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.https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-among-2019-grand-chess-tour-participants

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: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Place !! Points (classical) !! Points (rapid/blitz) |- | 1st || 18/20* || 12/13* |- | 2nd || 15 || 10 |- | 3rd || 12 || 8 |- | 4th || 10 || 7 |- |  5th || 8  || 6 |- |  6th || 7 || 5 |- |  7th || 6 || 4 |- | 8th || 5 || 3 |- |  9th || 4 || 2 |- | 10th || 3 || 1 |- | 11th || 2 || N/A |- | 12th || 1 || N/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. PlayerCountryFIDE Rating (January 2019)Selection criteriaHikaru Nakamura2749Winner of Grand Chess Tour 2018Maxime Vachier-Lagrave2780Runner-up of 2018 Grand Chess TourFabiano Caruana2828Third place in 2018 Grand Chess TourMagnus Carlsen2835URSShakhriyar Mamedyarov2817URSDing Liren2813URSLevon Aronian2767URSAnish Giri2783Average FIDE ratingWesley So2765Average FIDE ratingViswanathan Anand2773Average FIDE ratingIan Nepomniachtchi2763Wild cardSergey Karjakin2753Replacement for Vladimir Kramnik

Schedule and results DatesTournament NameHost cityWinnerRunner-upThird place6 May – 13 May 2019Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz Abidjan Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Hikaru Nakamura –24 June – 9 July 2019Croatia Grand Chess Tour Zagreb Magnus Carlsen Wesley So Levon Aronian Fabiano Caruana26 July – 6 August 2019Paris Rapid & Blitz Paris Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Viswanathan Anand Ian Nepomniachtchi Alexander Grischuk (WC)8 August – 15 August 2019Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz St. Louis Levon Aronian Ding Liren Yu Yangyi (WC) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave –15 August – 30 August 2019Sinquefield Cup St. Louis Ding Liren Magnus Carlsen Sergey Karjakin Viswanathan Anand4 November – 11 November 2019Superbet Rapid & Blitz Bucharest Levon Aronian Sergey Karjakin Viswanathan Anand20 November – 27 November 2019Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz Kolkata Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Anish Giri Wesley So30 November – 10 December 2019London Chess Classic London Ding Liren Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Magnus Carlsen

Tournaments

Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2019 GCT Cote d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz, May 8–13 Abidjan, Ivory Coast ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money |- |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align="left" | || 15 || 11½ || 26½|| || 13 || $37,500 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 12 || 11 || 23 || || 9 || $22,500 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 11 || 12 || 23 || || 9 || $22,500 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 11 || 8½ || 19½ || || 7 || $15,000 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 10 || 8½ || 18½ || || 6 || $12,500 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 9 || 7½ || 16½ || || WC (5) || $10,000 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 5 || 10½ || 15½ || || 3.5 || $7,500 |- | 8 || align="left" | || 6 || 9½ || 15½ || || 3.5 || $7,500 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 6 || 5½ || 11½ || || WC (2) || $7,500 |- | 10 || align="left" | || 5 || 5½ || 10½ || || WC (1) || $7,500

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap| Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 8–10 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

| 1 || align=left| || 2869 || || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 15 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2824 || 1 || || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 12 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2801 || 0 || 1 || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 11 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 2800 || 0 || 0 || 1 || || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 11 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 2760 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 10 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 2698 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 9 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 2781 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 |- | 8 || align="left" | || 2781 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || || 1 || 1 || 6 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 2617 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || || 0 || 5 |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2785 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || || 5

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Cote d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 11–12 May 2019, Abidjan, Ivory Coast ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| || 2933 || || 1 1 || 1 0 || ½ 1 || ½ 0 || 1 0 || ½ ½ || 1 1 || 0 1 || 1 1 || 12 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2954 || 0 0 || || ½ 1 || ½ ½ || 1 1 || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || ½ 1 || 1 1 || ½ 1 || 11½ |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2934 || 0 1 || ½ 0 || || ½ 1 || ½ ½ || 1 1 || 1 ½ || ½ 1 || ½ 1 || 0 ½ || 11 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 2778 || ½ 0 || ½ ½ || ½ 0 || || 0 ½ || ½ ½ || 1 1 || 1 ½ || ½ 1 || 1 1 || 10½ |- | 5 || align="left" | || 2817 || ½ 1 || 0 0 || ½ ½ || 1 ½ || || ½ ½ || 0 0 || ½ 1 || 0 1 || 1 1 || 9½ |- | 6 || align="left" | || 2744 || 0 1 || ½ ½ || 0 0 || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || || ½ 1 || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || 8½ |- | 7 || align="left" | || 2773 || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || 0 ½ || 0 0 || 1 1 || ½ 0 || || ½ ½ || 1 ½ || 1 0 || 8½ |- | 8 || align="left" | || 2641 || 0 0 || ½ 0 || ½ 0 || 0 ½ || ½ 0 || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || || 1 ½ || 1 1 || 7½ |- | 9 || align="left" | || 2682 || 1 0 || 0 0 || ½ 0 || ½ 0 || 1 0 || ½ ½ || 0 ½ || 0 ½ || || 0 ½ || 5½ |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2662 || 0 0 || ½ 0 || 1 ½ || 0 0 || 0 0 || ½ ½ || 0 1 || 0 0 || 1 ½ || || 5½

