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.

Format There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:

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

Schedule DatesTournament Name18 April – 3 May 2020Magnus Carlsen Invitational19 May 19 – 3 June 2020Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020)20 June – 5 July 2020Chessable Masters (2020)21 July – 5 August 2020Legends of Chess (2020)9–20 August 2020Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020)

Results DatesTournament NameWinnerRunner-upSemifinalists18 April – 3 May 2020Magnus Carlsen Invitational Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Ding Liren Fabiano Caruana19 May 19 – 3 June 2020Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020) Daniil Dubov Hikaru Nakamura Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen20 June – 5 July 2020Chessable Masters (2020) Magnus Carlsen (2) Anish Giri Ding Liren Ian Nepomniachtchi21 July – 5 August 2020Legends of Chess (2020) Magnus Carlsen (3) Ian Nepomniachtchi Peter Svidler Anish Giri9–20 August 2020Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020) Magnus Carlsen (4) Hikaru Nakamura Ding Liren Daniil Dubov

Tournaments

Magnus Carlsen Invitational

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

NameELO0102030405060708Points01 2829 – 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 1502 2836 1 – 3 1 3 3 2 2 1503 2881 2 0 – 3 2 3 0 3 13042773 2 2 0 – 3 3 0 3 13 05 2778 0 0 1 0 – 2 3 2 806 2703 0 0 0 0 1 – 3 3 707 2731 0 1 3 3 0 0 – 0 708 2860 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 – 6

Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

NameELO010203040506070809101112Points01 2829 –1½½½½½1½11½7½02 27090 –1½½½½½½111703 2738½0 –01110½½½1604 2741½½1 –½½0½½½½1605 2881½½0½ –½0111016062836½½0½½ –1½0½11607 2770½½0110 –½1½0½5½0827780½1½0½½ –½1½½5½ 09 2784 ½½½½010½ –0115½10 270300½½0½½01 –1½4½11277400½½101½00 –½4122752½00000½½0½½ –2½

Chessable Masters

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

Group A NameELO010203040506Points01 2881 – - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 602 2769 ½ ½ – - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 603 2829 ½ 0 ½ ½ – - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 504 2784 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – - ½ ½ 0 1 5 05 2770 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ – - 1 ½ 506 2690 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ – - 3

Group B NameELO010203040506Points01 2731 – - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 602 2836 ½ 0 – - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½03 2778 ½ ½ ½ 0 – - 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5½042773 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 – - 1 ½ 0 1 5 05 2758 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ – - ½ 1 4½06 2860 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 – - 3½

Legends of Chess

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

NameELO01020304050607080910Points01 2881 – 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2502 2778 1 – 3 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 2003 2731 0 0 – 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 1804 2742 0 0 0 – 2 3 3 0 3 3 14 05 2686 1 0 2 1 – 3 0 3 2 1 1306 2756 0 1 0 0 0 – 2 3 3 3 1207 2702 0 2 0 0 3 1 – 3 0 2 11082836 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 – 3 3 909 2751 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 – 1 710 2710 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 – 6

Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

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