# Grand Chess Tour 2019

The Grand Chess Tour 2019 was a series of chess tournaments, held in from 6 May to 10 December 2019. It was the fifth edition of Grand Chess Tour. The tour consisted of 8 tournaments, including 2 classical, 5 fast tournaments and tour final in London, the United Kingdom. It was won by Ding Liren of China.

## Format

The tour featured 8 tournaments, and total number of 26 players, including 12 full participants and 14 wildcard. Top 4 after 7 tournaments qualifies to the tour finals in London. The points awarded as follows:
    PlacePoints (classical)Points (rapid/blitz) 1st18/20*12/13* 2nd1510 3rd128 4th107  5th8 6  6th75  7th64 8th53  9th42 10th31 11th2N/A 12th1N/A

## Lineup

Participants of 2019 edition were announced on January 24, 2019. Players were selected by different criterias, including top three finish in previous edition, Universal Rating System, average FIDE rating and personal selection by organizers. Total number of participants were 12, largest since the introduction of tour in 2015.
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (January 2019) | Selection criteria |
| Hikaru Nakamura | United States | 2749 | Winner of Grand Chess Tour 2018 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2780 | Runner-up of 2018 Grand Chess Tour |
| Fabiano Caruana | United States | 2828 | Third place in 2018 Grand Chess Tour |
| Magnus Carlsen | Norway | 2835 | URS |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 2817 | URS |
| Ding Liren | China | 2813 | URS |
| Levon Aronian | Armenia | 2767 | URS |
| Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2783 | Average FIDE rating |
| Wesley So | United States | 2765 | Average FIDE rating |
| Viswanathan Anand | India | 2773 | Average FIDE rating |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | Russia | 2763 | Wild card |
| Sergey Karjakin | Russia | 2753 | Replacement for Vladimir Kramnik |

## Schedule and results

| Dates | Tournament Name | Host city | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
| 6 May – 13 May 2019 | Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz | Abidjan | Magnus Carlsen | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Hikaru Nakamura | – |
| 24 June – 9 July 2019 | Croatia Grand Chess Tour | Zagreb | Magnus Carlsen | Wesley So | Levon Aronian Fabiano Caruana |
| 26 July – 6 August 2019 | Paris Rapid & Blitz | Paris | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Viswanathan Anand | Ian Nepomniachtchi Alexander Grischuk (WC) |
| 8 August – 15 August 2019 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | St. Louis | Levon Aronian | Ding Liren Yu Yangyi (WC) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | – |
| 15 August – 30 August 2019 | Sinquefield Cup | St. Louis | Ding Liren | Magnus Carlsen | Sergey Karjakin Viswanathan Anand |
| 4 November – 11 November 2019 | Superbet Rapid & Blitz | Bucharest | Levon Aronian | Sergey Karjakin | Viswanathan Anand |
| 20 November – 27 November 2019 | Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz | Kolkatta | Magnus Carlsen | Hikaru Nakamura | Anish Giri Wesley So |
| 30 November – 10 December 2019 | London Chess Classic | London | Ding Liren | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Magnus Carlsen |

