Champions Chess Tour 2021

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
Duration	22 November 2020 – 4 October 2021
Tournaments	10
Categories	Regular (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)
← Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020 Champions Chess Tour 2022 →

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 Carlsen

2½

2

-

Anish Giri

1½

2

-

Magnus Carlsen

2½

2

-

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1½

2

-

Levon Aronian

2½

1

0

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1½

3

2

Magnus Carlsen

2

2

½

Wesley So

2

2

1½

Wesley So

½

2½

1½^*

Teimour Radjabov

2½

1½

1½

Wesley So

2½

2

-

Hikaru Nakamura

1½

2

-

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

3

½

1½

Hikaru Nakamura

1

2½

1½^*

^* 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 Carlsen	2	½	-
	Daniil Dubov	2	2½	-
							Daniil Dubov	1	0	-
							Teimour Radjabov	3	2	-
	Teimour Radjabov	2	2	1½^*
	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2	2	1½
													Teimour Radjabov	2½	2	-
													Levon Aronian	1½	1	-
	Hikaru Nakamura	1½	0	-
	Levon Aronian	2½	2	-
							Levon Aronian	3	2	-
							Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1	1	-			3rd place (January 2–3)
	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	3	1½	1½^*
	Wesley So	1	2½	1½
													Daniil Dubov	2	1½	-
													Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2	2½	-

^* 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 Carlsen	2½	½	2
	Daniil Dubov	½	2½	1
							Magnus Carlsen	2½	1	2
							Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	½	3	1
	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2½	2	-
	Levon Aronian	1½	2	-
													Magnus Carlsen	2	1½	-
													Wesley So	2	2½	-
	Wesley So	2½	2	-
	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	1½	0	-
							Wesley So	2½	2	-
							Teimour Radjabov	1½	1	-			3rd place (February 13–14)
	Teimour Radjabov	2	2	1½
	Anish Giri	2	2	½
													Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1½	0	-
													Teimour Radjabov	2½	2	-

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 Carlsen	2½	2	-
	Levon Aronian	½	1	-
							Magnus Carlsen	1½	2½	½
							Ian Nepomniachtchi	2½	1½	1½
	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2	2½	-
	Hikaru Nakamura	2	½	-
													Ian Nepomniachtchi	2	2	0
													Anish Giri	2	2	2
	Wesley So	2½	2½	-
	Alireza Firouzja	½	½	-
							Wesley So	1½	1½	-
							Anish Giri	2½	2½	-			3rd place (March 20–21)
	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2	1	-
	Anish Giri	2	3	-
													Magnus Carlsen	3	2	-
													Wesley So	1	1	-

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 Carlsen	2	2½	-
	Teimour Radjabov	2	1½	-
							Magnus Carlsen	2	3	-
							Levon Aronian	2	1	-
	Levon Aronian	3	2	-
	Wesley So	1	1	-
													Magnus Carlsen	3	2	-
													Hikaru Nakamura	1	2	-
	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	3	2½	-
	Alireza Firouzja	1	½	-
							Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	1	3	1
							Hikaru Nakamura	3	0	2			3rd place (May 1–2)
	Lê Quang Liêm	1½	1	-
	Hikaru Nakamura	2½	2	-
													Levon Aronian	2	½	-
													Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2	2½

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 Caruana	2	2	½
	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2	2	1½
							Ian Nepomniachtchi	1½	1	-
							Wesley So	2½	2	-
	Wesley So	3	2	-
	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	1	1	-
													Wesley So	2	2	1
													Magnus Carlsen	2	2	2
	Hikaru Nakamura	2	2	0
	Magnus Carlsen	2	2	2
							Magnus Carlsen	2	3	-
							Teimour Radjabov	2	1	-			3rd place (May 30–31)
	Teimour Radjabov	2½	2	-
	Anish Giri	1½	2	-
													Ian Nepomniachtchi	2	2½	-
													Teimour Radjabov	2	1½	-

