Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020
{{Short description|Series of elite chess tournaments (2020)}}
{{Infobox tennis circuit season
| image = FIDE World FR Chess Championship 2019 - Magnus Carlsen.jpg
| image_caption = Magnus Carlsen – winner of the tour
| image_alt =
| image_size = 240px
| duration = 18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020
| edition =
| tournaments = 5
| categories =
| previous =
| next = 2021
| most_tournament_titles = {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen (4)
| most_tournament_finals = {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen (4)
| prize_money_leader =
| points_leader =
}}
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 four super-tournaments (elite competitions), with the winners then playing in a Grand Final in August 2020.{{cite web |title=The Week in Chess: Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020 |url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/general/magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020}}
Format
There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:
- Magnus Carlsen Invitational, 18 April – 3 May 2020.
- Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020), 19 May – 3 June 2020.
- Chessable Masters (2020), 20 June – 5 July 2020.
- Legends of Chess (2020) 21 July – 5 August 2020.
- Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020), 9 August – 20 August 2020.
= Schedule =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Dates !Tournament Name |
| 18 April – 3 May 2020 |
| 19 May 19 – 3 June 2020 |
| 20 June – 5 July 2020 |
| 21 July – 5 August 2020 |
| 9 August – 20 August 2020 |
Results
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Dates !Tournament Name !Winner !Runner-Up !Semifinalists | |
| 18 April – 3 May 2020
|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen |{{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura |{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren | |
| 19 May 19 – 3 June 2020
|Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020) |{{flagicon|Russia}} Daniil Dubov |{{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura |{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren | |
| 20 June – 5 July 2020
|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen (2) |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Anish Giri |{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren | |
| 21 July – 5 August 2020
|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen (3) |{{flagicon|Russia}} Ian Nepomniachtchi | {{flagicon|Russia}} Peter Svidler {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Anish Giri |
| 9 August – 20 August 2020
|Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020) |{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen (4) |{{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura |{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren |
= Tournaments =
== Magnus Carlsen Invitational ==
{{main|Magnus Carlsen Invitational}}
The results of the preliminary round were as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=98883|title=Magnus Carlsen Invitational (2020)}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! !Name !ELO !01 !02 !03 !04 !05 !06 !07 !08 !Points |
| 01
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Nakamura" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|United States}} |2829 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 02
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Ding" | {{flagathlete|Ding Liren|China}} |2836 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 03
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Carlsen" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|Norway}} |2881 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 04
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Caruana" |{{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|United States}} |2773 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 05
| style="text-align:left; border-top: 2px solid #000000;" data-sort-value="Nepomniachtchi" | {{flagathlete|Ian Nepomniachtchi|Russia}} | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|2778 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| – | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 2 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 3 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 2 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 8 |
| 06
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Firouzja" | {{flagathlete|Alireza Firouzja|FIDE}} |2703 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 07
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Giri" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|Netherlands}} |2731 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 7 |
| 08
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="MVL" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|France}} |2860 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – | 6 |
{{4TeamBracket-Tennis3
| RD1= Semifinal (1–2 May)
| RD2= Final (3 May)
| score-width=
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1= {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen
| RD1-score1-1= 2½
| RD1-score1-2= –
| RD1-score1-3= –
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2= {{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren
| RD1-score2-1= 1½
| RD1-score2-2= –
| RD1-score2-3= –
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3= {{flagicon|United States}} Fabiano Caruana
| RD1-score3-1= 2
| RD1-score3-2= 0
| RD1-score3-3= –
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4= {{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura
| RD1-score4-1= 2
| RD1-score4-2= 2
| RD1-score4-3= –
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1= {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen
| RD2-score1-1= 2½
| RD2-score1-2= –
| RD2-score1-3= –
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2= {{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura
| RD2-score2-1= 1½
| RD2-score2-2= –
| RD2-score2-3= –
}}
== Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge ==
The results of the preliminary round were as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=99111|title=Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020)}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! !Name !ELO !01 !02 !03 !04 !05 !06 !07 !08 !09 !10 !11 !12 !Points |
| 01
