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Grand Chess Tour 2024
Series of chess tournaments From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Grand Chess Tour 2024 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consisted of five tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.4 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.[1][2]
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Format
The tour featured five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of two parts – rapid (2 points for win, 1 for draw) and blitz (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw). Combined result for both portions will count in overall standings.[3]
The tour points are to be awarded as follows:
- If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
- Tour points and prize money are shared equally between tied players.
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Lineup
The lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the defending GCT champion Fabiano Caruana.[4] The 2024 edition is marked by participation of several teenage grandmasters – World Chess Championship 2024 challenger Gukesh D, Candidates Tournament 2024 participant R Praggnanandhaa and World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov.[5] Among notable absentees are reigning World Chess Champion Ding Liren, highest rated player in the world Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. However, they are announced as wildcards for certain events.[6]
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The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
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Tournaments
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Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland
The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from May 8 to 13, 2024. Wei Yi was the winner of the rapid portion.[8] Albeit in consecutive years, Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion and was the overall winner of the tournament.[9]
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The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from June 25–5 July, 2024.[12]
Zagreb Rapid & Blitz
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
Sinquefield Cup
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