Grand Chess Tour 2016
{{Infobox tournament
| name = Grand Chess Tour
| sport =
| year = 2016
| image = London Chess Classic 2016 Day2-12 (31416514922).jpg
| caption = 2016 Grand Chess Tour winner Wesley So.
| start_date = 9 June
| end_date = 18 December 2016
| host = Paris
Leuven
St. Louis
London
| purse =
| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Wesley So
| runner-up1 = {{flagicon|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura
| 3rd place = {{flagicon|USA}} Fabiano Caruana
| points =
| stat1_label = Most tournament titles
| stat1 = {{flagicon|USA}} Wesley So (2)
| stat2_label = Prize money leader
| stat2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Wesley So ($295,000)
| stat3_label = Points leader
| stat3 = {{flagicon|USA}} Wesley So (36)
| previous = 2015
| next = 2017
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://chesshive.com/event/grand-chess-tour-2016/|title=Grand Chess Tour 2016 – ChessHive|website=chesshive.com|access-date=12 August 2017}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/norway-chess-leaves-grand-chess-tour-7776|title=Norway Chess Leaves Grand Chess Tour|first=Peter|last=Doggers |website=Chess.com|date=6 January 2016 }} However, on February 11, Grand Chess Tour announced an inclusion of two fast chess events in Paris and Leuven.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/grand-chess-tour-adds-two-events-keeps-1-million-purse-4057|title=Grand Chess Tour Adds 2 Events, Keeps $1 Million+ Purse|first=Mike|last=Klein |website=Chess.com|date=12 February 2016 }} {{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/grand-chess-tour-2016-with-two-new-events|title=Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events|website=ChessBase.com|date=11 February 2016 }}
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:
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! 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.{{Cite web|url=https://grandchesstour.org/news/grand-chess-tour-announces-field-for-2016-season/|title=Grand Chess Tour Announces Field For 2016 Season|date=7 April 2016 }} The roster was selected based on several criteria, including top-three finish in previous tour, average rating for 2015 and personal invitation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/grand-chess-tour-announces-2016-participants-2088|title=Grand Chess Tour Announces 2016 Participants|first=Peter|last=Doggers |website=Chess.com|date=8 April 2016 }}
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Player !Country !Rating (April 2016) !class="unsortable"|Qualification |
| Anish Giri
|{{NED}} |2790 |Runner-up of 2015 Grand Chess Tour |
| Levon Aronian
|{{ARM}} |2784 |Third place in 2015 Grand Chess Tour |
| Veselin Topalov
|{{BUL}} |2754 |Average rating for 2015 |
| Viswanathan Anand
|{{IND}} |2770 |Average rating for 2015 |
| Fabiano Caruana
|{{USA}} |2795 |Average rating for 2015 |
| Hikaru Nakamura
|{{USA}} |2787 |Average rating for 2015 |
| Vladimir Kramnik
|{{RUS}} |2801 |Average rating for 2015 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
|{{FRA}} |2788 |Wildcard |
| Wesley So
|{{USA}} |2773 |Replacement for Magnus Carlsen |
Schedule and results
| class=wikitable
!Dates !Tournament !Host city !Winner |
| June 9-12
|Paris Grand Chess Tour |{{flagdeco|FRA}} Paris |{{flagdeco|USA}} Hikaru Nakamura |
| June 17-20
|Your Next Move |{{flagdeco|BEL}} Leuven |{{flagdeco|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen (WC) |
| August 5-16
|{{flagdeco|USA}} St. Louis |{{flagdeco|USA}} Wesley So |
| December 9-18
|{{flagdeco|GBR}} London |{{flagdeco|USA}} Wesley So |
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.
