Grand Chess Tour 2024 Explained

Grand Chess Tour
Year:	2024
Start Date:	May 6
End Date:	August 31, 2024
Host:	Warsaw Bucharest Zagreb St. Louis
Stat1 Label:	Most tournament titles
Stat1:	Fabiano Caruana (2)
Stat2 Label:	Prize money leader
Stat2:	Alireza Firouzja ($123,750)
Stat3 Label:	Points leader
Stat3:	Alireza Firouzja (30.58)
Previous:	GCT 2023
Next:	GCT 2025

The Grand Chess Tour 2024 is a series of chess tournaments, which is the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It will consist 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.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

The tour points are to be awarded as follows:

Place	Tour Points	Classical prize money	Rapid & Blitz prize money	GCT Tour bonuses
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 lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the defending GCT champion Fabiano Caruana.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

	Player	Country	FIDE Rating (February 2024)
1	Fabiano Caruana		2804
2	Alireza Firouzja		2760
3	Wesley So		2757
4	Gukesh D		2743
5	Nodirbek Abdusattorov		2744
6	Ian Nepomniachtchi		2758
7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave		2732
8	Anish Giri		2762
9	R Praggnanandhaa		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

Tour rankings

The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.

	Player	POL	ROU	CRO	STL	SIN	Total points	Prize money
1			9.25	8.33	13		30.58	$123,750
2			9.25	13	4.5		26.75	$119,250
3			2.5	8.33	10		20.83	$69,500
4			5	8.33	6.5		19.83	$64,333
5		7	9.25		1		17.25	$86,250
6			5	6	4.5		15.5	$47,333
7		1	9.25	4			14.25	$75,750
8		3	5	3			11	$39,833
9		5	2.5		3		10.5	$34,500
		13					13	$40,000
				5	6.5		11.5	$28,500
		10					10	$30,000
		8					8	$25,000
					8		8	$25,000
		6					6	$15,000
		4					4	$10,000
		2					2	$8,000
				2			2	$8,000
					2		2	$8,000
			1				1	$10,500
				1			1	$7,000
							0	$0

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.^[7] Albeit in consecutive years, Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion and was the overall winner of the tournament.^[8]

2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, May 8–13 Warsaw, Poland! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit

1		12	14	26		WC (13)	$40,000	14.43
2		13	12½	25½		WC (10)	$30,000	10.50
3		9	10½	19½		WC (8)	$25,000	9.18
4		10	9	19		7	$20,000
5		8	10	18		WC (6)	$15,000
6		8	9½	17½		5	$11,000
7		9	6	15		WC (4)	$10,000
8		7	7	14		3	$9,000
9		7	6	13		WC (2)	$8,000
10		7	5½	12½		1	$7,000

2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, May 8–10 Warsaw, Poland^[9] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1		2758		0	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	13
2		2828	2		1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	12
3		2704	1	1		0	1	1	2	2	2	0	10
4		2622	0	1	2		1	0	1	2	0	2	9
5		2748	0	1	1	1		2	1	0	1	2	9
6		2671	1	1	1	2	0		1	0	1	1	8
7		2733	0	0	0	1	1	1		1	2	2	8
8		2647	1	0	0	0	2	2	1		1	0	7
9		2687	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1		1	7
10		2649	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	1		7

2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, May 11–12 Warsaw, Poland^[10] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1		2886		½ 1	½ 1	1 ½	0 1	0 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	14
2		2684	½ 0		1 0	1 1	1 1	1 0	1 1	1 ½	1 ½	0 1	12½
3		2766	½ 0	0 1		0 1	1 0	0 ½	½ 1	1 1	1 1	0 1	10½
4		2744	0 ½	0 0	1 0		1 ½	1 1	½ 1	1 0	½ 1	1 0	10
5		2661	1 0	0 0	0 1	0 ½		½ 1	½ 0	1 1	½ 1	1 ½	9½
6		2675	1 0	0 1	1 ½	0 0	½ 0		0 1	1 0	0 1	1 1	9
7		2715	0 ½	0 0	½ 0	½ 0	½ 1	1 0		0 ½	½ 1	½ ½	7
8		2546	0 0	0 ½	0 0	0 1	0 0	0 1	1 ½		0 1	1 0	6
9		2610	0 0	0 ½	0 0	½ 0	½ 0	1 0	½ 0	1 0		1 1	6
10		2651	0 0	1 0	1 0	0 1	0 ½	0 0	½ ½	0 1	0 0		5½

Superbet Romania Chess Classic

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from June 25–5 July, 2024.^[11]

2024 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, June 25–5 July Bucharest, Romania, Category XX (2750)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit

1	align=left		2805		1	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	5	3	9.25	$68,750	21.23
2	align=left		2737	0		½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	5	2	9.25	$58,750	14.70
3	align=left		2763	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	1	9.25	$58,750	14.70
4	align=left		2747	½	½	½		1	½	½	½	½	½	5	0	9.25	$58,750	14.70
5	align=left		2745	1	½	½	0		½	½	½	½	½	4½		5	$21,833
6	align=left		2732	½	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	4½		5	$21,833
7	align=left		2770	½	½	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	4½		5	$21,833
8	align=left		2757	½	0	½	½	½	½	½		½	½	4		2.5	$14,500
9	align=left		2766	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½		½	4		2.5	$14,500
10	align=left		2680	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½		3½		WC (1)	$10,500

First place playoff!Place!Player!Rapid rating!1!2!3!4!Score

1		2738		1	1	1	3
2		2724	0		1	1	2
3		2647	0	0		1	1
4		2709	0	0	0		0

Zagreb Rapid & Blitz

2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia, July 9–14 Zagreb, Croatia! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit

1		15	12	27		13	$40,000	13.92
T–2		12	11	23		8.33	$25,000	6.33
T–2		10	13	23		8.33	$25,000	6.33
T–2		10	13	23		8.33	$25,000	6.33
5		10	8½	18½		6	$15,000
6		11	6	17		WC (5)	$11,000
7		9	5	14		4	$10,000
8		6	7½	13½		3	$9,000
9		4	7	11		WC (2)	$8,000
10		3	7	10		WC (1)	$7,000

2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, July 10–12 Zagreb, Croatia! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1		2738		1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	15
2		2722	1		1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	12
3		2750	0	1		1	1	0	2	2	2	2	11
4		2754	1	1	1		1	1	0	1	2	2	10
5		2724	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	0	2	10
6		2747	0	1	2	1	1		0	1	2	2	10
7		2647	0	0	0	2	1	2		1	1	2	9
8		2679	0	1	0	1	0	1	1		1	1	6
9		2701	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		0	4
10		2614	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		3

2024 GCT Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, July 13–14 Zagreb, Croatia! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1		2863		½ 0	1 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	0 1	1 1	½ 0	13
2		2764	½ 1		½ ½	½ ½	0 0	1 1	1 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	13
3		2777	0 0	½ ½		1 0	0 1	½ 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	12
4		2773	1 0	½ ½	0 1		1 ½	0 1	½ 1	1 1	½ ½	0 1	11
5		2800	0 0	1 1	1 0	0 ½		½ ½	0 1	1 0	0 ½	1 ½	8½
6		2689	0 0	0 0	½ 0	1 0	½ ½		½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	7½
7		2601	0 0	0 0	0 ½	½ 0	1 0	½ ½		½ 1	1 1	0 ½	7
8		2657	1 0	0 ½	0 0	0 0	0 1	½ ½	½ 0		½ ½	1 1	7
9		2766	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ ½	1 ½	½ 0	0 0	½ ½		1 1	6
10		2627	½ 1	0 0	0 0	1 0	0 ½	0 ½	1 ½	0 0	0 0		5

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, August 10–17 St. Louis, Missouri, United States! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit

1		11	12	23		13	$40,000	14.60
2		9	11	20		10	$30,000	10.62
3		9	10½	19½		WC (8)	$25,000	9.29
T4		10	9	19		WC (6.5)	$17,500
T4		11	8	19		6.5	$17,500
T6		8	10	18		4.5	$10,500
T6		11	7	18		4.5	$10,500
8		8	8	16		3	$9,000
9		9	6½	15½		WC (2)	$8,000
10		4	8	12		1	$7,500

2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1		2753		2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	11
2		2731	0		1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	11
3		2747	0	1		1	1	1	2	2	1	2	11
4		2754	2	1	1		1	1	1	0	2	1	10
5		2735	1	0	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	9
6		2746	1	0	1	1	1		1	0	2	2	9
7		2693	0	1	0	1	1	1		1	2	2	9
8		2732	1	0	0	2	0	2	1		1	1	8
9		2777	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1		2	8
10		2688	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		4

2024 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1		2869		1 ½	1 ½	½ 0	0 ½	½ 1	½ 1	1 0	1 1	1 1	12
2		2782	0 ½		1 0	1 ½	1 1	½ ½	1 0	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	11
3		2874	0 ½	0 1		0 ½	1 0	½ 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 0	10½
4		2795	½ 1	0 ½	1 ½		1 1	½ ½	1 0	1 0	0 1	0 ½	10
5		2727	1 ½	0 0	0 1	0 0		1 ½	1 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 1	9
6		2795	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	0 ½		1 1	1 0	0 1	½ 0	8
7		2693	½ 0	0 1	1 0	0 1	0 ½	0 0		0 1	1 1	0 1	8
8		2669	0 1	0 ½	0 0	0 1	0 1	0 1	1 0		0 1	1 ½	8
9		2777	0 0	½ ½	0 0	1 0	1 ½	1 0	0 0	1 0		½ 1	7
10		2651	0 0	0 ½	0 1	1 ½	0 0	½ 1	1 0	0 ½	½ 0		6½

Sinquefield Cup

2024 GCT Sinquefield Cup, August 19–29 St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2755)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money !! Circuit

1	align=left		2751			½					1	½		2.0	2.75
2	align=left		2767			½	½						1	2.0	2.50
3	align=left		2721	½	½				½					1.5	2.75
4	align=left		2766		½				½	½				1.5	2.50
5	align=left		2751							½	½		½	1.5	2.00
6	align=left		2749			½	½					½		1.5	2.00
7	align=left		2745				½	½					½	1.5	2.00
8	align=left		2793	0				½				1		1.5	1.75
9	align=left		2762	½					½		0			1.0	1.75
10	align=left		2746		0			½		½				1.0	1.50

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 Grand Chess Tour Overview .
2. Web site: 2024-02-23 . The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2024 .
3. Web site: 2024 GCT Tour Regulations .
4. Web site: 2024 Grand Chess Tour.
5. Web site: Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Abdusattorov Join 2024 Grand Chess Tour. February 24, 2024.
6. Web site: Grand Chess Tour announces wildcards and full-tour lineup. April 7, 2024.
7. Web site: Wei Yi Wins Rapid, Carlsen Still Unbeaten . May 11, 2024.
8. Web site: Magnus Carlsen defeats all 9 players in a row to win Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland event . May 12, 2024.
9. Web site: Superbet Poland Rapid Tournament . May 12, 2024.
10. Web site: Superbet Poland Blitz Tournament . May 12, 2024.
11. Web site: 2024 Superbet Romania Chess Classic . June 9, 2024.