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Nakamura" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|United States}} |2829 | – |1 |½ |½ |½ |½ |½ |1 |½ |1 |1 |½ |7½ |
| 02
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Karjakin" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|Russia}} |2709 |0 | – |1 |½ |½ |½ |½ |½ |½ |1 |1 |1 |7 |
| 03
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Yu" | {{flagathlete|Yu Yangyi|China}} |2738 |½ |0 | – |0 |1 |1 |1 |0 |½ |½ |½ |1 |6 |
| 04
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="So" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|United States}} |2741 |½ |½ |1 | – |½ |½ |0 |½ |½ |½ |½ |1 |6 |
| 05
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Carlsen" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|Norway}} |2881 |½ |½ |0 |½ | – |½ |0 |1 |1 |1 |0 |1 |6 |
| 06
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Ding" |{{flagathlete|Ding Liren|China}} |2836 |½ |½ |0 |½ |½ | – |1 |½ |0 |½ |1 |1 |6 |
| 07
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Dubov" | {{flagathlete|Daniil Dubov|Russia}} |2770 |½ |½ |0 |1 |1 |0 | – |½ |1 |½ |0 |½ |5½ |
| 08
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Aronian" |{{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|Armenia}} |2778 |0 |½ |1 |½ |0 |½ |½ | – |½ |1 |½ |½ |5½ |
| style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 09
| style="text-align:left; border-top: 2px solid #000000;" data-sort-value="Grischuk" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|Russia}} | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|2784 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| – | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|5½ |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Firouzja" | {{flagathlete|Alireza Firouzja|FIDE}} |2703 |0 |0 |½ |½ |0 |½ |½ |0 |1 | – |1 |½ |4½ |
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Duda" |{{flagathlete|Jan-Krzysztof Duda|Poland}} |2774 |0 |0 |½ |½ |1 |0 |1 |½ |0 |0 | – |½ |4 |
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Wei" |{{flagathlete|Wei Yi|China}} |2752 |½ |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |½ |½ |0 |½ |½ | – |2½ |
{{Round8|3rdplace=no|
RD1=Quarterfinal (May 23–27)|
RD2=Semifinal (May 28–30)|
RD3=Final (June 2–3)|
Consol=3rd place (July 3–4)|
|team-width=190
|score-boxes=3
|{{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura|3|3|-|{{flagicon|Armenia}} Levon Aronian|2|1|-|
|{{flagicon|United States}} Wesley So|1½|1½|-|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen|2½|2½'''|-|
|{{flagicon|Russia}} Sergey Karjakin|0|3|0|{{flagicon|Russia}} Daniil Dubov|3|2|3'''|
|{{flagicon|China}} Yu Yangyi|3|1½|2|{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren|2|2½|3|
|{{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura|0|2½|3|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen|3|1½|2|
|{{flagicon|Russia}} Daniil Dubov|2½|2½|-|{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren|1½|1½|-|
|{{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura|2½|1½|2|{{flagicon|Russia}} Daniil Dubov|1½|2½|3|
| |-|-|-| |-|-|-|
}}
== Chessable Masters ==
The results of the preliminary round were as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=99340|title=Chessable Masters (2020)}}
Group A
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! !Name !ELO !01 !02 !03 !04 !05 !06 !Points |
| 01
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Carlsen" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|Norway}} |2881 | – - | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 0 1 | 1 ½ | 6 |
| 02
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Artemiev" | {{flagathlete|Vladislav Artemiev|Russia}} |2769 | ½ ½ | – - | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 0 | 1 1 | 6 |
| 03
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Nakamura" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|United States}} |2829 | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | – - | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 5 |
| 04
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Grischuk" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|Russia}} |2784 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | – - | ½ ½ | 0 1 | 5 |
| style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 05
| style="text-align:left; border-top: 2px solid #000000;" data-sort-value="Dubov" | {{flagathlete|Daniil Dubov|Russia}} | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|2770 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 1 0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| ½ 0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| ½ ½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| – - | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 1 ½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 5 |
| 06
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Harikrishna" | {{flagathlete|Pentala Harikrishna|India}} |2690 | 0 ½ | 0 0 | ½ ½ | 1 0 | 0 ½ | – - | 3 |
Group B
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! !Name !ELO !01 !02 !03 !04 !05 !06 !Points |
| 01
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Giri" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|Netherlands}} |2731 | – - | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 6 |
| 02
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Ding" | {{flagathlete|Ding Liren|China}} |2836 | ½ 0 | – - | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 5½ |
| 03
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Nepomniachtchi" | {{flagathlete|Ian Nepomniachtchi|Russia}} |2778 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | – - | 0 1 | 1 ½ | ½ 1 | 5½ |
| 04
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Caruana" |{{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|United States}} |2773 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | 1 0 | – - | 1 ½ | 0 1 | 5 |
| style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 05
| style="text-align:left; border-top: 2px solid #000000;" data-sort-value="Radjabov" | {{flagathlete|Teimour Radjabov|Azerbaijan}} | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|2758 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| ½ ½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| ½ ½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 ½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 ½ | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| – - | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| ½ 1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 4½ |
| 06