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|+2016 Paris GCT, June 9–12 Paris, France ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! {{abbr|TB|Rapid play-off between players who tied for 1st place}} !! Tour Points !! Prize money | |||||||
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 14 | 11½ | 25½ | 13 | $37,500 | |
| 2 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}} | 13 | 11½ | 24½ | WC (10) | $30,000 | |
| 3 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 11 | 11 | 22 | 8 | $15,000 | |
| 4 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 11 | 8½ | 19½ | 7 | $15,000 | |
| 5 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | $15,000 | |
| 6 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | $7,500 | |
| 7 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} | 10 | 5½ | 15½ | 4 | $7,500 | |
| 8 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | $7,500 | |
| 9 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | $7,500 | |
| 10 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Laurent Fressinet|FRA}} | 5 | 5 | 10 | WC (1) | $7,500 |
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| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|Paris GCT Rapid, June 9-10 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points | |||||||||||||
| 1 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 2846 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}} | 2878 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 2652 | 1 | 2 | {{CNone}} | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 2784 | 0 | 0 | 2 | {{CNone}} | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} | 2799 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 2738 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 2739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Laurent Fressinet|FRA}} | 2695 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 2771 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 2829 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | {{CNone}} | 4 |
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| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|+class=nowrap|Paris GCT Blitz, June 11-12 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points | |||||||||||||
| 1 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}} | 2915 | {{CNone}} | 1 1 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | ½ 1 | ½ 0 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 11½ |
| 2 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 2883 | 0 0 | {{CNone}} | ½ 0 | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | ½ 1 | 1 1 | 11½ |
| 3 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 2871 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | {{CNone}} | 1 1 | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | 0 1 | 1 ½ | 10½ |
| 4 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 2665 | ½ 1 | 0 ½ | 0 0 | {{CNone}} | 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 10 |
| 5 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 2798 | 0 1 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | 1 1 | {{CNone}} | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 10 |
| 6 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 2822 | 0 1 | 0 0 | ½ ½ | 0 1 | ½ ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ 0 | 1 0 | 1 ½ | 1 1 | 9 |
| 7 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 2726 | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | 0 1 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | {{CNone}} | ½ ½ | 0 1 | ½ ½ | 8½ |
| 8 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 2644 | ½ 1 | 0 ½ | 1 ½ | 0 0 | 0 ½ | 0 1 | ½ ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ 1 | 0 ½ | 8 |
| 9 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} | 2841 | 0 0 | ½ 0 | 1 0 | 0 0 | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | 1 0 | ½ 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 0 | 5½ |
| 10 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Laurent Fressinet|FRA}} | 2630 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | 0 0 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 0 1 | {{CNone}} | 5 |
= Your Next Move =
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|+2016 Your Next Move GCT, June 17–20 Leuven, Belgium ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! {{abbr|TB|Rapid play-off between players who tied for 1st place}} !! Tour Points !! Prize money | |||||||
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}} | 12 | 11 | 23 | WC (13) | $37,500 | |
| 2 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 11 | 9½ | 20½ | 10 | $30,000 | |
| 3 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | $15,000 | |
| 4 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}} | 10 | 9½ | 19½ | 7 | $15,000 | |
| 5 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 9 | 8½ | 17½ | 6 | $15,000 | |
| 6 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 8 | 9 | 17 | 5 | $7,500 | |
| 7 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 7 | 9½ | 16½ | 4 | $7,500 | |
| 8 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2.5 | $7,500 | |
| 9 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2.5 | $7,500 | |
| 10 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 8 | 5½ | 13½ | 1 | $7,500 |
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|+class=nowrap|Leuven GCT Rapid, June 17–18 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points | |||||||||||||
| 1 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}} | 2878 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 2652 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}} | 2795 | 0 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 2739 | 0 | 1 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 2829 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 2784 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 2738 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 2771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | {{CNone}} | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 2846 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | {{CNone}} | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} | 2799 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | {{CNone}} | 7 |
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|+class=nowrap|Leuven GCT Blitz, June 19–20 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points | |||||||||||||
| 1 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}} | 2915 | {{CNone}} | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | 0 1 | 0 1 | ½ 0 | 1 1 | 11 |
| 2 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 2798 | ½ ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | 1 0 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 10 |
| 3 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}} | 2764 | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | {{CNone}} | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 9½ |
| 4 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 2883 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | {{CNone}} | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | 1 0 | ½ 1 | 1 ½ | ½ 1 | 9½ |
| 5 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 2726 | 0 ½ | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | {{CNone}} | 0 0 | 1 ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 9½ |
