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Grand Chess Tour 2016

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Grand Chess Tour
2016
2016 Grand Chess Tour winner Wesley So.
Tournament information
Dates9 June–18 December 2016
Host(s)Paris
Leuven
St. Louis
London
Final positions
ChampionUnited States Wesley So
Runner-upUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
3rd placeUnited States Fabiano Caruana
Tournament statistics
Most tournament titlesUnited States Wesley So (2)
Prize money leaderUnited States Wesley So ($295,000)
Points leaderUnited 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

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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

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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  Netherlands 2790 Runner-up of 2015 Grand Chess Tour
2 Levon Aronian  Armenia 2784 Third place in 2015 Grand Chess Tour
3 Veselin Topalov  Bulgaria 2754 Average rating for 2015
4 Viswanathan Anand  India 2770 Average rating for 2015
5 Fabiano Caruana  United States 2795 Average rating for 2015
6 Hikaru Nakamura  United States 2787 Average rating for 2015
7 Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2801 Average rating for 2015
8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France 2788 Wildcard
9 Wesley So  United States 2773 Replacement for Magnus Carlsen

Schedule and results

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Dates Tournament Host city Winner
June 9-12 Paris Grand Chess Tour Paris Hikaru Nakamura
June 17-20 Your Next Move Leuven Magnus Carlsen (WC)
August 5-16 Sinquefield Cup St. Louis Wesley So
December 9-18 London Chess Classic London Wesley So

Tournaments

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Paris Grand Chess Tour

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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  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 14 11½ 25½ 13 $37,500
2  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 13 11½ 24½ WC (10) $30,000
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 11 11 22 8 $15,000
4  Wesley So (USA) 11 19½ 7 $15,000
5  Levon Aronian (ARM) 9 10 19 6 $15,000
6  Anish Giri (NED) 9 9 18 5 $7,500
7  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 10 15½ 4 $7,500
8  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 4 10 14 3 $7,500
9  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 4 8 12 2 $7,500
10  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  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2846 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 14
2  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2878 1 Does not appear 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 13
3  Wesley So (USA) 2652 1 2 Does not appear 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 11
4  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2784 0 0 2 Does not appear 2 1 1 1 2 2 11
5  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2799 1 0 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 2 10
6  Anish Giri (NED) 2738 1 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 0 1 9
7  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2739 0 0 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 2 2 2 9
8  Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2695 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 2 5
9  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2771 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 Does not appear 0 4
10  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2829 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Does not appear 4
Paris GCT Blitz, June 11-12
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2915 Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 11½
2  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2883 0 0 Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 11½
3  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2871 ½ ½ ½ 1 Does not appear 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 10½
4  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2665 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 Does not appear 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
5  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2798 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 10
6  Anish Giri (NED) 2822 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 9
7  Wesley So (USA) 2726 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½
8  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2644 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 ½ 8
9  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2841 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0
10  Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2630 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 Does not appear 5

Your Next Move

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2016 Your Next Move GCT, June 17–20 Leuven, Belgium
Player Rapid Blitz Total TB Tour Points Prize money
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 12 11 23 WC (13) $37,500
2  Wesley So (USA) 11 20½ 10 $30,000
3  Levon Aronian (ARM) 10 10 20 8 $15,000
4  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 10 19½ 7 $15,000
5  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 9 17½ 6 $15,000
6  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 8 9 17 5 $7,500
7  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 7 16½ 4 $7,500
8  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 7 9 16 2.5 $7,500
9  Anish Giri (NED) 8 8 16 2.5 $7,500
10  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 8 13½ 1 $7,500
Leuven GCT Rapid, June 17–18
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2878 Does not appear 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 12
2  Wesley So (USA) 2652 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 11
3  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2795 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 10
4  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2739 0 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 2 0 2 1 10
5  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2829 2 0 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 2 0 2 9
6  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2784 1 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 1 2 8
7  Anish Giri (NED) 2738 0 1 0 0 1 2 Does not appear 1 2 1 8
8  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2771 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 Does not appear 2 2 8
9  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2846 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 Does not appear 0 7
10  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2799 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 Does not appear 7
Leuven GCT Blitz, June 19–20
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2915 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 11
2  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2798 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10
3  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2764 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
4  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2883 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1
5  Wesley So (USA) 2726 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
6  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2841 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 Does not appear 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 9
7  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2871 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 9
8  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2665 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 0 1
9  Anish Giri (NED) 2822 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 0 1 8
10  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2644 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 Does not appear 6

Sinquefield Cup

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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  Wesley So (USA) 2771 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2859 13
2  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2792 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 5 2820 7.75
3  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2761 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2823 7.75
4  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2770 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2822 7.75
5  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2807 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2818 7.75
6  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2791 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 1 2777 4.5
7  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2819 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 2774 4.5
8  Ding Liren (CHN) 2755 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 4 2738 WC (3)
9  Peter Svidler (RUS) 2751 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 2701 WC (2)
10  Anish Giri (NED) 2769 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 3 2654 1

London Chess Classic

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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  Wesley So (USA) 2794 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2909 13
2  Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2823 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 2861 10
3  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2779 0 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2829 7
4  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2779 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2829 7
5  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2809 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2826 7
6  Anish Giri (NED) 2771 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 2787 5
7  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2804 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 4 2740 3
8  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2785 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 4 2742 3
9  Michael Adams (ENG) 2748 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 4 2746 WC (3)
10  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2760 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 Does not appear 2 2568 1

Standings

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Player Paris Leuven Sinquefield London Total
points
Prize
money
1  Wesley So (United States) (7) 10 13 13 36 $295,000
2  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 13 (4) 4.5 7 24.5 $144,166
3  Fabiano Caruana (United States) (3) 6 7.75 10 23.75 $108,750
T-4  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 6 8 7.75 (3) 21.75 $81,250
T-4  Viswanathan Anand (India) 7 7.75 7 21.75 $82,916
6  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 8 5 4.5 (3) 17.5 $55,000
7  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 4 2.5 7 13.5 $46,666
8  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 5 2.5 (1) 5 12.5 $50,000
9  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2 (1) 7.75 1 10.75 $66,250
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 10 13 23 $67,500
 Ding Liren (China) 3 3 $15,000
 Michael Adams (England) 3 3 $15,000
 Peter Svidler (Russia) 2 2 $15,000
 Laurent Fressinet (France) 1 1 $7,500

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Chess Tour 2016 – ChessHive". chesshive.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ^ Doggers, Peter (6 January 2016). "Norway Chess Leaves Grand Chess Tour". Chess.com.
  3. ^ Klein, Mike (12 February 2016). "Grand Chess Tour Adds 2 Events, Keeps $1 Million+ Purse". Chess.com.
  4. ^ "Grand Chess Tour 2016 with two new events". ChessBase.com. 11 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Grand Chess Tour Announces Field For 2016 Season". 7 April 2016.
  6. ^ Doggers, Peter (8 April 2016). "Grand Chess Tour Announces 2016 Participants". Chess.com.
  7. ^ Doggers, Peter (29 July 2016). "Kramnik Withdraws From Sinquefield Cup, Cites Back Problems". Chess.com.
  8. ^ "Sinquefield Cup 2016 - The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  9. ^ Mark Crowther (19 December 2016). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1154". The Week in Chess.