Grand Chess Tour 2023

The Grand Chess Tour 2023 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the eighth 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.

Format The tour consisted of 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 was counted in overall standings.

The tour points were awarded as follows: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Place !! Tour Points !! style="background-color:#ddeeff"| Classicalprize money !! style="background-color:#ffdddd"| Rapid & Blitzprize money !! GCT Tourbonuses |- | 1st || 12/13* || $100,000 || $40,000 || $100,000 |- | 2nd || 10 || $65,000 || $30,000 || $50,000 |- | 3rd || 8 || $48,000 || $25,000 || $25,000 |- | 4th || 7 || $32,000 || $20,000 |- | 5th || 6 || $26,000 || $15,000 |- | 6th || 5 || $21,000 || $11,000 |- | 7th || 4 || $18,500 || $10,000 |- | 8th || 3 || $16,000 || $9,000 |- | 9th || 2 || $13,000 || $8,000 |- | 10th || 1 || $10,500 || $7,000

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.

Lineup The field was announced on February 22, 2023. It consisted of nine players, including both participants of World Chess Championship 2023, eventual winner Ding Liren and runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi, as well as defending Grand Chess Tour champion Alireza Firouzja.

PlayerCountryFIDE rating (February 2023)Alireza Firouzja2785Wesley So2766Maxime Vachier-Lagrave2737Ian Nepomniachtchi2793Ding Liren2788Anish Giri2780Fabiano Caruana2766Jan-Krzysztof Duda2729Richárd Rapport2740

Schedule The events in St. Louis took place during the months of November and December, compared to the previous editions where they took place during the months of August and September. The change was implemented to avoid scheduling clashes with the 2023 Chess World Cup and the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.

Dates Tournament Name Format Host city May 4–16, 2023 Superbet Chess Classic Classical Bucharest May 19–26, 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Rapid & Blitz Warsaw July 3–10, 2023 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Rapid & Blitz Zagreb November 12–19, 2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Rapid & Blitz St. Louis November 21–30, 2023 Sinquefield Cup Classical

Results Tournament results DatesTournament NameWinner Runner-upThird place May 4–16, 2023Superbet Chess Classic Fabiano Caruana Wesley So Richárd Rapport Anish Giri Alireza Firouzja– May 19–26, 2023Poland Rapid & Blitz Magnus Carlsen (WC) Jan-Krzysztof Duda Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wesley So July 3–10, 2023Croatia Rapid & Blitz Magnus Carlsen (WC) Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja November 12–19, 2023Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Ian Nepomniachtchi Lê Quang Liêm (WC) November 21–30, 2023Sinquefield Cup Fabiano Caruana Leinier Domínguez (WC) Wesley So

Tour rankings The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings. Player ROU POL CRO STL SIN Totalpoints Prizemoneyhttps://grandchesstour.org/blog/2023-sinquefield-cup-day-9-recap 1 13 7 13 13 46 $310,000 2 4.5 7.5 10 6 28 $148,583 3 7.75 7.5 4.5 8 27.75 $148,750 4 2 10 7.5 6 25.5 $91,833 5 7.75 8 6 3 24.75 $98,750 6 7.75 5 5 2 19.75 $77,750 7 4.5 10 3.5 1 19 $59,250 8 7.75 4 2 4 17.75 $79,250 9 3 3 $16,000 13 13 26 $80,000 6 6 12 $41,333 10 10 $65,000 7.5 7.5 $22,500 6 6 $15,000 4.5 4.5 $10,500 3.5 3.5 $9,500 1 2 3 $18,000 3 3 $9,000 3 3 $9,000 2 2 $8,000 1 1 $7,000 1 1 $7,000 1 1 $7,000

Tournaments Superbet Chess Classic The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from May 4–16, 2023. The winner of the tournament was Fabiano Caruana. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+2023 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, May 4–16 Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2757.1) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit |- |-style="background: #ccffcc;" | 1 || align=left | || 2764 || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 5½ || || 13 || $100,000 || 26.84 |- | 2 || align=left | || 2760 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 5 || || 7.75 || $42,750 || 17.44 |- | 3 || align=left | || 2745 || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 5 || || 7.75 || $42,750 || 17.44 |- | 4 || align=left | || 2768 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 5 || || 7.75 || $42,750 || 17.44 |- | 5 || align=left | || 2785 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 5 || || 7.75 || $42,750 || 17.44 |- | 6 || align=left | || 2724 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 4½ || || 4.5 || $19,750 || |- | 7 || align=left | || 2742 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 1 || ½ || 4½ || || 4.5 || $19,750 || |- | 8 || align=left | || 2789 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 1 || 4 || || 3 || $16,000 || |- | 9 || align=left | || 2794 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || || 1 || 3½ || || 2 || $13,000 || |- | 10 || align=left | || 2700 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0|| ½ || ½ || 0 || 0 || || 3 || || WC (1) || $10,500 ||

Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from May 19 to 26, 2023. Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the winner of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, May 19–26 Warsaw, Poland ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit |- |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align="left" | || 10 || 14 || 24 || || WC (13) || $40,000 || 12.73 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 13 || 10 || 23 || || 10 || $30,000 || 10.19 |- | T-3 || align="left" | || 11 || 10½ || 21½ || || 7.5 || $22,500 || 8.28 |- | T-3 || align="left" | || 11 || 10½ || 21½ || || 7.5 || $22,500 || 8.28 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 12 || 8½ || 20½ || || WC (6) || $15,000 || 6.37 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 9 || 9 || 18 || || 5 || $11,000 || |- | 7 || align="left" | || 7 || 8 || 15 || || 4 || $10,000 || |- | 8 || align="left" | || 4 || 9 || 13 || || WC (3) || $9,000 || |- | 9 || align="left" | || 6 || 6½ || 12½ || || WC (2) || $8,000 || |- | 10 || align="left" | || 7 || 4 || 11 || || WC (1) || $7,000 ||

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, May 21–23 Warsaw, Poland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| || 2782 || || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 13 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2729 || 1 || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 12 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2788 || 1 || 1 || || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 11 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 2762 || 0 || 1 || 2 || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2||2 || 11 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 2839 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 10 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 2767 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 9 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 2714 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || || 2 || 0 || 1 || 7 |- | 8 || align="left" | || 2622 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || || 1 || 1 || 7 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 2618 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || || 1 || 6 |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2602 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || || 4

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, May 24–25 Warsaw, Poland ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| || 2852 || || 1 1 || 0 1 || 1 ½ || 1 1 || 1 1 || 1 ½ || 1 ½ || ½ ½ || ½ 1 || 14 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2723 || 0 0 || || ½ ½ || 0 1 || ½ 0 || 1 1 || ½ 1 || 1 1 || 0 ½ || 1 1 || 10½ |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2749 || 1 0 || ½ ½ || || ½ 0 || ½ 1 || ½ ½ || 1 ½ || 0 1 || 1 ½ || ½ 1 || 10½ |- | 4 || align="left" | || 2790 || 0 ½ || 1 0 || ½ 1 || || ½ 1 || 0 1 || 0 0 || ½ 0 || 1 1 || 1 1 || 10 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 2562 || 0 0 || ½ 1 || ½ 0 || ½ 0 || || 1 0 || 0 1 || 1 ½ || 1 0 || 1 1 || 9 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 2701 || 0 0 || 0 0 || ½ ½ || 1 0 || 0 1 || || 1 ½ || 1 ½ || 0 1 || 1 1 || 9 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 2804 || 0 ½ || ½ 0 || 0 ½ || 1 1 || 1 0 || 0 ½ || || 0 ½ || 1 1 || ½ ½ || 8½ |- | 8 || align="left" | || 2807 || 0 ½ || 0 0 || 1 0 || ½ 1 || 0 ½ || 0 ½ || 1 ½ || || 0 1 || 1 ½ || 8 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 2649 || ½ ½ || 1 ½ || 0 ½ || 0 0 || 0 1 || 1 0 || 0 0 || 1 0 || || 0 ½ || 6½ |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2605 || ½ 0 || 0 0 || ½ 0 || 0 0 || 0 0 || 0 0 || ½ ½ || 0 ½ || 1 ½ || || 4

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 5 to 9, 2023. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana were the joint winners of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, July 3–10 Zagreb, Croatia ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit |- |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align="left" | || 11 || 15 || 26 || || WC (13) || $40,000 || 13.47 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 12 || 10½ || 22½ || || 10 || $30,000 || 10.78 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 9 || 13 || 22 || || 8 || $25,000 || 9.43 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 12 || 9½ || 21½ || || 7 || $20,000 || 8.08 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 10 || 9½ || 19½ || || WC (6) || $15,000 || 6.73 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 9 || 10 || 19 || || 5 || $11,000 || |- | T-7 || align="left" | || 9 || 7½ || 16½ || || 3.5 || $9,500 || |- | T-7 || align="left" | || 10 || 6½ || 16½ || || WC (3.5) || $9,500 || |- | 9 || align="left" | || 6 || 6 || 12 || || WC (2) || $8,000 || |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2 || 2½ || 4½ || || WC (1) || $7,000 ||

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, July 5–7 Zagreb, Croatia ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| || 2760 || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 12 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2752 || 1 || || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 12 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2829 || 1 || 0 || || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 11 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 2629 || 1 || 0 || 0 || || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 10 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 2731 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 10 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 2745 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 9 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 2761 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || || 2 || 0 || 2 || 9 |- | 8 || align="left" | || 2794 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || || 1 || 2 || 9 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 2635 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || || 1 || 6 |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2572 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || || 2

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|2023 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, July 8–9 Zagreb, Croatia ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align="left" | || 2858 || || 1 0 || 1 1 || 1 0 || 1 ½ || 1 1 || 1 ½ || 1 1 || 1 1 || 1 1 || 15 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2896 || 0 1 || || 1 0 || 0 ½ || 1 0 || 1 1 || ½ 1 || 1 1 || 1 1 || 1 1 || 13 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2781 || 0 0 || 0 1 || || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || 1 ½ || 1 1 || ½ 0 || ½ 1 || 1 1 || 10½ |-