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="MVL" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|France}} |2860 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | 1 0 | ½ 0 | – - | 3½ |
{{Round8|3rdplace=no|
RD1=Quarterfinal (June 25–29)|
RD2=Semifinal (June 30 – July 2)|
RD3=Final (July 3–4)|
Consol=3rd place (July 3–4)|
|team-width=190
|score-boxes=3
|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen|2½|2½|-|{{flagicon|United States}} Fabiano Caruana|1½|1½|-|
|{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren|2½|3|2½|{{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura|1½|4|1½|
|{{flagicon|Russia}} Alexander Grischuk|3½|1|-|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Anish Giri|3½|3|-|
|{{flagicon|Russia}} Ian Nepomniachtchi|2½|2½|-|{{flagicon|Russia}} Vladislav Artemiev|1½|1½|-|
|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen|3½|2½|-|{{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren|2½|1½|-|
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Anish Giri|3|1½|3½|{{flagicon|Russia}} Ian Nepomniachtchi|1|2½|2½|
|{{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen|3½|2½|-|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Anish Giri|2½|1½|-|
| |-|-|-| |-|-|-|
}}
== Legends of Chess ==
The results of the preliminary round were as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=99592|title=Legends of Chess (2020)}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! !Name !ELO !01 !02 !03 !04 !05 !06 !07 !08 !09 !10 !Points |
| 01
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Carlsen" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|Norway}} |2881 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 02
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Nepomniachtchi" | {{flagathlete|Ian Nepomniachtchi|Russia}} |2778 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 03
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Giri" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|Netherlands}} |2731 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 04
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Svidler" | {{flagathlete|Peter Svidler|Russia}} |2742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 05
| style="text-align:left; border-top: 2px solid #000000;" data-sort-value="Ivanchuk" | {{flagathlete|Vasyl Ivanchuk|Ukraine}} | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"|2686 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 2 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| – | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 3 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 0 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 3 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 2 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 1 | style="border-top: 2px solid #000000;"| 13 |
| 06
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Kramnik" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|Russia}} |2756 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 07
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Gelfand" | {{flagathlete|Boris Gelfand|Israel}} |2702 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 08
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Ding" |{{flagathlete|Ding Liren|China}} |2836 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 09
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Anand" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|India}} |2751 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | 7 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Leko" | {{flagathlete|Peter Leko|Hungary}} |2710 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | 6 |
{{4TeamBracket-Tennis3
| RD1= Semifinal (1–2 May)
| RD2= Final (3 May)
| score-width=
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1= {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen
| RD1-score1-1= 2½
| RD1-score1-2= 2½
| RD1-score1-3= –
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2= {{flagicon|Russia}} Peter Svidler
| RD1-score2-1= 1½
| RD1-score2-2= 1½
| RD1-score2-3= –
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3= {{flagicon|Russia}} Ian Nepomniachtchi
| RD1-score3-1= 2½
| RD1-score3-2= 3
| RD1-score3-3= 3½
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4= {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Anish Giri
| RD1-score4-1= 1½
| RD1-score4-2= 4
| RD1-score4-3= 2½
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1= {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen
| RD2-score1-1= 4
| RD2-score1-2= 2½
| RD2-score1-3= –
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2= {{flagicon|Russia}} Ian Nepomniachtchi
| RD2-score2-1= 2
| RD2-score2-2= ½
| RD2-score2-3= –
}}
== Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva ==
The results of the preliminary round were as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=99720|title=Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals (2020)}}
{{4TeamBracket|legs=5/7
| RD1=Semifinals (9–12 August)
| RD2=Final
| score-width= 30
| team-width= 175
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1= {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen
| RD1-score1-1= 3½
| RD1-score1-2= 2½
| RD1-score1-3= 2½
| RD1-score1-4= 3½
| RD1-score1-5= –
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2= {{flagicon|China}} Ding Liren
| RD1-score2-1= 3½{{efn|Ding Liren won set 1 of the semifinal after drawing as black in the Armageddon game.}}
| RD1-score2-2= ½
| RD1-score2-3= ½
| RD1-score2-4= 2½
| RD1-score2-5= –
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3= {{flagicon|Russia}} Daniil Dubov
| RD1-score3-1= 2½
| RD1-score3-2= 1
| RD1-score3-3= 1½
| RD1-score3-4= –
| RD1-score3-5= –
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4= {{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura
| RD1-score4-1= 3½
| RD1-score4-2= 3
| RD1-score4-3= 2½
| RD1-score4-4= –
| RD1-score4-5= –
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen
| RD2-score1-1 = 1½
| RD2-score1-2 = 3½
| RD2-score1-3 = 2½
| RD2-score1-4 = 2½
| RD2-score1-5 = 3
| RD2-score1-6 = 3
| RD2-score1-7 = 3½{{efn|Carlsen won set 7 of the final after drawing as black in the Armageddon game.}}
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura
| RD2-score2-1 = 2½
| RD2-score2-2 = 2½
| RD2-score2-3 = 3½
| RD2-score2-4 = 1½
| RD2-score2-5 = 4
| RD2-score2-6 = 1
| RD2-score2-7 = 3½
}}
Notes
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References
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