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 Aronian

2

2

1½

Arjun Erigaisi

2

2

½

Levon Aronian

1½

3

2

Magnus Carlsen

2½

1

0

Wesley So

1½

2½

½

Magnus Carlsen

2½

1½

1½

Levon Aronian

2½

2

-

Vladislav Artemiev

1½

0

-

Ding Liren

2

3

-

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

2

1

-

Ding Liren

2½

1½

½

Vladislav Artemiev

½

2½

1½

3rd place (July 3–4)

Anish Giri

0

1

-

Vladislav Artemiev

3

2

-

Magnus Carlsen

2½

0

1½

Ding Liren

1½

3

½

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 So	2	2½	-
	Jorden van Foreest	2	½	-
							Wesley So	2½	2	-
							Vladislav Artemiev	1½	2	-
	Vladislav Artemiev	2	2	2
	Hikaru Nakamura	2	2	1
													Wesley So	2½	2	-
													Lê Quang Liêm	½	2	-
	Alireza Firouzja	1	0	-
	Lê Quang Liêm	3	2	-
							Lê Quang Liêm	3	1½	2
							Levon Aronian	1	2½	1			3rd place (August 7–8)
	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	½	1	-
	Levon Aronian	2½	2	-
													Vladislav Artemiev	2	2½	-
													Levon Aronian	2	½	-

