½ 4½
6 File:Flag of Norway.svg GM Simen Agdestein (NOR) 2620 0 0 1 1 0 Does not appear 2 2575 0 0 0 1 ½ Does not appear 1½ 3½

Blitz tournament

Blitz tournament was played on June 15, 2015, to decide the pairings for the classical tournament. It was won by French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.[4]

3rd Norway Chess Blitz, 15 June 2015, Stavanger, Norway[5]
Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins Black wins
1 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2826 Does not appear 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½
2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2883 1 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6
3 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2767 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 5 4 3
4 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2933 0 1 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 5 4 2
5 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2771 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 4
6 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2816 0 0 0 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 1 1 1 5
7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2839 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 0 ½ 4
8 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2641 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear 0 1 3
9 File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2679 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 Does not appear 0 2½
10 File:Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR) 2648 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear 1½

Classical tournament

3rd Norway Chess, 16–25 June 2015, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2782)[6]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Wins H2H SB TPR Tour points
1 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2798 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2946 13
2 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2804 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 3 ½ 24.75 2904 10
3 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2802 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 3 ½ 24.50 2904 8
4 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2773 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2862 7
5 File:Flag of Italy.svg Fabiano Caruana (ITA) 2805 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 1 ½ 17.75 2736 6
6 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2723 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 1 ½ 15.75 2745 5
7 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2876 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 1 0 3½ 2 2691 4
8 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2781 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 3½ 1 2702 3
9 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2780 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 3 1 ½ 13.00 2657 2
10 File:Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR) 2677 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ Does not appear 3 1 ½ 11.75 2668 WC (1)

Sinquefield Cup

3rd Sinquefield Cup, 22 August – 3 September 2015, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2794.6)[7]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Wins H2H SB TPR Tour Points
1 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2765 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2923 13
2 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2853 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 5 3 ½ 21.25 2831 10
3 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2814 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5 3 ½ 20.25 2835 8
4 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2731 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2 2845 7
5 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2793 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1 2838 6
6 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2771 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 1 0 4½ 3 2797 5
7 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2816 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ ½ 4½ 2 2792 4
8 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2808 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 1 2713 3
9 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2816 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 0 2712 2
10 File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (USA) 2779 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2671 WC (1)

London Chess Classic

7th London Chess Classic, 3–14 December 2015, London, England, Category XXII (2784)[8]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Wins H2H SB TPR Tour Points
1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2834 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2 1 24.00 2859 12
2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (NED) 2784 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2 1 23.00 2864 10
3 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2773 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2 1 22.75 2865 8
4 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (ARM) 2788 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2827 7
5 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2747 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 1 2788 6
6 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2787 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 0 ½ 20.25 2784 4.5
7 File:Flag of England.svg Michael Adams (ENG) 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4½ 0 ½ 20.25 2789 WC (4.5)
8 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2793 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 4 2740 3
9 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2796 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 3½ 2703 2
10 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2803 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 2½ 2616 1

First place play-off

Semifinal Final
1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 1½
2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (Netherlands) 1 3 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) ½
3 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2

Standings

Player Norway[9] Sinquefield London Total points Prize money
1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 4 10 12 26 $215,000
2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri (Netherlands) 7 6 10 23 $155,000
3 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2 13 7 22 $145,000
4 File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 5 7 8 20 $90,000
5 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 8 8 3 19 $95,000
6 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 13 4 1 18 $105,000
T-7 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 3 5 6 14 $60,000
T-7 File:Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand (India) 10 2 2 14 $80,000
9 File:Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana (United States)[lower-alpha 1] 6 3 4.5 13.5 $55,000
File:Flag of England.svg Michael Adams (England) — — 4.5 4.5 $20,000
File:Flag of Norway.svg Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway) 1 — — 1 $15,000
File:Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So (United States) — 1 — 1 $15,000

References

  1. ↑ Doggers, Peter (25 April 2015). "'Grand Chess Tour' Announced In St. Louis". Chess.com.
  2. ↑ "Top 100 Players January 2015 - Archive". ratings.fide.com.
  3. ↑ Doggers, Peter (16 May 2015). "Hammer Qualifies For Norway Chess, Brings Chess Drama To TV". Chess.com.
  4. ↑ "Vachier-Lagrave wins the opening blitz of the 3rd Norway Chess tournament | the Week in Chess".
  5. ↑ Mark Crowther (29 June 2015). "The Week in Chess 1077". The Week in Chess.
  6. ↑ Mark Crowther (25 June 2015). "Topalov wins Norway Chess 2015". The Week in Chess.
  7. ↑ Pein, Malcolm (4 September 2015). "Grand Chess Tour 2015: Magnus Carlsen back in contention for top prize after Aronian's win". The Telegraph.
  8. ↑ Mark Crowther (14 December 2015). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1101". The Week in Chess.
  9. ↑ "Norway Chess 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  10. ↑ Doggers, Peter (12 May 2015). "Breaking: Fabiano Caruana To Play For USA (Updated)". Chess.com.
  11. ↑ Doggers, Peter (26 June 2015). "Topalov Wins Norway Chess After Quick Draw With Anand". Chess.com.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Although representing Italy when the roster was announced, Fabiano Caruana has switched federations and played under the flag of the United States after Norway Chess[10][11]
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