# Grand Chess Tour 2024

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.

## Format

The tour will consist 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 will count in overall standings.
The tour points are to be awarded as follows:
    PlaceTour PointsClassical prize moneyRapid & Blitz prize moneyGCT Tour bonuses 1st12/13*$100,000$40,000$100,000 2nd10$65,000$30,000$50,000 3rd8$48,000$25,000$25,000 4th7$32,000$20,000 5th6$26,000$15,000 6th5$21,000$11,000 7th4$18,500$10,000 8th3$16,000$9,000 9th2$13,000$8,000 10th1$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 lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the defending GCT champion Fabiano Caruana. 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. 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.
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (February 2024) |
| Fabiano Caruana | United States | 2804 |
| Alireza Firouzja | France | 2760 |
| Wesley So | United States | 2757 |
| Gukesh D | India | 2743 |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Uzbekistan | 2744 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE | 2758 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2732 |
| Anish Giri | Netherlands | 2762 |
| R Praggnanandhaa | India | 2747 |

## Results
### Tournament results

| Dates | Tournament Name | Format | Host city | Winner | Runner-Up | Third Place |
| May 6–13, 2024 | Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | Rapid & blitz | Warsaw | Magnus Carlsen (WC) | Wei Yi (WC) | Jan-Krzysztof Duda (WC) |
| June 24–July 6, 2024 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | Classical | Bucharest | Fabiano Caruana | Alireza Firouzja Gukesh D R Praggnanandhaa | – |
| July 8–15, 2024 | SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia | Rapid & blitz | Zagreb | Fabiano Caruana | Wesley So Alireza Firouzja Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | – |
| August 10–17, 2024 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Rapid & blitz | St. Louis | Alireza Firouzja | Wesley So | Hikaru Nakamura (WC) |
| August 19–29, 2024 | Sinquefield Cup | Classical | St. Louis | Alireza Firouzja | Fabiano Caruana | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Nodirbek Abdusattorov |

### Tour rankings

The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
| | Player | POL | ROU | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points | Prize money |
| 1 | Alireza Firouzja (France) | — | 9.25 | 8.33 | 13 | 13 | 43.58 | $323,750 |
| 2 | Fabiano Caruana (United States) | — | 9.25 | 13 | 4.5 | 10 | 36.75 | $234,250 |
| 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | — | 5 | 8.33 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 27.33 | $129,333 |
| 4 | Wesley So (United States) | — | 2.5 | 8.33 | 10 | 5 | 25.83 | $91,333 |
| 5 | R Praggnanandhaa (India) | 7 | 9.25 | — | 1 | 5 | 22.25 | $107,583 |
| 6 | Gukesh D (India) | 1 | 9.25 | 4 | — | 5 | 19.25 | $97,583 |
| T-7 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) | — | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 18 | $61,833 |
| T-7 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) | 5 | 2.5 | — | 3 | 7.5 | 18 | $74,500 |
| 9 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 12 | $50,333 |
| | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | 13 | — | — | — | — | 13 | $40,000 |
| | Levon Aronian (United States) | — | — | 5 | 6.5 | — | 11.5 | $28,500 |
| | Wei Yi (China) | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 | $30,000 |
| | Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | $25,000 |
| | Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | — | — | — | 8 | — | 8 | $25,000 |
| | Arjun Erigaisi (India) | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | $15,000 |
| | Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | $10,000 |
| | Ding Liren (China) | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | $14,500 |
| | Vincent Keymer (Germany) | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | $8,000 |
| | Vidit Gujrathi (India) | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | $8,000 |
| | Leinier Domínguez (United States) | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | $8,000 |
| | Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | $10,500 |
| | Ivan Šarić (Croatia) | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | $7,000 |