## Tournaments
### Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz

    2019 GCT Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz, May 8–13 Abidjan, Ivory Coast PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize money 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)1511½26½13$37,500 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)1211239$22,500 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)1112239$22,500 4 Wesley So (USA)118½19½7$15,000 5 Ding Liren (CHN)108½18½6$12,500 6 Wei Yi (CHN)97½16½WC (5)$10,000 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)510½15½3.5$7,500 8 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)69½15½3.5$7,500 9 Veselin Topalov (BUL)65½11½WC (2)$7,500 10 Bassem Amin (EGY)55½10½ WC (1)$7,500
    Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 8–10 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2869Does not appear12212122215 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)28241Does not appear1221210212 3 Wesley So (United States)280101Does not appear111122211 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2800001Does not appear12212211 5 Ding Liren (China)2760i1011Does not appear0122210 6 Wei Yi (China)269801102Does not appear11219 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2781101011Does not appear1016 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)27810101011Does not appear116 9 Bassem Amin (Egypt)261702000021Does not appear05 10 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2785000001112Does not appear5
    Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 11–12 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2933Does not appear1 11 0½ 1½ 01 0½ ½1 10 11 112 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)29540 0Does not appear½ 1½ ½1 1½ ½½ ½½ 11 1½ 111½ 3 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)29340 1½ 0Does not appear½ 1½ ½1 11 ½½ 1½ 10 ½11 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2778½ 0½ ½½ 0Does not appear0 ½½ ½1 11 ½½ 11 110½ 5 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2817½ 10 0½ ½1 ½Does not appear½ ½0 0½ 10 11 19½ 6 Wesley So (United States)27440 1½ ½0 0½ ½½ ½Does not appear½ 1½ ½½ ½½ ½8½ 7 Ding Liren (China)2773½ ½½ ½0 ½0 01 1½ 0Does not appear½ ½1 ½1 08½ 8 Wei Yi (China)26410 0½ 0½ 00 ½½ 0½ ½½ ½Does not appear1 ½1 17½ 9 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)26821 00 0½ 0½ 01 0½ ½0 ½0 ½Does not appear0 ½5½ 10 Bassem Amin (Egypt)26620 0½ 01 ½0 00 0½ ½0 10 01 ½Does not appear5½

### Croatia Grand Chess Tour

    Zagreb Chess Classic, 24 June – 9 July 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, Category XXII (2782) PlayerRating123456789101112PointsTBPlaceTPRGCT Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2875½½½111½1½½181295520 2 Wesley So (United States)2754½Does not appear½½1½½½½1½172289315 3 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2752½½Does not appear½½½½1½½½½63–4282111 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2819½½½Does not appear½½0½1½½163–4281511 5 Ding Liren (China)280500½½Does not appear11½½½½½5½5–727807 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27790½½½0Does not appear1½½1½½5½5–727827 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)27750½½100Does not appear½½11½5½5–727827 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2748½½0½½½½Does not appear½½½½5827485 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)27790½½0½½½½Does not appear½½½4½9–1127093 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2774½0½½½00½½Does not appear1½4½9–1127103 11 Viswanathan Anand (India)2767½½½½½½0½½0Does not appear½4½9–1127103 12 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)275400½0½½½½½½½Does not appear41226751

### Paris Rapid & Blitz

Paris Grand Chess Tour was held on July 27–August 1, 2019, in Paris, France. It was won by French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who scored 21 points.
    2019 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz, July 27–August 1 Paris, France PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize money 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)1382113$37,500 2 Viswanathan Anand (IND)1010½20½10$25,000 3 Alexander Grischuk (RUS)12820WC (7.5)$17,500 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)1010207.5$17,500 5 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)910½19½ WC (6)$12,500 6 Fabiano Caruana (USA)910195$10,000 7 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)810½18½4$7,500 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)78153$7,500 9 Daniil Dubov (RUS)7714WC (2)$7,500 10 Anish Giri (NED)57½12½1$7,500
    Paris Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 27–29 July 2019, Paris, France PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2812Does not appear10122122213 2 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)27441Does not appear2120212112 3 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)275720Does not appear022201110 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2735112Does not appear11101210 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States)28170001Does not appear222119 6 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)273102010Does not appear12129 7 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2853100101Does not appear2218 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)28100122000Does not appear027 9 Daniil Dubov (Russia)277100111102Does not appear17 10 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2769011010101Does not appear5
    Paris Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 31 July–1 August 2019, Paris, France PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2730Does not appear1 ½½ 1½ 11 10 ½0 ½½ 11 ½0 010½ 2 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)27780 ½Does not appear0 ½½ 10 11 ½1 11 10 1½ 010½ 3 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2902½ 01 ½Does not appear½ ½0 11 01 01 0½ 11 110½ 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2815½ 0½ 0½ ½Does not appear1 10 1½ 1½ 01 ½1 ½10 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States)27720 01 01 00 0Does not appear1 10 1½ 11 ½1 110 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)27781 ½0 ½0 11 00 0Does not appear0 ½1 ½0 1½ ½8 7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)29481 ½0 00 1½ 01 01 ½Does not appear0 ½0 01 18 8 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2733½ 00 00 1½ 1½ 00 ½1 ½Does not appear½ 1½ ½8 9 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27700 ½1 0½ 00 ½0 ½1 01 1½ 0Does not appear0 17½ 10 Daniil Dubov (Russia)26421 1½ 10 00 ½0 0½ ½0 0½ ½1 0Does not appear7

### Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz took place in St. Louis, Missouri on August 10–14. It was won by Levon Aronian. Tournament is notable for somewhat poor performance by incumbent World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who finished on sixth place, which was his worst result since 2017.
    2019 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, August 10–14 St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize money 1 Levon Aronian (ARM)1392213$37,500 2 Yu Yangyi (CHN)1011½21½WC (8.3)$20,000 3 Ding Liren (CHN)1011½21½8.3$20,000 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)138½21½8.3$20,000 5 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)811½19½6$12,500 6 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)89175$10,000 7 Richárd Rapport (HUN)88½16½WC (4)$7,500 8 Fabiano Caruana (USA)87153$7,500 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)76½13½WC (2)$7,500 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)57121$7,500
    Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 10–12 August 2019, Saint Louis, United States PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2843Does not appear02102222213 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)27042Does not appear1122201213 3 Ding Liren (China)278601Does not appear221111110 4 Yu Yangyi (China)2775110Does not appear12102210 5 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)28952001Does not appear002218 6 Fabiano Caruana (United States)280700102Does not appear12118 7 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2759001121Does not appear1028 8 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)27190212001Does not appear028 9 Leinier Domínguez (United States)276901100122Does not appear07 10 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2787001011002Does not appear5
    Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 13–14 August 2019, Saint Louis, United States PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Yu Yangyi (China)2718Does not appear0 1½ 1½ ½1 10 1½ 11 01 ½1 011½ 2 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)27981 0Does not appear½ 0½ 11 0½ 10 11 11 01 111½ 3 Ding Liren (China)2779½ 0½ 1Does not appear½ 01 01 1½ 11 1½ ½1 ½11½ 4 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2840½ ½½ 0½ 1Does not appear½ ½0 0½ 1½ ½1 10 ½9 5 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)29200 00 10 1½ ½Does not appear1 ½1 ½½ 01 1½ 09 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)29391 0½ 00 01 10 ½Does not appear0 11 01 ½0 18½ 7 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)2736½ 01 0½ 0½ 00 ½1 0Does not appear1 11 0½ 18½ 8 Fabiano Caruana (United States)27720 10 00 0½ ½½ 10 10 0Does not appear0 1½ 17 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)27870 ½0 1½ ½0 00 00 ½0 11 0Does not appear1 17 10 Leinier Domínguez (United States)27030 10 00 ½1 ½½ 11 0½ 0½ 00 0Does not appear6½

### Sinquefield Cup

    7th Sinquefield Cup, 17–29 August 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2783) PlayerRating123456789101112PointsTBPlaceTPRGCT Points 1 Ding Liren (China)2805½½½11½½½½½½6½31284516½ 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2882½Does not appear½½½½½½1½1½6½12283816½ 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)2756½½Does not appear½½½1½½½½½63–4282011 4 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2750½½½Does not appear½½½½1½½½63–4282111 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States)28180½½½Does not appear½½½½½½15½5–827796½ 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27790½½½½Does not appear1½½½½½5½5–827826½ 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2774½½0½½0Does not appear½01115½5–827836½ 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2764½½½½½½½Does not appear½½½½5½5–827846½ 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2778½0½0½½1½Does not appear½½½59–1027463½ 10 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2743½½½½½½0½½Does not appear½½59–1027503½ 11 Wesley So (United States)2776½0½½½½0½½½Does not appear½4½11–1227181½ 12 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2765½½½½0½0½½½½Does not appear4½11–1227191½
    First place playoff PlacePlayerRapid ratingBlitz ratingRapidBlitzScore 1 Ding Liren (China) 27862779 ½ ½ 1 1 3 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 28952920 ½ ½ 0 0 1

