Champions Chess Tour 2023
Magnus Carlsen, winner of the tournament | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 February 2023 – 16 December 2023 |
| Tournaments | 7 |
| Categories | Regular (6) Finals (1) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles | Magnus Carlsen (4) |
| Prize money leader | Magnus Carlsen ($125,000) |
| Points leader | Magnus Carlsen (625) |
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The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2023 was a fast chess tournament circuit that was organized in 2023 by Chess.com. The tour started on 6 February 2023 and ended on 16 December 2023. It involved six online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of US$2 million.
Organisation and format
With Chess.com's purchase of Play Magnus Group, the 2023 Champions Chess Tour took its format components from previous seasons of the Champions Chess Tour and Chess.com tournaments, such as the Chess.com World Championship. Some of these enhancements to the contest included open qualifications and a division structure to accommodate more players. There are also several inventive format tweaks that were created to increase excitement and make every match matter.[1][2]
The new concept included six tournaments over the course of an entire online chess season, beginning with the Airthings Masters and continuing with playoffs and a knockout final. The qualifying tournaments of the Champions Chess Tour 2023 were open to all top 500 players in the rapid chess ranking.[3][4] The tournaments consisted of six $235,000 tournaments. The top ten finishers in the overall standings got a share of $100,000 prize money. The top finishers on the leaderboard filled the remaining seats in the $500,000 end-of-year finals in December, leaving the event champions with a golden ticket, with eight players playing the semi-final and four playing the final in December 2023.[1][2]
All titled players were allowed to compete in the qualifying rounds, with the exception of grandmasters, who were automatically entered into the play-in rounds. There were nine rounds of a Swiss-system tournament during qualifiers. The time limit was 10 minutes plus 2 seconds. The top three competitors in each competition had the chance to take part in the forthcoming Play-In.[5]
Tour points and prize money
Regular
The total prize pool for a Regular tournament is $235,000 for each tournament was distributed as follows:[5]
Points
| Finish | Division I | Division II | Division III |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 150 | 50 | 20 |
| 2nd | 100 | 30 | 15 |
| 3rd | 75 | 20 | 10 |
| 4th | 50 | 15 | 8 |
| 5th (x2) | 30 | 10 | 6 |
| 7th (x2) | 20 | 8 | 5 |
| 9th (x4) | - | 6 | 4 |
| 13th (x4) | - | 5 | 3 |
| 17th (x8) | - | - | 2 |
| 25th (x8) | - | - | 1 |
Prize Money
| Finish | Division I | Division II | Division III |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $30,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
| 2nd | $20,000 | $7,500 | $3,600 |
| 3rd | $15,000 | $6,000 | $2,800 |
| 4th | $12,500 | $5,000 | $2,400 |
| 5th (x2) | $10,000 | $4,500 | $2,000 |
| 7th (x2) | $7,500 | $4,000 | $1,800 |
| 9th (x4) | - | $3,500 | $1,600 |
| 13th (x4) | - | $3,000 | $1,400 |
| 17th (x8) | - | - | $1,200 |
| 25th (x8) | - | - | $1,000 |
| Total | $112,500 | $71,500 | $51,000 |
Playoffs and Finals
The Playoffs and Finals have a $500,000 purse.[5]
| Placing | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $200,000 |
| 2nd | $100,000 |
| 3rd (x2) | $50,000 |
| 5th | $25,000 |
| 6th | $20,000 |
| 7th | $15,000 |
| 8th | $12,000 |
| Per Playoff match win | $1,000 |
Leaderboard prizes
After the end of the sixth event, players also earn their share of the $100,000 prize fund according to their CCT Tour Point standings.[5]
| Placing | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $25,000 |
| 2nd | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $16,000 |
| 4th | $12,000 |
| 5th | $9,000 |
| 6th | $7,000 |
| 7th | $5,000 |
| 8th | $3,000 |
| 9th | $2,000 |
| 10th | $1,000 |
Tournament schedule and results
| Tournament | Dates | Prize | Division I | Winner of Division II | Winner of Division III | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Second (or finalist) |
Third | Fourth | |||||
| Airthings Masters[7] | February 6–10 | $235,000 | Magnus Carlsen | Hikaru Nakamura | Wesley So | Arjun Erigaisi | Fabiano Caruana | Samuel Sevian |
| Chessable Masters[8] | April 3–7 | Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | Magnus Carlsen | Levon Aronian | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Amin Tabatabaei | |
| ChessKid Cup[9] | May 22–26 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Fabiano Caruana | Jorden Van Foreest | Jules Moussard | Vladimir Fedoseev | Alan Pichot[10] | |
| Aimchess Rapid | July 10–14 | Magnus Carlsen | Wesley So | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Eduardo Iturrizaga | Denis Lazavik | Yu Yangyi | |
| Julius Baer Generation Cup | August 30 – September 3 | Magnus Carlsen | Alireza Firouzja | Denis Lazavik | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Samuel Sevian | |
| AI Cup | September 25–29 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Magnus Carlsen | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Anish Giri | Vladimir Fedoseev | Samuel Sevian | |
| Final | December 15–22 | $500,000 | Magnus Carlsen | Wesley So | ||||
Standings
Prize money is shown in US dollars. Bold number denotes a win in that division.
| Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not qualify/participate | Division I | Division II | Division III | ||||||||
| Pos | Name | Airthings Masters |
Chessable Masters |
ChessKid Cup |
Aimchess Rapid |
Julius Baer Generation Cup |
AI Cup |
Total Points |
Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 150 | 75 | 150 | 150 | 100 | 625 | $125,000 | |
| 2 | Fabiano Caruana | 50 | 100 | 100 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 325 | $75,000 |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 50 | 150 | 75 | 50 | 325 | $67,500 | |||
| 4 | Hikaru Nakamura | 100 | 150 | 20 | 20 | 290 | $65,000 | ||
| 5 | Wesley So | 75 | 30 | 100 | 30 | 235 | $55,000 | ||
| 6 | Alireza Firouzja | 20 | 30 | 100 | 30 | 180 | $47,500 | ||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 30 | 150 | 180 | $37,500 | |||||
| 8 | Denis Lazavik | 10 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 75 | 20 | 175 | $44,300 |
| 9 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 20 | 50 | 20 | 8 | 50 | 148 | $39,000 | |
| 10 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 6 | 50 | 75 | 131 | $28,500 | |||
| 11 | Levon Aronian | 50 | 30 | 30 | 110 | $30,000 | |||
| 12 | Samuel Sevian | 20 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 98 | $25,700 |
| 13 | Jorden van Foreest | 75 | 20 | 95 | $22,500 | ||||
| 14 | Vladislav Artemiev | 30 | 20 | 30 | 80 | $23,500 | |||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 5 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 80 | $22,900 | |||
| 16 | Anish Giri | 20 | 5 | 50 | 75 | $20,300 | |||
| 17 | Yu Yangyi | 30 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 69 | $19,100 | ||
| 18 | Alexey Sarana | 30 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 66 | $24,600 | |
| 19 | Eduardo Iturrizaga | 4 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 60 | $18,100 | ||
| 20 | Arjun Erigaisi | 50 | 6 | 56 | $16,000 | ||||
| 21 | Amin Tabatabaei | 3 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 53 | $18,400 | ||
| 22 | Jules Moussard | 50 | 50 | $12,500 | |||||
| 23 | Rauf Mamedov | 20 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 47 | $16,600 | ||
| 24 | Dmitry Andreikin | 6 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 42 | $16,800 | |
| 25 | Lê Quang Liêm | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 39 | $15,300 | ||
| Lê Tuấn Minh | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 39 | $15,200 | |
| 27 | Pavel Eljanov | 6 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 34 | $15,700 | ||
| 28 | Alan Pichot | 5 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 31 | $11,600 | |
| Gukesh D | 30 | 1 | 31 | $11,000 | |||||
| Jose Martinez | 5 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 31 | $10,600 | |||
| 31 | Vladimir Kramnik | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 30 | $13,400 | |
| Gata Kamsky | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 30 | $10,900 | |||
| Nodirbek Yakubboev | 20 | 10 | 30 | $10,500 | |||||
| Dmitrij Kollars | 30 | 30 | $10,000 | ||||||
| 35 | Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | 5 | 20 | 25 | $7,800 | ||||
| 36 | Yuriy Kuzubov | 4 | 20 | 24 | $7,600 | ||||
| 37 | Aram Hakobyan | 2 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 23 | $10,200 | ||
| R Praggnanandhaa | 15 | 8 | 23 | $7,600 | |||||
| 39 | Alexey Dreev | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | $11,500 | ||
| Matthias Blübaum | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | $10,000 | ||
| Aleksandr Shimanov | 2 | 20 | 22 | $8,700 | |||||
| 42 | Evgeny Alekseev | 1 | 10 | 10 | 21 | $8,300 | |||
| 43 | Georg Meier | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | $10,700 | |
| Raunak Sadhwani | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | $10,500 | ||||
| Grigoriy Oparin | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | $9,600 | ||||
| Olexandr Bortnyk | 10 | 10 | 20 | $5,600 | |||||
| 47 | Vincent Keymer | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 19 | $10,200 | ||
| 48 | Martyn Kravtsiv | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | $9,300 | ||
| 49 | Leinier Domínguez | 8 | 8 | 16 | $6,400 | ||||
| 50 | David Paravyan | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | $7,800 | ||
| Alexandr Predke | 15 | 15 | $5,000 | ||||||
| Amin Bassem | 15 | 15 | $5,000 | ||||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 15 | 15 | $3,600 | ||||||
| 54 | Maksim Chigaev | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | $8,400 | ||
| Daniil Dubov | 8 | 6 | 14 | $7,500 | |||||
| Shamsiddin Vokhidov | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 | $6,000 | |||
| 57 | Parham Maghsoodloo | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | $7,300 | ||
| 58 | Ivan Šarić | 6 | 6 | 12 | $7,000 | ||||
| Benjámin Gledura | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | $6,800 | |||
| David Antón Guijarro | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | $6,300 | ||||
| Jeffery Xiong | 8 | 4 | 12 | $5,600 | |||||
| 62 | Mikhail Antipov | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | $5,800 | |||
| Laurent Fressinet | 5 | 6 | 11 | $5,300 | |||||
| Vasif Durarbayli | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | $4,600 | ||||
| 65 | Andrey Esipenko | 8 | 2 | 10 | $5,200 | ||||
| 66 | Vitaliy Bernadskiy | 8 | 1 | 9 | $3,400 | ||||
