Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020

The 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour was a series of online chess tournaments featuring most of the world’s best players, playing for a prize money pool of US $1 million. The tour consisted of four super-tournaments (elite competitions), with the winners then playing in a Grand Final in August 2020.^[1]

Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020

Magnus Carlsen – winner of the tour
Details
Duration	18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020
Tournaments	5
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Magnus Carlsen (4)
Most finals	Magnus Carlsen (4)
2021 →

Format

There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:

1. Magnus Carlsen Invitational, 18 April – 3 May 2020.
2. Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020), 19 May – 3 June 2020.
3. Chessable Masters (2020), 20 June – 5 July 2020.
4. Legends of Chess (2020) 21 July – 5 August 2020.
5. Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020), 9 August – 20 August 2020.

Schedule

Dates	Tournament Name
18 April – 3 May 2020	Magnus Carlsen Invitational
19 May 19 – 3 June 2020	Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020)
20 June – 5 July 2020	Chessable Masters (2020)
21 July – 5 August 2020	Legends of Chess (2020)
9 August – 20 August 2020	Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020)

Results

Dates	Tournament Name	Winner	Runner-Up	Semifinalists
18 April – 3 May 2020	Magnus Carlsen Invitational	Magnus Carlsen	Hikaru Nakamura	Ding Liren Fabiano Caruana
19 May 19 – 3 June 2020	Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020)	Daniil Dubov	Hikaru Nakamura	Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen
20 June – 5 July 2020	Chessable Masters (2020)	Magnus Carlsen (2)	Anish Giri	Ding Liren Ian Nepomniachtchi
21 July – 5 August 2020	Legends of Chess (2020)	Magnus Carlsen (3)	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Peter Svidler Anish Giri
9 August – 20 August 2020	Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020)	Magnus Carlsen (4)	Hikaru Nakamura	Ding Liren Daniil Dubov

Tournaments

Magnus Carlsen Invitational

Main article: Magnus Carlsen Invitational

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[2]

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	Points
01	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2829	–	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	15
02	Ding Liren (China)	2836	1	–	3	1	3	3	2	2	15
03	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2881	2	0	–	3	2	3	0	3	13
04	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2773	2	2	0	–	3	3	0	3	13
05	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2778	0	0	1	0	–	2	3	2	8
06	Alireza Firouzja (FIDE)	2703	0	0	0	0	1	–	3	3	7
07	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2731	0	1	3	3	0	0	–	0	7
08	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2860	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	–	6

Semifinal (1–2 May)

Final (3 May)

Magnus Carlsen

2½

–

–

Ding Liren

1½

–

–

Magnus Carlsen

2½

–

–

Hikaru Nakamura

1½

–

–

Fabiano Caruana

2

0

–

Hikaru Nakamura

2

2

–

Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[3]

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Points
01	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2829	–	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	7½
02	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2709	0	–	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7
03	Yu Yangyi (China)	2738	½	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	½	1	6
04	Wesley So (United States)	2741	½	½	1	–	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	6
05	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2881	½	½	0	½	–	½	0	1	1	1	0	1	6
06	Ding Liren (China)	2836	½	½	0	½	½	–	1	½	0	½	1	1	6
07	Daniil Dubov (Russia)	2770	½	½	0	1	1	0	–	½	1	½	0	½	5½
08	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2778	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	–	½	1	½	½	5½
09	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2784	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	½	–	0	1	1	5½
10	Alireza Firouzja (FIDE)	2703	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	–	1	½	4½
11	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2774	0	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	0	0	–	½	4
12	Wei Yi (China)	2752	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	–	2½

	Quarterfinal (May 23–27)						Semifinal (May 28–30)						Final (June 2–3)
	Hikaru Nakamura	3	3	-
	Levon Aronian	2	1	-
							Hikaru Nakamura	0	2½	3
							Magnus Carlsen	3	1½	2
	Wesley So	1½	1½	-
	Magnus Carlsen	2½	2½	-
													Hikaru Nakamura	2½	1½	2
													Daniil Dubov	1½	2½	3
	Sergey Karjakin	0	3	0
	Daniil Dubov	3	2	3
							Daniil Dubov	2½	2½	-
							Ding Liren	1½	1½	-
	Yu Yangyi	3	1½	2
	Ding Liren	2	2½	3

Chessable Masters

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[4]

Group A

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	Points
01	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2881	– -	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	0 1	1 ½	6
02	Vladislav Artemiev (Russia)	2769	½ ½	– -	½ ½	½ ½	1 0	1 1	6
03	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2829	½ 0	½ ½	– -	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	5
04	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2784	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	– -	½ ½	0 1	5
05	Daniil Dubov (Russia)	2770	1 0	0 1	½ 0	½ ½	– -	1 ½	5
06	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2690	0 ½	0 0	½ ½	1 0	0 ½	– -	3

Group B

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	Points
01	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2731	– -	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	6
02	Ding Liren (China)	2836	½ 0	– -	½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	5½
03	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2778	½ ½	½ 0	– -	0 1	1 ½	½ 1	5½
04	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2773	0 ½	½ ½	1 0	– -	1 ½	0 1	5
05	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2758	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	– -	½ 1	4½
06	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2860	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0	1 0	½ 0	– -	3½

Quarterfinal (June 25–29)

Semifinal (June 30 – July 2)

Final (July 3–4)

Magnus Carlsen

2½

2½

-

Fabiano Caruana

1½

1½

-

Magnus Carlsen

3½

2½

-

Ding Liren

2½

1½

-

Ding Liren

2½

3

2½

Hikaru Nakamura

1½

4

1½

Magnus Carlsen

3½

2½

-

Anish Giri

2½

1½

-

Alexander Grischuk

3½

1

-

Anish Giri

3½

3

-

Anish Giri

3

1½

3½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

1

2½

2½

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2½

2½

-

Vladislav Artemiev

1½

1½

-

Legends of Chess

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[5]

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	Points
01	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2881	–	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	25
02	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2778	1	–	3	3	3	2	1	3	2	2	20
03	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2731	0	0	–	3	1	3	3	3	2	3	18
04	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2742	0	0	0	–	2	3	3	0	3	3	14
05	Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2686	1	0	2	1	–	3	0	3	2	1	13
06	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2756	0	1	0	0	0	–	2	3	3	3	12
07	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2702	0	2	0	0	3	1	–	3	0	2	11
08	Ding Liren (China)	2836	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	3	3	9
09	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2751	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	1	7
10	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2710	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	–	6

Semifinal (1–2 May)

Final (3 May)

Magnus Carlsen

2½

2½

–

Peter Svidler

1½

1½

–

Magnus Carlsen

4

2½

–

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2

½

–

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2½

3

3½

Anish Giri

1½

4

2½

Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[6]

Semifinals (9–12 August)

Final

Magnus Carlsen

3½

2½

2½

3½

–

Ding Liren

3½[a]

½

½

2½

–

Magnus Carlsen

1½

3½

2½

2½

3

3

3½[b]

Hikaru Nakamura

2½

2½

3½

1½

4

1

3½

Daniil Dubov

2½

1

1½

–

–

Hikaru Nakamura

3½

3

2½

–

–

Notes

1. Ding Liren won set 1 of the semifinal after drawing as black in the Armageddon game.
2. Carlsen won set 7 of the final after drawing as black in the Armageddon game.