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Champions Chess Tour 2021

January 20, 2023

The Champions Chess Tour 2021, known for sponsorship reasons as the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour,[1][2] was a 10-month long series of 10 online chess tournaments featuring the world's top players, playing for a prize money pool of US$1.5 million.[3] The tournament games are held on chess24.com and are broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, chess24.com itself, and the tour's official website.[3] The tour started on November 22, 2020, and lasted until October 4, 2021.[3] The tournaments were not rated by FIDE.

Champions Chess Tour 2021
Details
Duration22 November 2020 – 4 October 2021
Tournaments10
CategoriesRegular (6)
Major (3)
Final (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Magnus Carlsen (4 titles)
Most tournament finals Magnus Carlsen (6)
Points leader Magnus Carlsen (339)

Format

There are 10 total tournaments in the tour: 6 labelled as Regular, 3 labelled as Major, and 1 Final. Each takes place towards the end of a month over the course of 9 days.[3]

Qualification

According to the tour regulations, there are 16 spots in a Regular tournament, 12 spots in a Major tournament, and 10 spots in the Final tournament.[4] However, after the first Major tournament (Airthings Masters), it was concluded that 8 out of 12 players advancing to the knockout round rewarded cautious play, and the remaining Major tournaments (Magnus Carlsen Invitational and FTX Crypto Cup) were conducted with 16 players.[5]

For each of the Regular tournaments except for the first one, 8 of the 16 spots are given to the current top 8 players in the Tour Rankings. The rest of the spots are given out via wild cards, invitations, or popular votes.[4] The 16 spots for the first tournament of the tour are chosen via the decision of the event organizers.

For the Major tournaments, 8 of the spots are also given to the current top 8 players in the Tour Rankings. The winner of the preceding Regular tournament is also given a spot, if he or she is not already in the top 8. The rest of the spots are given via wild cards.

For the Final tournament, 8 of the 10 spots are given first to the winners of the 3 Major tournaments, then down the standings of the Tour Rankings. The final 2 spots are given to the best-performing "Tour Ambassadors."[4]

Schedule

Dates Tournament Name Type
November 22–30, 2020 Skilling Open Regular
December 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021 Airthings Masters Major
February 6–14, 2021 Opera Euro Rapid Regular
March 13–21, 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2021 Major
April 24 – May 2, 2021 New In Chess Classic Regular
May 23–31, 2021 FTX Crypto Cup Major
June 26 – July 4, 2021 Goldmoney Asian Rapid Regular
July 31 – August 8, 2021 Chessable Masters Regular
August 28 – September 5, 2021 Aimchess US Rapid Regular
September 25 – October 4, 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals Final

Time controls

Three different time controls are used in the tour:

  • In rapid games, each player has 15 minutes, plus a 10-second increment for each move.
  • In blitz games, each player has 5 minutes, plus a 3-second increment for each move.
  • In Armageddon games, white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes, there is no increment, and black wins the tie in case of a draw.

Tournament formats

Regular

The Regular tournaments consist of a preliminary round and 3 knockout rounds. In the preliminary round, the 16 players participate in a round-robin spanning 3 days (5 games per day), with each player playing the other players for 1 rapid game, for a total of 120 games. The top 8 players with the most points advance to the next round and are seeded for the purposes of making the bracket based on their points. In the event that 2 or more players are tied with points, the following system is used:[4]

  1. Points won in matches involving the tied players
  2. Number of wins
  3. Sonneborn–Berger score
  4. Koya score

In the knockout rounds, each matchup consists of 2 matches of 4 rapid games on back-to-back days. If either player wins one match and at least draws the other, he advances on to the next round. If each player wins one match or both matches are drawn, immediately following the second match, the players play 2 blitz games. If the blitz games are split, the winner is determined via an Armageddon game. The higher seed in each matchup picks the color for the first game, the first tiebreaker, and the Armageddon. In addition to the games between players who advanced, there is also a match for third place between the semifinal losers.[4]

Major

The Major tournaments operate the same way as the Regular tournaments. It is still the top 8 players who qualify for the knockout rounds.

Final

The Final only consists of one round-robin for the 10 players, spanning 9 days (1 matchup per day). Each matchup will comprise 4 rapid games. If the 4 points are split among the two players, then 2 blitz games are played, followed by Armageddon if the blitz games are split. 3 points are awarded for an outright win (no tiebreak needed), 2 points are awarded for a tiebreak win, and 1 point is awarded for a tiebreak loss.[4]

In addition to these points, the players start off with bonus points based on their Tour rankings coming into the Final. The player with the fewest Tour points gets 0 bonus points, and the other players are awarded half a point for every full 10 points they have more than the player with the least number. For example, if Player A has the fewest Tour points with 86, a Player B with 143 Tour points will be awarded 2.5 points, since they exceed Player A's total by 57 (no rounding).[4]

The player with the greatest sum of bonus points and points won in the Final will be crowned the Tour Champion.

Tour points

For Regular tournaments, points are awarded as follows.[4]

Finish Points
Winner 40
Runner-up 25
3rd place 15
4th place 10

In other words, a player receives 10 points for winning in the quarterfinals, 15 points for winning in the semifinals, 15 points for winning the final and 5 points for winning the match for third place. The regulations were present for most of the tournament, excluding the Skilling Open tournament; in that tournament of the tour, the runner-up was awarded 20 points and the two remaining semi-finalists were each awarded 10 points, without a match for 3rd place.[6]

Additional points are also awarded to finishes in the preliminary round:

Finish Points
1st 10
2nd 8
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
9th–16th 0

The points system for Major tournaments is the same, but all values are doubled.[4]

In the event that two players are tied for the same number of Tour points, the following tiebreak system will be used:[4]

  1. Number of tournament wins
  2. Number of tournament appearances (fewer is better)
  3. Number of final appearances
  4. Number of semi-final appearances
  5. Number of quarter-final appearances

The administrators of the tournament also have the right to substitute a tiebreak match if the tie is for a qualification spot.