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 Artemiev	2	3	-
	Leinier Domínguez	2	1	-
							Vladislav Artemiev	2	2	2
							Alireza Firouzja	2	2	1
	Wesley So	½	2½	½
	Alireza Firouzja	2½	1½	1½
													Vladislav Artemiev	1½	½	-
													Magnus Carlsen	2½	2½	-
	Levon Aronian	3	2	-
	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	1	1	-
							Levon Aronian	2	1	-
							Magnus Carlsen	2	3	-
	April 10, 2024 Latest articles January 01, 1970 Open library January 01, 1970 Open neighborhood January 01, 1970 Open notebook science January 01, 1970 Open sesame January 01, 1970 Open set condition January 01, 1970 Open social January 01, 1970 OpenQASM January 01, 1970 OpenSearch (software) January 01, 1970 OpenSky M-02 January 01, 1970 Opening batter Most Read January 01, 1970 Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery January 01, 1970 Woodpeckers (2017 film) January 01, 1970 Woodplumpton January 01, 1970 Woodroffe High School January 01, 1970 Woodston, Cambridgeshire 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 nbsp Wesley So nbsp Magnus Carlsen nbsp Hikaru Nakamura nbsp Ian NepomniachtchiDecember 26 2020 January 3 2021 Airthings Masters Major nbsp Teimour Radjabov nbsp Levon Aronian nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave nbsp Daniil DubovFebruary 6 14 2021 Opera Euro Rapid Regular nbsp Wesley So 2 nbsp Magnus Carlsen nbsp Teimour Radjabov nbsp Maxime Vachier LagraveMarch 13 21 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Major nbsp Anish Giri nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi nbsp Magnus Carlsen nbsp Wesley SoApril 24 May 2 2021 New In Chess Classic Regular nbsp Magnus Carlsen nbsp Hikaru Nakamura nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov nbsp Levon AronianMay 23 31 2021 FTX Crypto Cup Major nbsp Magnus Carlsen 2 nbsp Wesley So nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi nbsp Teimour RadjabovJune 26 July 4 2021 Goldmoney Asian Rapid Regular nbsp Levon Aronian nbsp Vladislav Artemiev nbsp Magnus Carlsen nbsp Ding LirenJuly 31 August 8 2021 Chessable Masters Regular nbsp Wesley So 3 nbsp Le Quang Liem nbsp Vladislav Artemiev nbsp Levon AronianAugust 28 September 5 2021 Aimchess US Rapid Regular nbsp Magnus Carlsen 3 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev nbsp Levon Aronian nbsp Alireza Firouzja 7 September 25 October 4 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals Final nbsp Magnus Carlsen 4 nbsp Teimour Radjabov nbsp Levon Aronian nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen 3 8 30 20 35 50 50 86 20 48 3392 nbsp Wesley So 3 9 46 16 46 32 5 58 4 50 4 2613 nbsp Levon Aronian 1 9 4 56 5 2 14 0 50 18 21 1704 nbsp Teimour Radjabov 1 6 3 88 17 0 1 24 1335 nbsp Anish Giri 1 7 1 0 8 96 16 2 0 1236 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi 0 5 15 10 0 58 32 1157 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura 0 7 18 12 0 10 33 12 5 908 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev 0 3 33 19 35 879 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave 0 6 2 34 14 4 10 0 6410 nbsp Le Quang Liem 0 4 0 2 28 0 3011 nbsp Alireza Firouzja a 0 7 0 6 3 0 0 6 15 3012 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0 5 0 21 0 2 3 2613 nbsp Daniil Dubov 0 5 22 1 0 0 0 2314 nbsp Fabiano Caruana 0 1 20 2015 nbsp Ding Liren 0 4 0 0 0 16 1616 nbsp Jan Krzysztof Duda 0 5 0 3 0 3 2 817 nbsp Arjun Erigaisi 0 1 1 118 nbsp Jorden van Foreest 0 3 0 1 0 1 nbsp Leinier Dominguez 0 3 0 0 1 120 nbsp Daniel Naroditsky 0 1 0 0 nbsp Eric Hansen 0 1 0 0 nbsp Awonder Liang 0 1 0 0 nbsp Abhimanyu Mishra 0 1 0 0 nbsp Ju Wenjun 0 1 0 0 nbsp Koneru Humpy 0 1 0 0 nbsp Eduardo Iturrizaga 0 1 0 0 nbsp Hou Yifan 0 1 0 0 nbsp Gukesh D 0 1 0 0 nbsp Salem Saleh 0 1 0 0 nbsp Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 0 1 0 0 nbsp Gawain Jones 0 1 0 0 nbsp Johan Sebastian Christiansen 0 1 0 0 nbsp Sam Shankland 0 1 0 0 nbsp Matthias Bluebaum 0 1 0 0 nbsp Nils Grandelius 0 1 0 032 nbsp Pentala Harikrishna 0 2 0 0 0 nbsp Adhiban Baskaran 0 2 0 0 0 nbsp Aryan Tari 0 2 0 0 0 nbsp Alan Pichot 0 2 0 0 037 nbsp Peter Svidler 0 3 0 0 0 0 nbsp Alexander Grischuk 0 3 0 0 0 0 nbsp Sergey Karjakin 0 3 0 0 0 040 nbsp David Anton Guijarro 0 4 0 0 0 0 041 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 902 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 0 1 1 903 nbsp Wesley So United States 2741 1 0 1 1 8 04 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 1 0 1 0 1 1 8 05 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8 06 nbsp Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 807 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 1 1 0 1 808 nbsp Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 0 0 1 1 1 809 nbsp Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 810 nbsp Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 811 nbsp Ding Liren China 2836 1 0 1 0 7 12 nbsp Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 13 nbsp David Anton Guijarro Spain 2667 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 14 nbsp Peter Svidler Russia 2742 0 1 0 0 0 615 nbsp Sergey Karjakin Russia 2709 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 16 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 2 nbsp Anish Giri1 2 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 2 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi1 2 nbsp Levon Aronian2 10 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi1 32 nbsp Magnus Carlsen22 nbsp Wesley So221 nbsp Wesley So 2 1 nbsp Teimour Radjabov2 1 1 nbsp Wesley So2 2 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura1 2 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave3 1 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 1 1 6 02 nbsp Wesley So United States 2741 1 1 6 03 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 0 1 1 1 6 04 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 1 1 0 605 nbsp Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 1 606 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 1 0 5 07 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 1 0 508 nbsp Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 0 0 1 1 509 nbsp Pentala Harikrishna India 2705 0 510 nbsp Alexander Grischuk Russia 2784 0 1 0 511 nbsp Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 12 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 nbsp Daniil Dubov22 