Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020 Explained

Duration:	18 April 2020 – 20 August 2020
Tournaments:	5
Next:	2021
Most Tournament Titles:	Magnus Carlsen (4)
Most Tournament Finals:	Magnus Carlsen (4)

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.^[1]

Format

There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:

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

Schedule

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

Results

Dates	Tournament Name	Winner	Runner-Up	Semifinalists
18 April – 3 May 2020	Magnus Carlsen Invitational	Magnus Carlsen	Hikaru Nakamura	Ding Liren Fabiano Caruana
19 May 19 – 3 June 2020	Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020)	Daniil Dubov	Hikaru Nakamura	Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen
20 June – 5 July 2020	Chessable Masters (2020)	Magnus Carlsen (2)	Anish Giri	Ding Liren Ian Nepomniachtchi
21 July – 5 August 2020	Legends of Chess (2020)	Magnus Carlsen (3)	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Peter Svidler Anish Giri
9 August – 20 August 2020	Magnus 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.^[2]

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	Points
01		2829	–	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	15
02		2836	1	–	3	1	3	3	2	2	15
03		2881	2	0	–	3	2	3	0	3	13
04		2773	2	2	0	–	3	3	0	3	13
05		2778	0	0	1	0	–	2	3	2	8
06		2703	0	0	0	0	1	–	3	3	7
07		2731	0	1	3	3	0	0	–	0	7
08		2860	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	–	6

Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[3]

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Points
01		2829	–	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	7½
02		2709	0	–	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7
03		2738	½	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	½	1	6
04		2741	½	½	1	–	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	6
05		2881	½	½	0	½	–	½	0	1	1	1	0	1	6
06		2836	½	½	0	½	½	–	1	½	0	½	1	1	6
07		2770	½	½	0	1	1	0	–	½	1	½	0	½	5½
08		2778	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	–	½	1	½	½	5½
09		2784	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	½	–	0	1	1	5½
10		2703	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	–	1	½	4½
11		2774	0	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	0	0	–	½	4
12		2752	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	–	2½

Chessable Masters

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[4]

Group A

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	Points
01		2881	– -	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	0 1	1 ½	6
02		2769	½ ½	– -	½ ½	½ ½	1 0	1 1	6
03		2829	½ 0	½ ½	– -	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	5
04		2784	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	– -	½ ½	0 1	5
05		2770	1 0	0 1	½ 0	½ ½	– -	1 ½	5
06		2690	0 ½	0 0	½ ½	1 0	0 ½	– -	3

Group B

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	Points
01		2731	– -	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	6
02		2836	½ 0	– -	½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	5½
03		2778	½ ½	½ 0	– -	0 1	1 ½	½ 1	5½
04		2773	0 ½	½ ½	1 0	– -	1 ½	0 1	5
05		2758	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	– -	½ 1	4½
06		2860	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0	1 0	½ 0	– -	3½

Legends of Chess

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.^[5]

	Name	ELO	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	Points
01		2881	–	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	25
02		2778	1	–	3	3	3	2	1	3	2	2	20
03		2731	0	0	–	3	1	3	3	3	2	3	18
04		2742	0	0	0	–	2	3	3	0	3	3	14
05		2686	1	0	2	1	–	3	0	3	2	1	13
06		2756	0	1	0	0	0	–	2	3	3	3	12
07		2702	0	2	0	0	3	1	–	3	0	2	11
08		2836	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	3	3	9
09		2751	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	1	7
10		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.^[6]

References

1. Web site: The Week in Chess: Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020 .
2. Web site: Magnus Carlsen Invitational (2020).
3. Web site: Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020).
4. Web site: Chessable Masters (2020).
5. Web site: Legends of Chess (2020).
6. Web site: Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals (2020).