### Superbet Rapid & Blitz

Superbet Rapid and Blitz took place in Bucharest, Romania on November 6–11. It was won by Levon Aronian, who defeated Sergey Karjakin in play-off and secured place in Grand Chess Tour finals after this victory.
    2019 GCT Supernet Rapid & Blitz, November 6–10 Bucharest, Romania PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize money 1 Levon Aronian (ARM)1010201½11$31,250 2 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)91120½11$31,250 3 Viswanathan Anand (IND)910½19½8$20,000 4 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)81119WC (7)$15,000 5 Anton Korobov (UKR)126½18½WC (6)$12,500 6 Anish Giri (NED)108184.5$8,750 7 Vladislav Artemiev (RUS)81018 WC (4.5)$8,750 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)106½16½2.5$7,500 9 Wesley So (USA)610½16½2.5$7,500 10 Fabiano Caruana (USA)86141$7,500
    Romania Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 6–8 November 2019, București, Romania PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)2798Does not appear11121121212 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)27681Does not appear1101211210 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)273411Does not appear211211010 4 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2705110Does not appear12102210 5 Viswanathan Anand (India)27570211Does not appear022019 6 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)275611102Does not appear02119 7 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2791100102Does not appear0228 8 Vladislav Artemiev (Russia)27680112002Does not appear118 9 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)274611102101Does not appear18 10 Wesley So (United States)2802002011011Does not appear6
    Romania Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 9–10 November 2019, București, Romania PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Le Quang Liem (Vietnam)2680Does not appear½ 01 01 ½½ 01 ½1 0½ 11 1½ 111 2 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2829½ 1Does not appear0 ½1 ½½ 1½ ½1 ½1 ½½ ½0 111 3 Wesley So (United States)27630 11 ½Does not appear½ ½0 1½ 0½ ½½ ½½ 11 110½ 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)27910 ½0 ½½ ½Does not appear½ ½1 ½½ ½1 11 10 110½ 5 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2818½ 1½ 01 0½ ½Does not appear1 0½ ½½ 1½ 1½ ½10 6 Vladislav Artemiev (Russia)27790 ½½ ½½ 10 ½0 1Does not appear½ 1½ ½½ 1½ 110 7 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27400 10 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 0Does not appear½ ½½ ½½ ½8 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2737½ 00 ½½ ½0 0½ 0½ ½½ ½Does not appear0 01 16½ 9 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)27710 0½ ½½ 00 0½ 0½ 0½ ½1 1Does not appear1 06½ 10 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2774½ 01 00 01 0½ ½½ 0½ ½0 00 1Does not appear6
    First place playoff Place Player Rapid rating Rapid Score 1 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2768 ½ 1 1½ 2 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2756 ½ 0 ½

### Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz

Tata Steel India 2019 was played in Kolkata, India on November 22–26. It was won by Magnus Carlsen, who achieved biggest victory in Grand Chess Tour event by scoring 27 points.
    2019 Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz, November 22–26 Kolkata, India PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize money 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)15122713$37,500 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)11122310$25,000 3 Wesley So (USA)99½18½7.5$17,500 4 Anish Giri (NED)99½18½7.5$17,500 5 Ding Liren (CHN)810186$12,500 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)710175$10,000 7 Viswanathan Anand (IND)88164$7,500 8 Pentala Harikrishna (IND)86½14½WC (2.5)$7,500 9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)68½14½WC (2.5)$7,500 10 Levon Aronian (ARM)94131$7,500
    Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 22-24 November 2019, Kolkata, India PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2849Does not appear21221222115 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)28120Does not appear2122111111 3 Wesley So (United States)280210Does not appear11120129 4 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2768011Does not appear1210129 5 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27050011Does not appear112219 6 Pentala Harikrishna (India)266710101Does not appear11218 7 Ding Liren (China)2832010111Does not appear1218 8 Viswanathan Anand (India)27570122011Does not appear018 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)276501110002Does not appear27 10 Vidit Gujrathi (India)2674110011110Does not appear6
    Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 25–26 November 2019, Kolkata, India PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2871Does not appear½ ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 11 112 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2828½ ½Does not appear0 01 ½½ ½½ ½1 ½1 11 11 112 3 Ding Liren (China)2840½ ½1 1Does not appear½ 1½ ½½ ½0 ½½ ½1 00 110 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2830½ 00 ½½ 0Does not appear½ ½1 ½1 ½1 10 11 ½10 5 Wesley So (United States)2763½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½Does not appear1 ½½ ½0 0½ 1½ 19½ 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2740½ ½½ ½½ ½0 ½0 ½Does not appear½ 1½ 1½ ½1 ½9½ 7 Vidit Gujrathi (India)2744½ 00 ½1 ½0 ½½ ½½ 0Does not appear½ 1½ ½½ 18½ 8 Viswanathan Anand (India)2791½ ½0 0½ ½0 01 1½ 0½ 0Does not appear½ 11 ½8 9 Pentala Harikrishna (India)26170 00 00 11 0½ 0½ ½½ ½½ 0Does not appear1 ½6½ 10 Levon Aronian (Armenia)28180 00 01 00 ½½ 00 ½½ 00 ½0 ½Does not appear4