nbsp Daniil Dubov10 nbsp Teimour Radjabov32 nbsp Teimour Radjabov221 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi221 nbsp Teimour Radjabov2 2 nbsp Levon Aronian1 1 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura1 0 nbsp Levon Aronian2 2 nbsp Levon Aronian32 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave11 3rd place January 2 3 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave31 1 nbsp Wesley So12 1 nbsp Daniil Dubov21 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 02 nbsp Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 03 nbsp Wesley So United States 2741 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 904 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 05 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 06 nbsp Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2774 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 807 nbsp Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 1 808 nbsp Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 09 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 10 nbsp Sam Shankland United States 2609 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 711 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 712 nbsp Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 13 nbsp Leinier Dominguez United States 2786 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 14 nbsp Alexander Grischuk Russia 2784 0 0 0 1 6 15 nbsp Matthias Bluebaum Germany 2562 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 16 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 2 nbsp Daniil Dubov 2 1 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 12 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave 31 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave2 2 nbsp Levon Aronian1 2 nbsp Magnus Carlsen21 nbsp Wesley So22 nbsp Wesley So2 2 nbsp Jan Krzysztof Duda1 0 nbsp Wesley So2 2 nbsp Teimour Radjabov1 1 3rd place February 13 14 nbsp Teimour Radjabov221 nbsp Anish Giri22 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave1 0 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 nbsp Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1003 nbsp Wesley So United States 2741 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 04 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 1 905 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 06 nbsp Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 1 1 1 0 1 8 07 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 08 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 809 nbsp Sergey Karjakin Russia 2709 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 810 nbsp Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 11 nbsp Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 0 0 0 1 1 712 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 13 nbsp Nils Grandelius Sweden 2632 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 614 nbsp Jorden van Foreest Netherlands 2543 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 615 nbsp David Anton Guijarro Spain 2674 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 416 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 2 nbsp Levon Aronian 1 nbsp Magnus Carlsen1 2 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi2 1 1 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi22 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura2 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi220 nbsp Anish Giri222 nbsp Wesley So2 2 nbsp Alireza Firouzja nbsp Wesley So1 1 nbsp Anish Giri2 2 3rd place March 20 21 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave21 nbsp Anish Giri23 nbsp Magnus Carlsen32 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 1 1 9 03 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 04 nbsp Wesley So United States 2741 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 905 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 0 1 1 1 1 906 nbsp Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 07 nbsp Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 08 nbsp Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 1 0 1 1 8 09 nbsp Leinier Dominguez United States 2786 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 810 nbsp Aryan Tari Norway 2531 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 711 nbsp Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 712 nbsp Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa India 1781 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 713 nbsp Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2774 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 714 nbsp Sergey Karjakin Russia 2709 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 15 nbsp Gawain Jones England 2615 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 316 nbsp 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 nbsp Magnus Carlsen22 nbsp Teimour Radjabov21 nbsp Magnus Carlsen23 nbsp Levon Aronian21 nbsp Levon Aronian32 nbsp Wesley So11 nbsp Magnus Carlsen32 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura12 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov32 nbsp Alireza Firouzja1 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov131 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura3023rd place May 1 2 nbsp Le Quang Liem1 1 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura2 2 nbsp Levon Aronian2 nbsp 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 nbsp Fabiano Caruana United States 2773 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1002 nbsp Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 903 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 0 1 1 904 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2860 1 1 0 1 1 905 nbsp Wesley So United States 2741 1 1 1 906 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 07 nbsp Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 2758 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 08 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 2778 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 809 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 810 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 11 nbsp Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 712 nbsp Peter Svidler Russia 2742 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 713 nbsp Ding Liren China 2836 0 0 0 