Prize money

Regular

The total prize pool for a Regular tournament is $100,000. The money is split as follows:[4]

Finish Prize
Winner $30,000
Runner-up $15,000
3rd place $8,500
4th place $6,500
Quarterfinalist $5,000
Preliminary $2,500

The regulations were changed after the Skilling Open tournament; in this first tournament of the tour, the players who lost in the semifinals each received $7,500, without a match for 3rd place.[6]

Major

The total prize pool for a Major tournament is $200,000. The money is split as follows:[4]

Finish Prize
Winner $60,000
Runner-up $40,000
3rd place $25,000
4th place $15,000
Quarterfinalist $10,000
Preliminary $5,000

Final

The prize pool for the final is $300,000, which is split as follows:[4]

Finish Prize
1st $100,000
2nd $60,000
3rd $40,000
4th $30,000
5th $20,000
6th $15,000
7th $12,500
8th $10,000
9th $7,500
10th $5,000

Results

Tournament results

Dates Tournament Name Type Winner Runner-Up 3rd Place 4th Place
November 22–30, 2020 Skilling Open Regular   Wesley So   Magnus Carlsen   Hikaru Nakamura
  Ian Nepomniachtchi
December 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021 Airthings Masters Major   Teimour Radjabov   Levon Aronian   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   Daniil Dubov
February 6–14, 2021 Opera Euro Rapid Regular   Wesley So

(2)

  Magnus Carlsen   Teimour Radjabov   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
March 13–21, 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Major   Anish Giri   Ian Nepomniachtchi   Magnus Carlsen   Wesley So
April 24 – May 2, 2021 New In Chess Classic Regular   Magnus Carlsen   Hikaru Nakamura   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov   Levon Aronian
May 23–31, 2021 FTX Crypto Cup Major   Magnus Carlsen (2)   Wesley So   Ian Nepomniachtchi   Teimour Radjabov
June 26 – July 4, 2021 Goldmoney Asian Rapid Regular   Levon Aronian   Vladislav Artemiev   Magnus Carlsen   Ding Liren
July 31 – August 8, 2021 Chessable Masters Regular   Wesley So

(3)

  Lê Quang Liêm   Vladislav Artemiev   Levon Aronian
August 28 – September 5, 2021 Aimchess US Rapid Regular   Magnus Carlsen (3)   Vladislav Artemiev   Levon Aronian   Alireza Firouzja[7]
September 25 – October 4, 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals Final   Magnus Carlsen (4)   Teimour Radjabov   Levon Aronian   Wesley So

Tour rankings

The column labelled "Wins" indicates the number of tournament wins.

The column labelled "Apps" indicates the number of tournament appearances (including the ongoing tournament, if any).

The winners of the Major tournaments are invited to the Final tournament, as are the 5 players (or more if one player has won more than one Major) with the highest tour ranking among the remaining players. Two additional players are invited as wild cards. As the winners of the Major tournaments (Teimour Radjabov, Anish Giri and Magnus Carlsen) are guaranteed a place in the Final. An asterisk denotes a Major.

Pos Name Wins Apps Skilling Open Airthings Masters* Opera Euro Rapid Magnus Carlsen Invitational* New In Chess Classic FTX Crypto Cup* Goldmoney Asian Rapid Chessable Masters Aimchess US Rapid Total
1   Magnus Carlsen 3 8 30 20 35 50 50 86 20 48 339
2   Wesley So 3 9 46 16 46 32 5 58 4 50 4 261
3   Levon Aronian 1 9 4 56 5 2 14 0 50 18 21 170
4   Teimour Radjabov 1 6 3 88 17 0 1 24 133
5   Anish Giri 1 7 1 0 8 96 16 2 0 123
6   Ian Nepomniachtchi 0 5 15 10 0 58 32 115
7   Hikaru Nakamura 0 7 18 12 0 10 33 12 5 90
8   Vladislav Artemiev 0 3 33 19 35 87
9   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0 6 2 34 14 4 10 0 64
10   Lê Quang Liêm 0 4 0 2 28 0 30
11   Alireza Firouzja[a] 0 7 0 6 3 0 0 6 15 30
12   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0 5 0 21 0 2 3 26
13   Daniil Dubov 0 5 22 1 0 0 0 23
14   Fabiano Caruana 0 1 20 20
15   Ding Liren 0 4 0 0 0 16 16
16   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 0 5 0 3 0 3 2 8
17   Arjun Erigaisi 0 1 1 1
18   Jorden van Foreest 0 3 0 1 0 1
  Leinier Domínguez 0 3 0 0 1 1
20   Daniel Naroditsky 0 1 0 0
  Eric Hansen 0 1 0 0
  Awonder Liang 0 1 0 0
  Abhimanyu Mishra 0 1 0 0
  Ju Wenjun 0 1 0 0
  Koneru Humpy 0 1 0 0
  Eduardo Iturrizaga 0 1 0 0
  Hou Yifan 0 1 0 0
  Gukesh D 0 1 0 0
  Salem Saleh 0 1 0 0
  Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 0 1 0 0
  Gawain Jones 0 1 0 0
  Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 0 1 0 0
  Sam Shankland 0 1 0 0
  Matthias Bluebaum 0 1 0 0
  Nils Grandelius 0 1 0 0
32   Pentala Harikrishna 0 2 0 0 0
  Adhiban Baskaran 0 2 0 0 0
  Aryan Tari 0 2 0 0 0
  Alan Pichot 0 2 0 0 0
37   Peter Svidler 0 3 0 0 0 0
  Alexander Grischuk 0 3 0 0 0 0
  Sergey Karjakin 0 3 0 0 0 0
40   David Antón Guijarro 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
41   Vidit Gujrathi 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tournaments

Skilling Open

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[9]

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 9
02   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
03   Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8½
04   Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 1 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 8½
05   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½
06   Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 0 ½ ½ 0 1 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 8
07   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 8
08   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8
09   Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 8
10   Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2744 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 - ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8
11   Ding Liren (China) 2836 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 7½
12   Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 0 ½ 6½
13   David Antón Guijarro (Spain) 2667 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 1 6½
14   Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - ½ ½ 6
15   Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2709 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ - 1 5½
16   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 - 4½

The results of the knockout rounds were as follows.[10]

 
Quarterfinal (November 25–26)Semifinal (November 27–28)Final (November 29–30)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½2-
 
 
 
  Anish Giri1½2-
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½2-
 
 
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi 1½2-
 
  Levon Aronian2½10
 
 
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi1½32
 
  Magnus Carlsen22½
 
 
 
  Wesley So221½
 
  Wesley So½2½1½*
 
 
 
  Teimour Radjabov2½1½1½
 
  Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
  Hikaru Nakamura1½2-
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave3½
1½
 
 
  Hikaru Nakamura12½1½*
 

* This player advanced by drawing as black in an Armageddon game.