| Benjamin Bok | 3 | 6 | 9 | $3,400 | |||||
| 68 | Vugar Rasulov | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | $5,200 | |||
| Salem Saleh | 6 | 2 | 8 | $4,700 | |||||
| Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | 6 | 2 | 8 | $4,700 | |||||
| Nikolas Theodorou | 4 | 4 | 8 | $3,200 | |||||
| Aleksandr Lenderman | 8 | 8 | $2,400 | ||||||
| Ray Robson | 8 | 8 | $2,400 | ||||||
| 74 | Igor Kovalenko | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | $5,000 | |||
| Kirill Alekseenko | 1 | 6 | 7 | $4,500 | |||||
| Aydin Suleymanli | 1 | 6 | 7 | $4,500 | |||||
| Diego Flores | 5 | 2 | 7 | $4,200 | |||||
| Francisco Vallejo Pons | 3 | 4 | 7 | $3,000 | |||||
| Levan Pantsulaia | 2 | 5 | 7 | $3,000 | |||||
| 80 | Eltaj Safarli | 1 | 5 | 6 | $4,000 | ||||
| Maxim Matlakov | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | $3,600 | ||||
| Rudik Makarian | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | $3,600 | ||||
| Robby Kevlishvili | 6 | 6 | $3,500 | ||||||
| Hans Niemann | 6 | 6 | $3,500 | ||||||
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 6 | 6 | $3,500 | ||||||
| Alexander Grischuk | 2 | 4 | 6 | $2,800 | |||||
| Pranav V | 6 | 6 | $2,000 | ||||||
| Wei Yi | 6 | 6 | $2,000 | ||||||
| David Navara | 6 | 6 | $2,000 | ||||||
| Anton Demchenko | 6 | 6 | $2,000 | ||||||
| 91 | Gadir Guseinov | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | $3,400 | |||
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 5 | 5 | $3,000 | ||||||
| Diptayan Ghosh | 5 | 5 | $3,000 | ||||||
| Bharath Subramaniyam | 5 | 5 | $3,000 | ||||||
| Mamikon Gharibyan | 5 | 5 | $3,000 | ||||||
| Nihal Sarin | 5 | 5 | $3,000 | ||||||
| Mahammad Muradli | 2 | 3 | 5 | $2,600 | |||||
| Alvar Alonso Rosell | 4 | 1 | 5 | $2,600 | |||||
| Alexander Donchenko | 5 | 5 | $1,800 | ||||||
| Evgeny Tomashevsky | 5 | 5 | $1,800 | ||||||
| 101 | Vaibhav Suri | 2 | 2 | 4 | $2,400 | ||||
| Mikhail Demidov | 4 | 4 | $1,600 | ||||||
| Igor Lysyj | 4 | 4 | $1,600 | ||||||
| Pavel Smirnov | 4 | 4 | $1,600 | ||||||
| Etienne Bacrot | 4 | 4 | $1,600 | ||||||
| Pablo Salinas Herrera | 4 | 4 | $1,600 | ||||||
| Teimour Radjabov | 4 | 4 | $1,600 | ||||||
| Vladislav Kovalev | 4 | 4 | $1,600 | ||||||
| 109 | P. Iniyan | 2 | 1 | 3 | $2,200 | ||||
| Sanan Sjugirov | 1 | 2 | 3 | $2,200 | |||||
| Aryan Tari | 1 | 2 | 3 | $2,200 | |||||
| Vladimir Malakhov | 1 | 2 | 3 | $2,200 | |||||
| Mustafa Yılmaz | 2 | 1 | 3 | $2,200 | |||||
| Shant Sargsyan | 2 | 1 | 3 | $2,200 | |||||
| Christopher Yoo | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Peter Svidler | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Alexandr Fier | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Harshit Raja | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Miguel Santos Ruiz | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Federico Perez Ponsa | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Timur Gareyev | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Constantin Lupulescu | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Jaime Santos Latasa | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| Thomas Beerdsen | 3 | 3 | $1,400 | ||||||
| 125 | Arseniy Nesterov | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | |||||
| Peter Michalik | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Rasmus Svane | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Axel Bachmann | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Harshvardhan GB | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Renato Terry | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Hovhannes Gabuzyan | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Krikor Mekhitarian | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Read Samadov | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Aradhya Garg | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| Aleksandr Rakhmanov | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | ||||||
| 136 | Rodrigo Vásquez Schroeder | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | |||||
| Sergey Drygalov | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Xu Xiangyu | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Dmitry Frolyanov | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Klementy Sychev | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Sergei Lobanov | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Abdulla Gadimbayli | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Andrew Tang | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Krishnan Sasikiran | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Srinath Narayanan | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Abhimanyu Mishra | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Bardiya Daneshvar | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Nikita Meshkovs | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Velimir Ivic | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Vugar Asadli | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | ||||||
| Ori Kobo | 1 | 1 | $1,000 |
Tournaments details
Airthings Masters