## Tournaments
### 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. Albeit in consecutive years, Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion and was the overall winner of the tournament.
    2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, May 8–13 Warsaw, Poland PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)121426WC (13)$40,00014.43 2 Wei Yi (CHN)1312½25½WC (10)$30,00010.50 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)910½19½WC (8)$25,0009.18 4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)109197$20,000 5 Arjun Erigaisi (IND)81018WC (6)$15,000 6 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)89½17½5$11,000 7 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)9615WC (4)$10,000 8 Anish Giri (NED)77143$9,000 9 Vincent Keymer (GER)7613WC (2)$8,000 10 Gukesh D (IND)75½12½1$7,000
    2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, May 8–10 Warsaw, Poland PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Wei Yi (CHN)2758Does not appear01221212213 2 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)28282Does not appear1111221112 3 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)270411Does not appear011222010 4 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)2622012Does not appear1012029 5 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)27480111Does not appear210129 6 Arjun Erigaisi (IND)267111120Does not appear10118 7 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)2733000111Does not appear1228 8 Vincent Keymer (GER)26471000221Does not appear107 9 Anish Giri (NED)268701021101Does not appear17 10 Gukesh D (IND)2649012001021Does not appear7
    2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, May 11–12 Warsaw, Poland PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2886Does not appear½ 1½ 11 ½0 10 11 ½1 11 11 114 2 Wei Yi (CHN)2684½ 0Does not appear1 01 11 11 01 11 ½1 ½0 112½ 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2766½ 00 1Does not appear0 11 00 ½½ 11 11 10 110½ 4 Arjun Erigaisi (IND)27440 ½0 01 0Does not appear1 ½1 1½ 11 0½ 11 010 5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)26611 00 00 10 ½Does not appear½ 1½ 01 1½ 11 ½9½ 6 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)26751 00 11 ½0 0½ 0Does not appear0 11 00 11 19 7 Anish Giri (NED)27150 ½0 0½ 0½ 0½ 11 0Does not appear0 ½½ 1½ ½7 8 Kirill Shevchenko (ROU)25460 00 ½0 00 10 00 11 ½Does not appear0 11 06 9 Vincent Keymer (GER)26100 00 ½0 0½ 0½ 01 0½ 01 0Does not appear1 16 10 Gukesh D (IND)26510 01 01 00 10 ½0 0½ ½0 10 0Does not appear5½

### Superbet Romania Chess Classic

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from June 25–5 July, 2024.
    2024 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, June 25–5 July Bucharest, Romania, Category XX (2750) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2805Does not appear1½½0½½½½1539.25$68,75021.23 T-2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27370Does not appear½½½½½11½529.25$58,75014.70 T-2 Gukesh D (IND)2763½½Does not appear½½½½½½1519.25$58,75014.70 T-2 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2747½½½Does not appear1½½½½½509.25$58,75014.70 T-5 Anish Giri (NED)27451½½0Does not appear½½½½½4½5$21,833 T-5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2732½½½½½Does not appear½½½½4½5$21,833 T-5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2770½½½½½½Does not appear½½½4½5$21,833 T-8 Wesley So (USA)2757½0½½½½½Does not appear½½42.5$14,500 T-8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)2766½0½½½½½½Does not appear½42.5$14,500 10 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)26800½0½½½½½½Does not appear3½WC (1)$10,500
    First place playoff Place Player Rapid rating 1 2 3 4 Score 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2738 Does not appear 1 1 1 3 2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2724 0 Does not appear 1 1 2 3 Gukesh D (IND) 2647 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2709 0 0 0 Does not appear 0