Airthings Masters

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.[11]

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Points
01   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½
02   Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½
03   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½
04   Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6
05   Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
06   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 5½
07   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 5
08   Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 5
09   Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2705 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ 5
10   Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 5
11   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ - ½ 4½
12   David Antón Guijarro (Spain) 2667 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 4½

The results of the knockout rounds were as follows.[12]

 
Quarterfinal (December 29–30)Semifinal (Dec 31 - Jan 1)Final (January 2–3)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½-
 
 
 
  Daniil Dubov22½-
 
  Daniil Dubov10-
 
 
 
  Teimour Radjabov32-
 
  Teimour Radjabov221½*
 
 
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi221½
 
  Teimour Radjabov2½2-
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian1½1-
 
  Hikaru Nakamura1½0-
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian2½2-
 
  Levon Aronian32-
 
 
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave11-3rd place (January 2–3)
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave31½1½*
 
 
 
  Wesley So12½1½
 
  Daniil Dubov21½-
 
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave22½-
 

* This player advanced by drawing as black in an Armageddon game.

Opera Euro Rapid

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 9½
02   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9½
03   Wesley So (United States) 2741 1 ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 9
04   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 8½
05   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ 0 1 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
06   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 8
07   Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8
08   Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7½
09   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½
10   Sam Shankland (United States) 2609 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7
11   Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ 0 1 0 ½ 7
12   Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ 0 6½
13   Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2786 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 ½ 0 6½
14   Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½ 1 6½
15   Matthias Bluebaum (Germany) 2562 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 5½
16   Ding Liren (China) 2836 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ - 5
 
Quarterfinal (February 9–10)Semifinal (February 11–12)Final (February 13–14)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½½2
 
 
 
  Daniil Dubov½2½1
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½12
 
 
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave½31
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave2½2-
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian1½2-
 
  Magnus Carlsen21½-
 
 
 
  Wesley So22½-
 
  Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
  Jan-Krzysztof Duda1½0-
 
  Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
  Teimour Radjabov1½1-3rd place (February 13–14)
 
  Teimour Radjabov221½
 
 
 
  Anish Giri22½
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave1½0-
 
 
  Teimour Radjabov2½2-
 

Magnus Carlsen Invitational

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10½
02   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 1 - 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 10
03   Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ 0 - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9½
04   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9
05   Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 0 1 1 ½ - ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 8½
06   Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 8½
07   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½
08   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 8
09   Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2709 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 - ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 8
10   Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 7½
11   Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7
12   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ - 1 1 0 ½ 6½
13   Nils Grandelius (Sweden) 2632 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 - 1 1 1 6
14   Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) 2543 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - 1 ½ 6
15   David Antón Guijarro (Spain) 2674 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4
16   Alan Pichot (Argentina) 2548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - 2½
 
Quarterfinal (March 16–17)Semifinal (March 18–19)Final (March 20–21)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½2-
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian½1-
 
  Magnus Carlsen1½2½½
 
 
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi2½1½1½
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi22½-
 
 
 
  Hikaru Nakamura2½-
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi220
 
 
 
  Anish Giri222
 
  Wesley So2½2½-
 
 
 
  Alireza Firouzja½½-
 
  Wesley So1½1½-
 
 
 
  Anish Giri2½2½-3rd place (March 20–21)
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave21-
 
 
 
  Anish Giri23-
 
  Magnus Carlsen32-
 
 
  Wesley So11-
 

New In Chess Classic

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 10½
02   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½
03   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 ½ 0 - 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9½
04   Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 9
05   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 9
06   Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 0 ½ 0 1 1 - ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8½
07   Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2744 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 8½
08   Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 8½
09   Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2786 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8
10   Aryan Tari (Norway) 2531 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 - ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7
11   Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 1 1 7
12   Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (India) 1781 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ - 1 1 ½ 1 7
13   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 - ½ 1 1 7
14   Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2709 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ - 1 1 6½
15   Gawain Jones (England) 2615 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - ½ 3
16   Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Norway) 2521 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - 1½
 
Quarterfinal (April 27–28)Semifinal (April 29–30)Final (May 1–2)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen22½-
 
 
 
  Teimour Radjabov21½-
 
  Magnus Carlsen23-
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian21-
 
  Levon Aronian32-
 
 
 
  Wesley So11-
 
  Magnus Carlsen32-
 
 
 
  Hikaru Nakamura12-
 
  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov32½-
 
 
 
  Alireza Firouzja1½-
 
  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov131
 
 
 
  Hikaru Nakamura3023rd place (May 1–2)
 
  Lê Quang Liêm1½1-
 
 
 
  Hikaru Nakamura2½2-
 
  Levon Aronian2½-
 
 
  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov22½
 

FTX Crypto Cup

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2773 - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10
02   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 9
03   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9
04   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2860 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9
05   Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9
06   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8½
07   Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2758 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
08   Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2778 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8
09   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 - 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 8
10   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 7½
11   Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 - ½ ½ 1 0 0 7
12   Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 7
13   Ding Liren (China) 2836 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 7
14   Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 6
15   Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2784 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ - 1 5
16   Alan Pichot (Argentina) 2548 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1½
 
Quarterfinal (May 26–27)Semifinal (May 28–29)Final (May 30–31)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Fabiano Caruana22½
 
 
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi221½
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi1½1-
 
 
 
  Wesley So2½2-
 
  Wesley So32-
 
 
 
  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave11-
 
  Wesley So221
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen222
 
  Hikaru Nakamura220
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen222
 
  Magnus Carlsen23-
 
 
 
  Teimour Radjabov21-3rd place (May 30–31)
 
  Teimour Radjabov2½2-
 
 
 