This initial tournament started on 6 February and ended on 10 February. Both a Play-in stage that is open to all grandmasters and a Knockout stage with three categories are available at the Airthings Masters. The prize pools for each category are distinct, and players can gain Tour Points according on the division they competed in and their finish. The players who have earned the most Tour Points by the tour's sixth event qualify for the CCT Playoff.[5] Magnus Carlsen won the tournament after defeating Hikaru Nakamura in Division I finals.[11] Fabiano Caruana won Division II after defeating Yu Yangyi.[11]
Division I Play-off
| Champion Round 1 | Champion Round 2 | Champion Final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Alexey Sarana | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½[a] | |||||||||||||||||
| Arjun Erigaisi | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arjun Erigaisi | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½[a] | |||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Rauf Mamedov | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2½[a] | |||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Gukesh D | ½ | Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | |||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Elimination Round 1 | Elimination Round 2 | Elimination Round 3 | Elimination Final | |||||||||||||||
| Alexey Sarana | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alexey Sarana | 2 | Wesley So | 2 | Wesley So | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 0 | Wesley So | 1½ | Hikaru Nakamura | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Arjun Erigaisi | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Gukesh D | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Rauf Mamedov | 1 | Arjun Erigaisi | 1½ | |||||||||||||||
| Gukesh D | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Chessable Masters
Division I Play-off
| Champion Round 1 | Champion Round 2 | Champion Final | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladislav Artemiev | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladislav Artemiev | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 2½[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lê Quang Liêm | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | ½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2½[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Fedoseev | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 2½ | Fabiano Caruana | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elimination Round 1 | Elimination Round 2 | Elimination Round 3 | Elimination Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | ½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 1½[a] | Magnus Carlsen | 1½ | Magnus Carlsen | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lê Quang Liêm | 1½ | Magnus Carlsen | 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladislav Artemiev | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Fedoseev | ½ | Levon Aronian | 1½[a] | ||||||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
ChessKid Cup
Division I Play-off
| Champion Round 1 | Champion Round 2 | Champion Final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jorden van Foreest | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jorden van Foreest | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Dmitrij Kollars | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dmitrij Kollars | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jorden van Foreest | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Aleksandr Shimanov | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jules Moussard | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2½ | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2½ | |||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Elimination Round 1 | Elimination Round 2 | Elimination Round 3 | Elimination Final | |||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | ½ | Alireza Firouzja | 0 | Jorden van Foreest | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 1½ | Fabiano Caruana | 1½[a] | Fabiano Caruana | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jules Moussard | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jules Moussard | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jules Moussard | 2 | Dmitrij Kollars | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Aleksandr Shimanov | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Aimchess Rapid
Division I Play-off
| Champion Round 1 | Champion Round 2 | Champion Final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Fedoseev | 1 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian | 2 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 2 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Eduardo Iturrizaga | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 1 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2 ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Jorden Van Foreest | ½ | Magnus Carlsen | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elimination Round 1 | Elimination Round 2 | Elimination Round 3 | Elimination Final | |||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 1½[a] | Wesley So | 2 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | ½ | |||||||||||||
| Vladimir Fedoseev | 1 ½ | Wesley So | 1½ | Wesley So | 1½ | |||||||||||||
| Eduardo Iturrizaga | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Levon Aronian | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eduardo Iturrizaga | 2 | Eduardo Iturrizaga | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Jorden Van Foreest | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Julius Baer Generation Cup