1 1 714 nbsp Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 615 nbsp Alexander Grischuk Russia 2784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 516 nbsp 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 nbsp Fabiano Caruana22 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi221 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi1 1 nbsp Wesley So2 2 nbsp Wesley So32 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave11 nbsp Wesley So221 nbsp Magnus Carlsen222 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura220 nbsp Magnus Carlsen222 nbsp Magnus Carlsen23 nbsp Teimour Radjabov21 3rd place May 30 31 nbsp Teimour Radjabov2 2 nbsp Anish Giri1 2 nbsp Ian Nepomniachtchi22 nbsp 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 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2778 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2757 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1003 nbsp Ding Liren China 2836 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 04 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 905 nbsp Wesley So United States 2741 1 1 0 1 1 906 nbsp Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2774 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 807 nbsp Anish Giri Netherlands 2731 1 1 0 1 0 808 nbsp Arjun Erigaisi India 2289 0 0 1 1 1 809 nbsp Alireza Firouzja FIDE 2703 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 810 nbsp Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 711 nbsp Peter Svidler Russia 2742 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 12 nbsp Gukesh D India 1927 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 13 nbsp Daniil Dubov Russia 2770 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 614 nbsp Salem Saleh United Arab Emirates 2718 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 15 nbsp Adhiban Baskaran India 2624 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 516 nbsp 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 nbsp Levon Aronian221 nbsp Arjun Erigaisi22 nbsp Levon Aronian1 32 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 10 nbsp Wesley So1 2 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 1 1 nbsp Levon Aronian2 2 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev1 0 nbsp Ding Liren23 nbsp Jan Krzysztof Duda21 nbsp Ding Liren2 1 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev 2 1 3rd place July 3 4 nbsp Anish Giri01 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev32 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 01 nbsp 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 nbsp Wesley So United States 2774 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1102 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2761 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 03 nbsp Alireza Firouzja France 2703 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10 04 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura United States 2829 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 05 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2757 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 06 nbsp Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 0 1 1 1 1 907 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2761 0 1 1 1 1 908 nbsp Jorden van Foreest Netherlands 2543 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 09 nbsp Adhiban Baskaran India 2624 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 710 nbsp Eduardo Iturrizaga Spain 2647 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 711 nbsp Aryan Tari Norway 2531 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 12 nbsp Pentala Harikrishna India 2705 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 613 nbsp David Anton Guijarro Spain 2674 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 14 nbsp Ju Wenjun China 2610 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 515 nbsp Abhimanyu Mishra United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 nbsp 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 nbsp Wesley So22 nbsp Jorden van Foreest2 nbsp Wesley So2 2 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev1 2 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev222 nbsp Hikaru Nakamura221 nbsp Wesley So2 2 nbsp Le Quang Liem 2 nbsp Alireza Firouzja10 nbsp Le Quang Liem32 nbsp Le Quang Liem31 2 nbsp Levon Aronian12 13rd place August 7 8 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1 nbsp Levon Aronian2 2 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev22 nbsp 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 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev Russia 2757 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 02 nbsp Magnus Carlsen Norway 2881 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1003 nbsp Levon Aronian Armenia 2761 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 04 nbsp Alireza Firouzja France 2696 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 05 nbsp Wesley So United States 2774 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 906 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan 2756 1 1 0 1 1 907 nbsp Jan Krzysztof Duda Poland 2775 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 908 nbsp Leinier Dominguez United States 2786 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 809 nbsp Anish Giri Netherlands 2744 1 810 nbsp Maxime Vachier Lagrave France 2817 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 11 nbsp Vidit Gujrathi India 2636 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 12 nbsp Daniel Naroditsky United States 2639 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 613 nbsp Le Quang Liem Vietnam 2744 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 614 nbsp Jorden van Foreest Netherlands 2563 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 15 nbsp Eric Hansen Canada 2579 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16 nbsp 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 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev23 nbsp Leinier Dominguez21 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev222 nbsp Alireza Firouzja221 nbsp Wesley So 2 nbsp Alireza Firouzja2 1 1 nbsp Vladislav Artemiev1 nbsp Magnus Carlsen2 2 nbsp Levon Aronian32 nbsp Shakhriyar Mamedyarov11 nbsp Levon 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