  Anish Giri1½2-
 
  Ian Nepomniachtchi22½-
 
 
  Teimour Radjabov21½-
 

Goldmoney Asian Rapid

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2778 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10½
02   Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2757 ½ - 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10
03   Ding Liren (China) 2836 ½ 1 - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9½
04   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9
05   Wesley So (United States) 2741 ½ 1 ½ ½ - 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9
06   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2774 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 1 8
07   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2731 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 8
08   Arjun Erigaisi (India) 2289 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8
09   Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2703 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ - ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8
10   Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 7
11   Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 - ½ ½ 0 1 1 6½
12   Gukesh D (India) 1927 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 6½
13   Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2770 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 - 0 ½ 1 6
14   Salem Saleh (United Arab Emirates) 2718 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 - 0 ½ 5½
15   Adhiban Baskaran (India) 2624 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 - 0 5
16   Hou Yifan (China) 2621 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 - 3½
 
Quarterfinal (June 29–30)Semifinal (July 1–2)Final (July 3–4)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian221½
 
 
 
  Arjun Erigaisi22½
 
   Levon Aronian1½32
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½10
 
  Wesley So1½2½½
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½1½1½
 
   Levon Aronian2½2-
 
 
 
   Vladislav Artemiev1½0-
 
  Ding Liren23-
 
 
 
  Jan-Krzysztof Duda21-
 
  Ding Liren2½1½½
 
 
 
  Vladislav Artemiev½2½1½3rd place (July 3–4)
 
  Anish Giri01-
 
 
 
  Vladislav Artemiev32-
 
  Magnus Carlsen 2½01½
 
 
   Ding Liren1½3½
 

Chessable Masters

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Wesley So (United States) 2774 - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11
02   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2761 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
03   Alireza Firouzja (France) 2703 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 10½
04   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2829 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 10½
05   Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2757 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 9½
06   Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2744 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9
07   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9
08   Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) 2543 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8½
09   Adhiban Baskaran (India) 2624 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 - 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7
10   Eduardo Iturrizaga (Spain) 2647 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7
11   Aryan Tari (Norway) 2531 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½
12   Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2705 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 1 0 1 6
13   David Antón Guijarro (Spain) 2674 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 - 0 1 1 5½
14   Ju Wenjun (China) 2610 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 - 1 1 5
15   Abhimanyu Mishra (United States) — 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 - ½ 2½
16   Koneru Humpy (India) 2483 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - 2
 
Quarterfinal (August 3–4)Semifinal (August 5–6)Final (August 7–8)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Wesley So22½-
 
 
 
  Jorden van Foreest2½-
 
  Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
  Vladislav Artemiev1½2-
 
  Vladislav Artemiev222
 
 
 
  Hikaru Nakamura221
 
  Wesley So2½2-
 
 
 
  Lê Quang Liêm½2-
 
  Alireza Firouzja10-
 
 
 
  Lê Quang Liêm32-
 
  Lê Quang Liêm31½2
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian12½13rd place (August 7–8)
 
  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov½1-
 
 
 
  Levon Aronian2½2-
 
  Vladislav Artemiev22½-
 
 
  Levon Aronian2½-
 

Aimchess US Rapid

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points
01   Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2757 - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
02   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2881 ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10
03   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2761 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½
04   Alireza Firouzja (France) 2696 ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9½
05   Wesley So (United States) 2774 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 9
06   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2756 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 9
07   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2775 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9
08   Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2786 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 - ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 8
09   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2744 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8
10   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2817 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½
11   Vidit Gujrathi (India) 2636 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 7½
12   Daniel Naroditsky (United States) 2639 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ - 1 1 ½ 0 6
13   Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2744 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 - ½ 1 1 6
14   Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) 2563 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ - 1 1 4½
15   Eric Hansen (Canada) 2579 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 - 1 3½
16   Awonder Liang (United States) 2397 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 - 2½
 
Quarterfinal (Aug 31 - Sep 1)Semifinal (September 2–3)Final (September 4–5)
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Vladislav Artemiev23-
 
 
 
  Leinier Domínguez21-
 
  Vladislav Artemiev222
 
 
 
  Alireza Firouzja221
 
  Wesley So½2½½
 
 
 
  Alireza Firouzja2½1½1½
 
  Vladislav Artemiev1½½-
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½2½-
 
  Levon Aronian32-
 
 
 
  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov11-
 
  Levon Aronian21-
 
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen23-
 
  Jan-Krzysztof Duda½½-
 
 
  Magnus Carlsen2½2½-
 

Tour Final

Teimour Radjabov, Anish Giri and Magnus Carlsen qualified by winning a Major tournament, while Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura and Vladislav Artemiev qualified for the finals via the tour standings. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave replaced Ian Nepomniachtchi, while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Jan-Krzysztof Duda got a wildcard spot. Every player, except for Duda, starts with extra points according to their Tour standings.[b]

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Bonus Points Total
01   Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2842 - 3 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 3 16½ 15 31½
02   Wesley So (United States) 2766 0 - 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 12½ 11 23½
03   Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2761 3 3 - 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 8 16 24
04   Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2747 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 21 27
05   Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2712 1 1 0 2 - 2 0 3 0 0 5½ 9 14½
06   Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2836 0 2 3 2 1 - 2 2 2 3 4 17 21
07   Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2755 3 0 0 2 3 1 - 2 3 0 3½ 14 17½
08   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2773 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 - 0 3 2½ 11 13½
09   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2727 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 - 1 ½ 9 9½
10   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2801 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 - 0 12 12

Qualifiers

Chessable Qualifier

Chessable Qualifier was held from 17 to 18 October 2020, and was a qualification tournament for Skilling Open, the first event of the Champions Chess Tour.

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Points
01   Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 - ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5
02   Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) 2691 ½ - 1 0 1 1 1 4½
03   S. L. Narayanan (India) 2436 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 3½
04   Sam Shankland (United States) 2609 0 1 ½ - ½ 0 1 3
05   Matthias Bluebaum (Germany) 2561 0 0 ½ ½ - 1 1 3
06   Grigoriy Oparin (Russia) 2736 0 0 0 1 0 - ½ 1½
07   Gawain Jones (England) 2609 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - ½

Magnus Carlsen Invitational Qualifier

Name ELO 01 02 03 04 Points
01   Alan Pichot (Argentina) 2548 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4
02   Nils Grandelius (Sweden) 2632 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 0 1 3½
03   Aryan Tari (Norway) 2531 0 ½ 0 ½ - 1 1 3
04   Max Warmerdam (Netherlands) 2412 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 - 1½

Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour

Coverage

Chess24.com provided free live coverage of every tournament, with commentary in 10 different languages.[13] They were broadcasting on their website, on the official tour website, and on Twitch. Various other chess streamers also provided live commentary.