| 6 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} | 2841 | 0 ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 1 | {{CNone}} | 0 0 | 1 0 | ½ 1 | ½ 0 | 9 |
| 7 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 2871 | 1 0 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | 0 1 | 0 ½ | 1 1 | {{CNone}} | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 9 |
| 8 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 2665 | 1 0 | 0 1 | 1 ½ | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | 0 1 | 0 ½ | {{CNone}} | 1 ½ | 0 1 | 8½ |
| 9 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 2822 | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | {{CNone}} | 0 1 | 8 |
| 10 | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 2644 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | 0 0 | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 1 0 | 1 0 | {{CNone}} | 6 |
= Sinquefield Cup =
Vladimir Kramnik has withdrawn due to health issues and was replaced by Peter Svidler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/kramnik-withdraws-from-sinquefield-cup-cites-back-problems-1550|title=Kramnik Withdraws From Sinquefield Cup, Cites Back Problems|first=Peter|last=Doggers |website=Chess.com|date=29 July 2016 }}
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|+ 4th Sinquefield Cup, 4–16 August 2016, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2778.6){{cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/sinquefield-cup-2016|title=Sinquefield Cup 2016 - The Week in Chess|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=12 August 2017}} ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! TPR !! Tour Points | |||||||||||||||
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 2771 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2859 | 13 | |
| 2 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 2792 | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2820 | 7.75 |
| 3 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 2761 | 0 | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2823 | 7.75 |
| 4 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}} | 2770 | ½ | ½ | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2822 | 7.75 |
| 5 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 2807 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2818 | 7.75 |
| 6 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 2791 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2777 | 4.5 |
| 7 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 2819 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2774 | 4.5 |
| 8 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Ding Liren|CHN}} | 2755 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | {{CNone}} | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2738 | WC (3) |
| 9 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Peter Svidler|RUS}} | 2751 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 3½ | 2701 | WC (2) |
| 10 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 2769 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | {{CNone}} | 3 | 2654 | 1 |
= London Chess Classic =
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|+ 8th London Chess Classic, 9–18 December 2016, London, England, Category XXII (2785){{cite web|url =http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1154.html#2|title =THE WEEK IN CHESS 1154|author =Mark Crowther|publisher =The Week in Chess|date =19 December 2016}} ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! TPR !! Tour Points | |||||||||||||||
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}} | 2794 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2909 | 13 | |
| 2 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}} | 2823 | ½ | {{CNone}} | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2861 | 10 |
| 3 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}} | 2779 | 0 | 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2829 | 7 |
| 4 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}} | 2779 | ½ | ½ | 0 | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2829 | 7 |
| 5 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}} | 2809 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2826 | 7 |
| 6 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}} | 2771 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | {{CNone}} | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2787 | 5 |
| 7 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}} | 2804 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | {{CNone}} | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2740 | 3 |
| 8 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}} | 2785 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2742 | 3 |
| 9 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Michael Adams|ENG}} | 2748 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | {{CNone}} | 1 | 4 | 2746 | WC (3) |
| 10 | align=left | {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|BUL}} | 2760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | {{CNone}} | 2 | 2568 | 1 |
Standings
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| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! !! Player !style="background-color:#ffdddd"| Paris !style="background-color:#ffdddd"| Leuven !style="background-color:#ddeeff"| Sinquefield !style="background-color:#ddeeff"| London ! Total | |||||||
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Wesley So|United States}} | {{font color|grey|(7)}} | 10 | 13 | 13 | 36 | $295,000 |
| 2 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|United States}} | 13 | {{font color|grey|(4)}} | 4.5 | 7 | 24.5 | $144,166 |
| 3 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|United States}} | {{font color|grey|(3)}} | 6 | 7.75 | 10 | 23.75 | $108,750 |
| T-4 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|Armenia}} | 6 | 8 | 7.75 | {{font color|grey|(3)}} | 21.75 | $81,250 |
| T-4 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|India}} | {{n/a}} | 7 | 7.75 | 7 | 21.75 | $82,916 |
| 6 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|France}} | 8 | 5 | 4.5 | {{font color|grey|(3)}} | 17.5 | $55,000 |
| 7 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|Russia}} | 4 | 2.5 | {{n/a}} | 7 | 13.5 | $46,666 |
| 8 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|Netherlands}} | 5 | 2.5 | {{font color|grey|(1)}} | 5 | 12.5 | $50,000 |
| 9 | align=left| {{flagathlete|Veselin Topalov|Bulgaria}} | 2 | {{font color|grey|(1)}} | 7.75 | 1 | 10.75 | $66,250 |
| align=left| {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|Norway}} | 10 | 13 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 23 | $67,500 | |
| align=left| {{flagathlete|Ding Liren|China}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 3 | {{n/a}} | 3 | $15,000 | |
| align=left| {{flagathlete|Michael Adams|England}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 3 | 3 | $15,000 | |
| align=left| {{flagathlete|Peter Svidler|Russia}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 2 | {{n/a}} | 2 | $15,000 | |
| align=left| {{flagathlete|Laurent Fressinet|France}} | 1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 1 | $7,500 |