### Zagreb Rapid & Blitz

    2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia, July 9–14 Zagreb, Croatia PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)15122713$40,00013.92 T–2 Wesley So (USA)1211238.33$25,0006.33 T–2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)1013238.33$25,0006.33 T–2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)1013238.33$25,0006.33 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)108½18½6$15,000 6 Levon Aronian (USA)11617WC (5)$11,000 7 Gukesh D (IND)95144$10,000 8 Anish Giri (NED)67½13½3$9,000 9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)4711WC (2)$8,000 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)3710WC (1)$7,000
    2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, July 10–12 Zagreb, Croatia PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2738Does not appear12112222215 2 Wesley So (USA)27221Does not appear1111212212 3 Levon Aronian (USA)275001Does not appear110222211 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2754111Does not appear11012210 5 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27241111Does not appear1120210 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)274701211Does not appear012210 7 Gukesh D (IND)2647000212Does not appear1129 8 Anish Giri (NED)26790101011Does not appear116 9 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)270100002011Does not appear04 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)2614000000012Does not appear3
    2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, July 13–14 Zagreb, Croatia PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2863Does not appear½ 01 10 11 11 11 10 11 1½ 013 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2764½ 1Does not appear½ ½½ ½0 01 11 11 ½1 11 113 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)27770 0½ ½Does not appear1 00 1½ 11 ½1 11 11 112 4 Wesley So (USA)27731 0½ ½0 1Does not appear1 ½0 1½ 11 1½ ½0 111 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)28000 01 11 00 ½Does not appear½ ½0 11 00 ½1 ½8½ 6 Anish Giri (NED)26890 00 0½ 01 0½ ½Does not appear½ ½½ ½½ 11 ½7½ 7 Ivan Šarić (CRO)26010 00 00 ½½ 01 0½ ½Does not appear½ 11 10 ½7 8 Vidit Gujrathi (IND)26571 00 ½0 00 00 1½ ½½ 0Does not appear½ ½1 17 9 Levon Aronian (USA)27660 00 00 0½ ½1 ½½ 00 0½ ½Does not appear1 16 10 Gukesh D (IND)2627½ 10 00 01 00 ½0 ½1 ½0 00 0Does not appear5

### Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

    2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, August 10–17 St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)11122313$40,00014.60 2 Wesley So (USA)9112010$30,00010.62 3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)910½19½WC (8)$25,0009.29 T–4 Levon Aronian (USA)10919WC (6.5)$17,500 T–4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)118196.5$17,500 T–6 Fabiano Caruana (USA)810184.5$10,500 T–6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)117184.5$10,500 8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)88163$9,000 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)96½15½WC (2)$8,000 10 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)48121$7,500
    2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2753Does not appear22011210211 2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)27310Does not appear1122121111 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)274701Does not appear111221211 4 Levon Aronian (USA)2754211Does not appear11102110 5 Wesley So (USA)27351011Does not appear112119 6 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)274610111Does not appear10229 7 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2693010111Does not appear1229 8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)27321002021Does not appear118 9 Fabiano Caruana (USA)277721101001Does not appear28 10 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2688010110010Does not appear4
    2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2869Does not appear1 ½1 ½½ 00 ½½ 1½ 11 01 11 112 2 Wesley So (USA)27820 ½Does not appear1 01 ½1 1½ ½1 01 ½½ ½1 ½11 3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)28740 ½0 1Does not appear0 ½1 0½ 10 11 11 11 010½ 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2795½ 10 ½1 ½Does not appear1 1½ ½1 01 00 10 ½10 5 Levon Aronian (USA)27271 ½0 00 10 0Does not appear1 ½1 ½1 00 ½1 19 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2795½ 0½ ½½ 0½ ½0 ½Does not appear1 11 00 1½ 08 7 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2693½ 00 11 00 10 ½0 0Does not appear0 11 10 18 8 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)26690 10 ½0 00 10 10 11 0Does not appear0 11 ½8 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27770 0½ ½0 01 01 ½1 00 01 0Does not appear½ 17 10 Leinier Domínguez (USA)26510 00 ½0 11 ½0 0½ 11 00 ½½ 0Does not appear6½

### Sinquefield Cup

    2024 GCT Sinquefield Cup, August 19–29 St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2755) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTour PointsPrize moneyCircuit 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2751Does not appear1½½½½½1½1613$100,00028.67 2 Fabiano Caruana (USA)27930Does not appear½1½½½½115½10$65,00020.85 T–3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2721½½Does not appear½½½½1½½57.5$40,0009.12 T–3 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB)2762½0½Does not appear½½1½1½57.5$40,0009.12 T–5 Gukesh D (IND)2766½½½½Does not appear½½½½½4½5$21,833 T–5 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)2749½½½½½Does not appear½½½½4½5$21,833 T–5 Wesley So (USA)2751½½½0½½Does not appear½1½4½5$21,833 T–8 Ding Liren (CHN)27450½0½½½½Does not appear½½3½WC (2.5)$14,500 T–8 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2767½0½0½½0½Does not appear13½2.5$14,500 10 Anish Giri (NED)274600½½½½½½0Does not appear31$10,500