Sponsorship

Julius Baer and Opera were two listed sponsors of the event.[14] Skilling sponsored the first tournament,[15] while Airthings sponsored the second tournament.[14] Cryptocurrency Company FTX sponsored the FTX Crypto Cup, providing 2.18 Bitcoin in the prize fund, worth $100,000 at the time of purchase. The Tour was also funded by offering Premium and VIP Tour Passes, services that offered perks such as voting on the wild cards, memberships for Chess24.com, and interaction opportunities with top chess players.[16]

On January 3, 2021, Meltwater was announced as the title partner for the tour, which was accordingly renamed the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.[1][2]

January 20, 2023
champions, chess, tour, 2021, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jsto. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Champions Chess Tour 2021 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Champions Chess Tour 2021 known for sponsorship reasons as the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 1 2 was a 10 month long series of 10 online chess tournaments featuring the world s top players playing for a prize money pool of US 1 5 million 3 The tournament games are held on chess24 com and are broadcast on Twitch YouTube chess24 com itself and the tour s official website 3 The tour started on November 22 2020 and lasted until October 4 2021 3 The tournaments were not rated by FIDE Champions Chess Tour 2021DetailsDuration22 November 2020 4 October 2021Tournaments10CategoriesRegular 6 Major 3 Final 1 Achievements singles Most tournament titlesMagnus Carlsen 4 titles Most tournament finalsMagnus Carlsen 6 Points leaderMagnus Carlsen 339 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020Champions Chess Tour 2022 Contents 1 Format 1 1 Qualification 1 2 Schedule 1 3 Time controls 1 4 Tournament formats 1 4 1 Regular 1 4 2 Major 1 4 3 Final 1 5 Tour points 1 6 Prize money 1 6 1 Regular 1 6 2 Major 1 6 3 Final 2 Results 2 1 Tournament results 2 2 Tour rankings 2 3 Tournaments 2 3 1 Skilling Open 2 3 2 Airthings Masters 2 3 3 Opera Euro Rapid 2 3 4 Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2 3 5 New In Chess Classic 2 3 6 FTX Crypto Cup 2 3 7 Goldmoney Asian Rapid 2 3 8 Chessable Masters 2 3 9 Aimchess US Rapid 2 4 Tour Final 2 5 Qualifiers 2 5 1 Chessable Qualifier 2 5 2 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Qualifier 2 6 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour 3 Coverage 4 Sponsorship 5 References 6 Notes 7 External linksFormat EditThere are 10 total tournaments in the tour 6 labelled as Regular 3 labelled as Major and 1 Final Each takes place towards the end of a month over the course of 9 days 3 Qualification Edit According to the tour regulations there are 16 spots in a Regular tournament 12 spots in a Major tournament and 10 spots in the Final tournament 4 However after the first Major tournament Airthings Masters it was concluded that 8 out of 12 players advancing to the knockout round rewarded cautious play and the remaining Major tournaments Magnus Carlsen Invitational and FTX Crypto Cup were conducted with 16 players 5 For each of the Regular tournaments except for the first one 8 of the 16 spots are given to the current top 8 players in the Tour Rankings The rest of the spots are given out via wild cards invitations or popular votes 4 The 16 spots for the first tournament of the tour are chosen via the decision of the event organizers For the Major tournaments 8 of the spots are also given to the current top 8 players in the Tour Rankings The winner of the preceding Regular tournament is also given a spot if he or she is not already in the top 8 The rest of the spots are given via wild cards For the Final tournament 8 of the 10 spots are given first to the winners of the 3 Major tournaments then down the standings of the Tour Rankings The final 2 spots are given to the best performing Tour Ambassadors 4 Schedule Edit Dates Tournament Name TypeNovember 22 30 2020 Skilling Open RegularDecember 26 2020 January 3 2021 Airthings Masters MajorFebruary 6 14 2021 Opera Euro Rapid RegularMarch 13 21 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2021 MajorApril 24 May 2 2021 New In Chess Classic RegularMay 23 31 2021 FTX Crypto Cup MajorJune 26 July 4 2021 Goldmoney Asian Rapid RegularJuly 31 August 8 2021 Chessable Masters RegularAugust 28 September 5 2021 Aimchess US Rapid RegularSeptember 25 October 4 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals FinalTime controls Edit Three different time controls are used in the tour In rapid games each player has 15 minutes plus a 10 second increment for each move In blitz games each player has 5 minutes plus a 3 second increment for each move In Armageddon games white has 5 minutes black has 4 minutes there is no increment and black wins the tie in case of a draw Tournament formats Edit Regular Edit The Regular tournaments consist of a preliminary round and 3 knockout rounds In the preliminary round the 16 players participate in a round robin spanning 3 days 5 games per day with each player playing the other players for 1 rapid game for a total of 120 games The top 8 players with the most points advance to the next round and are seeded for the purposes of making the bracket based on their points In the event that 2 or more players are tied with points the following system is used 4 Points won in matches involving the tied players Number of wins Sonneborn Berger score Koya scoreIn the knockout rounds each matchup consists of 2 matches of 4 rapid games on back to back days If either player wins one match and at least draws the other he advances on to the next round If each player wins one match or both matches are drawn immediately following the second match the players play 2 blitz games If the blitz games are split the winner is determined via an Armageddon game The higher seed in each matchup picks the color for the first game the first tiebreaker and the Armageddon In addition to the games between players who advanced there is also a match for third place between the semifinal losers 4 Major Edit The Major tournaments operate the same way as the Regular tournaments It is still the top 8 players who qualify for the knockout rounds Final Edit The Final only consists of one round robin for the 10 players spanning 9 days 1 matchup per day Each matchup will comprise 4 rapid games If the 4 points are split among the two players then 2 blitz games are played followed by Armageddon if the blitz games are split 3 points are awarded for an outright win no tiebreak needed 2 points are awarded for a tiebreak win and 1 point is awarded for a tiebreak loss 4 In addition to these points the players start off with bonus points based on their Tour rankings coming into the Final The player with the fewest Tour points gets 0 bonus points and the other players are awarded half a point for every full 10 points they have more than the player with the least number For example if Player A has the fewest Tour points with 86 a Player B with 143 Tour points will be awarded 2 5 points since they exceed Player A s total by 57 no rounding 4 The player with the greatest sum of bonus points and points won in the Final will be crowned the Tour Champion Tour points Edit For Regular tournaments points are awarded as follows 4 Finish PointsWinner 40Runner up 253rd place 154th place 10In other words a player receives 10 points for winning in the quarterfinals 15 points for winning in the semifinals 15 points