Division I Play-off
| Champion Round 1 | Champion Round 2 | Champion Final | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Amin Tabatabaei | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Denis Lazavik | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pavel Eljanov | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 2½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 3 | Magnus Carlsen | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elimination Round 1 | Elimination Round 2 | Elimination Round 3 | Elimination Final | |||||||||||||||
| Wesley So | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Amin Tabatabaei | 1 | Denis Lazavik | 2 | Alireza Firouzja | 1½ | |||||||||||||
| Denis Lazavik | 2 | Denis Lazavik | 1½ | Denis Lazavik | ½ | |||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | ½ | |||||||||||||||||
| Fabiano Caruana | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pavel Eljanov | ½ | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 1½ | |||||||||||||||||
AI Cup
Division I Play-off
| Champion Round 1 | Champion Round 2 | Champion Final | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | ½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anish Giri | ½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denis Lazavik | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 3[b] | Magnus Carlsen | 1½ | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2½ | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elimination Round 1 | Elimination Round 2 | Elimination Round 3 | Elimination Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hikaru Nakamura | 0 | Anish Giri | 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Anish Giri | 2 | Anish Giri | ½ | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alireza Firouzja | 1½ | Alireza Firouzja | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denis Lazavik | ½ | ||||||||||||||||||
Tour Finals
Top 8 in the Tour standings are invited to the Tour Finals, played live over-the-board in Toronto, Canada.
Round-robin stage
Every player played two-game matches against each of other players with a time control of 15+3. If a match is tied, an armageddon game is played to decide the winner of the match, using bidding system to decide playing time and color (base time of 15 minutes). First and second place directly qualified to semifinals, third to sixth place advanced to the survival stage, while the last two places are eliminated.
Champion Chess Tour Finals, round-robin stage, 10 – 13 December 2023, Toronto, Canada Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MP H2H 1 Wesley So (USA) 2737 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½* 0 1 ½* 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 1 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2818 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 6 0 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2762 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½* 1 ½ 5 4 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) 2727 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2767 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 2 2 6 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2731 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 Alireza Firouzja (France) 2737 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½* 2 0 8 Denis Lazavik (FIDE) 2509 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
- * - Match win by drawing armageddon game with black
Survival stage
Third and fourth place from round-robin stage played a match, with the winner advances to semifinals. Fifth and sixth place also played a match, with the winner playing the loser of 3rd vs 4th for the last spot of the semifinals. Each match consisted of two games with armageddon tiebreak.
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Semifinals and finals
Four players played a single-elimination bracket to decide the champion. Each match was played as best-of-three sets, with set 1 and 2 consisting of four games, and final set consisting of two games. If a set is drawn, an armageddon game is played.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wesley So | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Wesley So | 1½ | 1½ | ||||||||||
| 2 | Magnus Carlsen | 2½ | 2½ | ||||||||||
| 2 | Magnus Carlsen | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Semifinal 1 Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 A 1 Wesley So 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0
Semifinal 2 Player Set 1 Set 2 1 2 3 4 A 1 2 3 4 A 2 Magnus Carlsen 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 3 Fabiano Caruana 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0
Final Player Set 1 Set 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Wesley So ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2 Magnus Carlsen ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1
Notes
References
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- ^ Alan Pichot was still representing Argentina at the time of the tournament
- ^ a b Levin (AnthonyLevin), Anthony. "Carlsen Defeats Nakamura, Wins Airthings Masters; Caruana, Sevian Win Divisions 2-3". Chess.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.