## Grand Chess Tour Finals

In 2019, the London Chess Classic once again served as the semifinals and finals for the top 4 players from the 2019 Grand Chess Tour.
The players played 2 classical games, 2 rapid games, and 4 blitz games. 6 points was awarded for a win, 3 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss in classical play. In the rapid games, 4 points was awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. In the blitz games, 2 points was awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
Vachier-Lagrave won the rapid playoff against Carlsen 1½–½ to advance to the final.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | 14½ | | | |
| 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 15½ | | | |
| 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 15½ | 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 12 |
| | | | 2 | Ding Liren (China) | 16 |
| 2 | Ding Liren (China) | 19 | 2 | Ding Liren (China) | 16 |
| 3 | Levon Aronian (Armenia) | 9 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 1 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | 17 |
| | | | 3 | Levon Aronian (Armenia) | 11 |

## Standings

| | Player | CIV | CRO | PAR | STL | SIN | ROU | IND | Total points | LON | Prize money |
| 1 | Ding Liren (China) | 6 | 7 | — | 8.3 | 16.5 | — | 6 | 43.8 | 1st | $294,833 |
| 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 9 | 3 | 13 | 8.3 | 3.5 | — | — | 36.8 | 2nd | $200,000 |
| 3 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | 13 | 20 | — | 5 | 16.5 | — | 13 | 67.5 | 3rd | $302,500 |
| 4 | Levon Aronian (Armenia) | — | 11 | — | 13 | 1.5 | 11 | 1 | 37.5 | 4th | $161,250 |
| 5 | Sergey Karjakin (Russia) | 3.5 | 5 | — | 6 | 11 | 11 | — | 36.5 | — | $99,250 |
| 6 | Viswanathan Anand (India) | — | 3 | 10 | — | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | — | $97,500 |
| 7 | Wesley So (United States) | 7 | 15 | — | — | 1.5 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 33.5 | — | $110,000 |
| 8 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) | 3.5 | 7 | 7.5 | — | 6.5 | — | 5 | 29.5 | — | $68,583 |
| 9 | Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | 9 | 1 | 4 | — | 3.5 | — | 10 | 27.5 | — | $75,000 |
| T-10 | Fabiano Caruana (United States) | — | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | — | 26.5 | — | $76,250 |
| T-10 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | — | 7 | 1 | — | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 26.5 | — | $67,333 |
| 12 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | 2.5 | — | 16 | — | $48,750 |
| | Yu Yangyi (China) | — | — | — | 8.3 | — | — | — | 8.3 | — | $20,000 |
| | Alexander Grischuk (Russia) | — | — | 7.5 | — | — | — | — | 7.5 | — | $17,500 |
| | Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 7 | — | $15,000 |
| | Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | $12,500 |
| | Anton Korobov (Ukraine) | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | $12,500 |
| | Wei Yi (China) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | $10,000 |
| | Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) | — | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | — | 4.5 | — | $8,750 |
| | Richárd Rapport (Hungary) | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | $7,500 |
| | Vidit Gujrathi (India) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | $7,500 |
| | Pentala Harikrishna (India) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | $7,500 |
| | Daniil Dubov (Russia) | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | $7,500 |
| | Leinier Domínguez (United States) | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | $7,500 |
| | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | $7,500 |
| | Bassem Amin (Egypt) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | $7,500 |