for winning the final and 5 points for winning the match for third place The regulations were present for most of the tournament excluding the Skilling Open tournament in that tournament of the tour the runner up was awarded 20 points and the two remaining semi finalists were each awarded 10 points without a match for 3rd place 6 Additional points are also awarded to finishes in the preliminary round Finish Points1st 102nd 83rd 64th 55th 46th 37th 28th 19th 16th 0The points system for Major tournaments is the same but all values are doubled 4 In the event that two players are tied for the same number of Tour points the following tiebreak system will be used 4 Number of tournament wins Number of tournament appearances fewer is better Number of final appearances Number of semi final appearances Number of quarter final appearancesThe administrators of the tournament also have the right to substitute a tiebreak match if the tie is for a qualification spot Prize money Edit Regular Edit The total prize pool for a Regular tournament is 100 000 The money is split as follows 4 Finish PrizeWinner 30 000Runner up 15 0003rd place 8 5004th place 6 500Quarterfinalist 5 000Preliminary 2 500The regulations were changed after the Skilling Open tournament in this first tournament of the tour the players who lost in the semifinals each received 7 500 without a match for 3rd place 6 Major Edit The total prize pool for a Major tournament is 200 000 The money is split as follows 4 Finish PrizeWinner 60 000Runner up 40 0003rd place 25 0004th place 15 000Quarterfinalist 10 000Preliminary 5 000Final Edit The prize pool for the final is 300 000 which is split as follows 4 Finish Prize1st 100 0002nd 60 0003rd 40 0004th 30 0005th 20 0006th 15 0007th 12 5008th 10 0009th 7 50010th 5 000Results EditTournament results Edit Dates Tournament Name Type Winner Runner Up 3rd Place 4th PlaceNovember 22 30 2020 Skilling Open Regular Wesley So Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Ian NepomniachtchiDecember 26 2020 January 3 2021 Airthings Masters Major Teimour Radjabov Levon Aronian Maxime Vachier Lagrave Daniil DubovFebruary 6 14 2021 Opera Euro Rapid Regular Wesley So 2 Magnus Carlsen Teimour Radjabov Maxime Vachier LagraveMarch 13 21 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Major Anish Giri Ian Nepomniachtchi Magnus Carlsen Wesley SoApril 24 May 2 2021 New In Chess Classic Regular Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Levon AronianMay 23 31 2021 FTX Crypto Cup Major Magnus Carlsen 2 Wesley So Ian Nepomniachtchi Teimour RadjabovJune 26 July 4 2021 Goldmoney Asian Rapid Regular Levon Aronian Vladislav Artemiev Magnus Carlsen Ding LirenJuly 31 August 8 2021 Chessable Masters Regular Wesley So 3 Le Quang Liem Vladislav Artemiev Levon AronianAugust 28 September 5 2021 Aimchess US Rapid Regular Magnus Carlsen 3 Vladislav Artemiev Levon Aronian Alireza Firouzja 7 September 25 October 4 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals Final Magnus Carlsen 4 Teimour Radjabov Levon Aronian Wesley SoTour rankings Edit The column labelled Wins indicates the number of tournament wins The column labelled Apps indicates the number of tournament appearances including the ongoing tournament if any The winners of the Major tournaments are invited to the Final tournament as are the 5 players or more if one player has won more than one Major with the highest tour ranking among the remaining players Two additional players are invited as wild cards As the winners of the Major tournaments Teimour Radjabov Anish Giri and Magnus Carlsen are guaranteed a place in the Final An asterisk denotes a Major Pos Name Wins Apps Skilling Open Airthings Masters Opera Euro Rapid Magnus Carlsen Invitational New In Chess Classic FTX Crypto Cup Goldmoney Asian Rapid Chessable Masters Aimchess US Rapid Total1 Magnus Carlsen 3 8 30 20 35 50 50 86 20 48 3392 Wesley So 3 9 46 16 46 32 5 58 4 50 4 2613 Levon Aronian 1 9 4 56 5 2 14 0 50 18 21 1704 Teimour Radjabov 1 6 3 88 17 0 1 24 1335 Anish Giri 1 7 1 0 8 96 16 2 0 1236 Ian Nepomniachtchi 0 5 15 10 0 58 32 1157 Hikaru Nakamura 0 7 18 12 0 10 33 12 5 908 Vladislav Artemiev 0 3 33 19 35 879 Maxime Vachier Lagrave 0 6 2 34 14 4 10 0 6410 Le Quang Liem 0 4 0 2 28 0 3011 Alireza Firouzja a 0 7 0 6 3 0 0 6 15 3012 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0 5 0 21 0 2 3 2613 Daniil Dubov 0 5 22 1 0 0 0 2314 Fabiano Caruana 0 1 20 2015 Ding Liren 0 4 0 0 0 16 1616 Jan Krzysztof Duda 0 5 0 3 0 3 2 817 Arjun Erigaisi 0 1 1 118 Jorden van Foreest 0 3 0 1 0 1 Leinier Dominguez 0 3 0 0 1 120 Daniel Naroditsky 0 1 0 0 Eric Hansen 0 1 0 0 Awonder Liang 0 1 0 0 Abhimanyu Mishra 0 1 0 0 Ju Wenjun 0 1 0 0 Koneru Humpy 0 1 0 0 Eduardo Iturrizaga 0 1 0 0 Hou Yifan 0 1 0 0 Gukesh D 0 1 0 0 Salem Saleh 0 1 0 0 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 0 1 0 0 Gawain Jones 0 1 0 0 Johan Sebastian Christiansen 0 1 0 0 Sam Shankland 0 1 0 0 Matthias Bluebaum 0 1 0 0 Nils Grandelius 0 1 0 032 Pentala Harikrishna 0 2 0 0 0 Adhiban Baskaran 0 2 0 0 0 Aryan Tari 0 2 0 0 0 Alan Pichot 0 2 0 0 037 Peter Svidler 0 3 0 0 0 0 Alexander Grischuk 0 3 0 0 0 0 Sergey Karjakin 0 3 0 0 0 040 David Anton Guijarro 0 4 0 0 0 0 041 Vidit Gujrathi 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Tournaments Edit Skilling Open Edit The results of the preliminary round were as follows 9 Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 902 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 0 1 1 903 Wesley So United States 2741 1 0 1 1 8 04 Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 05 Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 06 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 807 Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 1 1 0 1 808 Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 0 0 1 1 1 809 Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 810 Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 811 Ding Liren China 2836 1 0 1 0 7 12 Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 13 David Anton Guijarro Spain 2667 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 14 Peter Svidler Russia 2742 0 1 0 0 0 615 Sergey Karjakin Russia 2709 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 16 Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2774 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 The results of the knockout rounds were as follows 10 Quarterfinal November 25 26 Semifinal November 27 28 Final November 29 30 Magnus Carlsen2 2 Anish Giri1 2 Magnus Carlsen2 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi1 2 Levon Aronian2 10 Ian Nepomniachtchi1 32 Magnus Carlsen22 Wesley So221 Wesley So 2 1 Teimour Radjabov2 1 1 Wesley So2 2 Hikaru Nakamura1 2 Maxime Vachier Lagrave3 1 Hikaru Nakamura12 1 This player advanced by drawing as black in an Armageddon game Airthings Masters Edit The results of the preliminary round were as follows 11 Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Points01 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 1 1 6 02 Wesley So United States 2741 1 1 6 03 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 0 1 1 1 6 04 Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 1 1 0 605 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 1 606 Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 1 0 5 07 Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 1 0 508 Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 0 0 1 1 509 Pentala Harikrishna India 2705 0 510 Alexander Grischuk Russia 2784 0 1 0 511 Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 12 David Anton Guijarro Spain 2667 0 0 1 0 4 The results of the knockout rounds were as follows 12 Quarterfinal December 29 30 Semifinal Dec 31 Jan 1 Final January 2 3 Magnus Carlsen2 Daniil Dubov22 Daniil Dubov10 Teimour Radjabov32 Teimour Radjabov221 Ian Nepomniachtchi221 Teimour Radjabov2 2 Levon Aronian1 1 Hikaru Nakamura1 0 Levon Aronian2 2 Levon Aronian32 Maxime Vachier Lagrave11 3rd place January 2 3 Maxime Vachier Lagrave31 1 Wesley So12 1 Daniil Dubov21 Maxime Vachier Lagrave22 This player advanced by drawing as black in an Armageddon game Opera Euro Rapid Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 02 Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 03 Wesley So United States 2741 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 904 Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 05 Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 06 Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2774 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 807 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 1 808 Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 09 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 10 Sam Shankland United States 2609 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 711 Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 712 Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 13 Leinier Dominguez United States 2786 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 14 Alexander Grischuk Russia 2784 0 0 0 1 6 15 Matthias Bluebaum Germany 2562 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 16 Ding Liren China 2836 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 Quarterfinal February 9 10 Semifinal February 11 12 Final February 13 14 Magnus Carlsen2 2 Daniil Dubov 2 1 Magnus Carlsen2 12 Maxime Vachier Lagrave 31 Maxime Vachier Lagrave2 2 Levon Aronian1 2 Magnus Carlsen21 Wesley So22 Wesley So2 2 Jan Krzysztof Duda1 0 Wesley So2 2 Teimour Radjabov1 1 3rd place February 13 14 Teimour Radjabov221 Anish Giri22 Maxime Vachier Lagrave1 0 Teimour Radjabov2 2 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1003 Wesley So United States 2741 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 04 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 1 905 Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 06 Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 07 Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 08 Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 809 Sergey Karjakin Russia 2709 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 810 Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 11 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 0 0 0 1 1 712 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 13 Nils Grandelius Sweden 2632 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 614 Jorden van Foreest Netherlands 2543 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 615 David Anton Guijarro Spain 2674 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 416 Alan Pichot Argentina 2548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Quarterfinal March 16 17 Semifinal March 18 19 Final March 20 21 Magnus Carlsen2 2 Levon Aronian 1 Magnus Carlsen1 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi2 1 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi22 Hikaru Nakamura2 Ian Nepomniachtchi220 Anish Giri222 Wesley So2 2 Alireza Firouzja Wesley So1 1 Anish Giri2 2 3rd place March 20 21 Maxime Vachier Lagrave21 Anish Giri23 Magnus Carlsen32 Wesley So11 New In Chess Classic Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 1 1 9 03 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 04 Wesley So United States 2741 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 905 Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 1 1 1 1 906 Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 07 Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 08 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 1 0 1 1 8 09 Leinier Dominguez United States 2786 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 810 Aryan Tari Norway 2531 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 711 Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 712 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa India 1781 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 713 Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2774 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 714 Sergey Karjakin Russia 2709 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 15 Gawain Jones England 2615 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 316 Johan Sebastian Christiansen Norway 2521 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Quarterfinal April 27 28 Semifinal April 29 30 Final May 1 2 Magnus Carlsen22 Teimour Radjabov21 Magnus Carlsen23 Levon Aronian21 Levon Aronian32 Wesley So11 Magnus Carlsen32 Hikaru Nakamura12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov32 Alireza Firouzja1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov131 Hikaru Nakamura3023rd place May 1 2 Le Quang Liem1 1 Hikaru Nakamura2 2 Levon Aronian2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov22 FTX Crypto Cup Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Fabiano Caruana United States 2773 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1002 Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 903 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 0 1 1 904 Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 1 1 0 1 1 905 Wesley So United States 2741 1 1 1 906 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 07 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 08 Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 809 Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 810 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 11 Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 712 Peter Svidler Russia 2742 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 713 Ding Liren China 2836 0 0 0 1 1 714 Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 615 Alexander Grischuk Russia 2784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 516 Alan Pichot Argentina 2548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Quarterfinal May 26 27 Semifinal May 28 29 Final May 30 31 Fabiano Caruana22 Ian Nepomniachtchi221 Ian Nepomniachtchi1 1 Wesley So2 2 Wesley So32 Maxime Vachier Lagrave11 Wesley So221 Magnus Carlsen222 Hikaru Nakamura220 Magnus Carlsen222 Magnus Carlsen23 Teimour Radjabov21 3rd place May 30 31 Teimour Radjabov2 2 Anish Giri1 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi22 Teimour Radjabov21 Goldmoney Asian Rapid Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2757 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1003 Ding Liren China 2836 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 04 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 905 Wesley So United States 2741 1 1 0 1 1 906 Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2774 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 807 Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 1 1 0 1 0 808 Arjun Erigaisi India 2289 0 0 1 1 1 809 Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 810 Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 711 Peter Svidler Russia 2742 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 12 Gukesh D India 1927 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 13 Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 614 Salem Saleh United Arab Emirates 2718 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 15 Adhiban Baskaran India 2624 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 516 Hou Yifan China 2621 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Quarterfinal June 29 30 Semifinal July 1 2 Final July 3 4 Levon Aronian221 Arjun Erigaisi22 Levon Aronian1 32 Magnus Carlsen2 10 Wesley So1 2 Magnus Carlsen2 1 1 Levon Aronian2 2 Vladislav Artemiev1 0 Ding Liren23 Jan Krzysztof Duda21 Ding Liren2 1 Vladislav Artemiev 2 1 3rd place July 3 4 Anish Giri01 Vladislav Artemiev32 Magnus Carlsen2 01 Ding Liren1 3 Chessable Masters Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Wesley So United States 2774 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1102 Levon Aronian Armenia 2761 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 03 Alireza Firouzja France 2703 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10 04 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 05 Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2757 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 06 Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 0 1 1 1 1 907 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 0 1 1 1 1 908 Jorden van Foreest Netherlands 2543 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 09 Adhiban Baskaran India 2624 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 710 Eduardo Iturrizaga Spain 2647 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 711 Aryan Tari Norway 2531 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 12 Pentala Harikrishna India 2705 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 613 David Anton Guijarro Spain 2674 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 14 Ju Wenjun China 2610 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 515 Abhimanyu Mishra United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 Koneru Humpy India 2483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Quarterfinal August 3 4 Semifinal August 5 6 Final August 7 8 Wesley So22 Jorden van Foreest2 Wesley So2 2 Vladislav Artemiev1 2 Vladislav Artemiev222 Hikaru Nakamura221 Wesley So2 2 Le Quang Liem 2 Alireza Firouzja10 Le Quang Liem32 Le Quang Liem31 2 Levon Aronian12 13rd place August 7 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1 Levon Aronian2 2 Vladislav Artemiev22 Levon Aronian2 Aimchess US Rapid Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points01 Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2757 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1003 Levon Aronian Armenia 2761 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 04 Alireza Firouzja France 2696 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 05 Wesley So United States 2774 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 906 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2756 1 1 0 1 1 907 Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2775 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 908 Leinier Dominguez United States 2786 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 809 Anish Giri Netherlands 2744 1 810 Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2817 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 11 Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 12 Daniel Naroditsky United States 2639 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 613 Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 614 Jorden van Foreest Netherlands 2563 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 15 Eric Hansen Canada 2579 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16 Awonder Liang United States 2397 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Quarterfinal Aug 31 Sep 1 Semifinal September 2 3 Final September 4 5 Vladislav Artemiev23 Leinier Dominguez21 Vladislav Artemiev222 Alireza Firouzja221 Wesley So 2 Alireza Firouzja2 1 1 Vladislav Artemiev1 Magnus Carlsen2 2 Levon Aronian32 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov11 Levon Aronian21 Magnus Carlsen23 Jan Krzysztof Duda Magnus Carlsen2 2 Tour Final Edit Teimour Radjabov Anish Giri and Magnus Carlsen qualified by winning a Major tournament while Wesley So Levon Aronian Hikaru Nakamura and Vladislav Artemiev qualified for the finals via the tour standings Maxime Vachier Lagrave replaced Ian Nepomniachtchi while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Jan Krzysztof Duda got a wildcard spot Every player except for Duda starts with extra points according to their Tour standings b Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Bonus Points Total01 Magnus Carlsen Norway 2842 3 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 3 16 15 31 02 Wesley So United States 2766 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 12 11 23 03 Levon Aronian Armenia 2761 3 3 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 8 16 2404 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2747 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 21 2705 Anish Giri Netherlands 2712 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 5 9 14 06 Hikaru Nakamura United States 2836 0 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 17 2107 Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2755 3 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 0 3 14 17 08 Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2773 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 11 13 09 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2727 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 9 9 10 Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2801 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 12 12Qualifiers Edit Chessable Qualifier Edit Chessable Qualifier was held from 17 to 18 October 2020 and was a qualification tournament for Skilling Open the first event of the Champions Chess Tour Name ELO 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Points01 Peter Svidler Russia 2742 1 1 1 1 502 Rauf Mamedov Azerbaijan 2691 1 0 1 1 1 4 03 S L Narayanan India 2436 0 1 1 3 04 Sam Shankland United States 2609 0 1 0 1 305 Matthias Bluebaum Germany 2561 0 0 1 1 306 Grigoriy Oparin Russia 2736 0 0 0 1 0 1 07 Gawain Jones England 2609 0 0 0 0 0 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Qualifier Edit Name ELO 01 02 03 04 Points01 Alan Pichot Argentina 2548 1 1 402 Nils Grandelius Sweden 2632 1 0 1 3 03 Aryan Tari Norway 2531 0 0 1 1 304 Max Warmerdam Netherlands 2412 0 1 0 0 0 1 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2021 Coverage EditChess24 com provided free live coverage of every tournament with commentary in 10 different languages 13 They were broadcasting on their website on the official tour website and on Twitch Various other chess streamers also provided live commentary Sponsorship EditJulius Baer and Opera were two listed sponsors of the event 14 Skilling sponsored the first tournament 15 while Airthings sponsored the second tournament 14 Cryptocurrency Company FTX sponsored the FTX Crypto Cup providing 2 18 Bitcoin in the prize fund worth 100 000 at the time of purchase The Tour was also funded by offering Premium and VIP Tour Passes services that offered perks such as voting on the wild cards memberships for Chess24 com and interaction opportunities with top chess players 16 On January 3 2021 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