Croatia Grand Chess Tour {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Zagreb Chess Classic, 24 June – 9 July 2019, Zagreb, Croatia, Category XXII (2782) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! Points !! TB !! Place !! TPR !! GCT Points |- |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align=left||| 2875 || || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 ||8 || || 1 || 2955 || 20 |- | 2 || align=left| || 2754 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 ||7 || || 2 || 2893 || 15 |- | 3 || align=left| || 2752 || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ ||6 || || 3–4 || 2821 || 11 |- | 4 || align=left| || 2819 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 ||6 || || 3–4 || 2815 || 11 |- | 5 || align=left| || 2805 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ ||5½ || || 5–7 || 2780 || 7 |- | 6 || align=left| || 2779 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ ||5½ || || 5–7 || 2782 || 7 |- | 7 || align=left| || 2775 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ ||5½ || || 5–7 || 2782 || 7 |- | 8 || align=left| || 2748 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ ||5 || || 8 || 2748 || 5 |- | 9 || align=left| || 2779 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ ||4½ || || 9–11 || 2709 || 3 |- | 10 || align=left| || 2774 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || || 1 || ½ ||4½ || || 9–11 || 2710 || 3 |- | 11 || align=left| || 2767 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || || ½ ||4½ || || 9–11 || 2710 || 3 |- | 12 || align=left| || 2754 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ||4 || || 12 || 2675 || 1

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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2019 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz, July 27–August 1 Paris, France ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money |- |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align="left" | || 13 || 8 || 21|| || 13 || $37,500 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 10 || 10½ || 20½ || || 10 || $25,000 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 12 || 8 || 20 || || WC (7.5) || $17,500 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 10 || 10 || 20 || || 7.5 || $17,500 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 9 || 10½ || 19½ || || WC (6) || $12,500 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 9 || 10 || 19 || || 5 || $10,000 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 8 || 10½ || 18½ || || 4 || $7,500 |- | 8 || align="left" | || 7 || 8 || 15 || || 3 || $7,500 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 7 || 7 || 14 || || WC (2) || $7,500 |- | 10 || align="left" | || 5 || 7½ || 12½ || || 1 || $7,500

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap| Paris Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 27–29 July 2019, Paris, France ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

| 1 || align=left| || 2812 || || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 13 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2744 ||1 || || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 12 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2757 || 2 || 0 || || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 10 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 2735 || 1 || 1 ||2 || || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 10 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 2817 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 9 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 2731 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 9 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 2853 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || || 2 || 2 || 1 || 8 |- | 8 || align="left" | || 2810 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || || 0 || 2 || 7 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 2771 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || || 1 || 7 |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2769 ||0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || || 5

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Paris Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 31 July–1 August 2019, Paris, France ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points |- | 1 || align=left| || 2730 || || 1 ½ || ½ 1 ||½ 1|| 1 1|| 0 ½|| 0 ½|| ½ 1|| 1 ½|| 0 0 || 10½ |- | 2 || align="left" | || 2778 || 0 ½ |||| 0 ½|| ½ 1|| 0 1 ||1 ½|| 1 1 ||1 1 ||0 1|| ½ 0 || 10½ |- | 3 || align="left" | || 2902 || ½ 0 ||1 ½ |||| ½ ½|| 0 1|| 1 0 ||1 0 ||1 0|| ½ 1|| 1 1 || 10½ |- | 4 || align="left" | || 2815 || ½ 0|| ½ 0|| ½ ½|| ||1 1|| 0 1|| ½ 1|| ½ 0 ||1 ½|| 1 ½ || 10 |- | 5 || align="left" | || 2772 || 0 0 ||1 0 ||1 0 ||0 0 |||| 1 1|| 0 1|| ½ 1|| 1 ½ ||1 1 || 10 |- | 6 || align="left" | || 2778 || 1 ½ ||0 ½ ||0 1|| 1 0|| 0 0|| || 0 ½|| 1 ½|| 0 1 ||½ ½ || 8 |- | 7 || align="left" | || 2948 || 1 ½|| 0 0|| 0 1|| ½ 0|| 1 0|| 1 ½ |||| 0 ½ ||0 0|| 1 1 || 8 |- | 8 || align="left" | || 2733 || ½ 0|| 0 0|| 0 1|| ½ 1|| ½ 0|| 0 ½|| 1 ½ || ||½ 1|| ½ ½ || 8 |- | 9 || align="left" | || 2770 || 0 ½|| 1 0|| ½ 0|| 0 ½ ||0 ½ ||1 0|| 1 1|| ½ 0|| ||0 1 || 7½ |- | 10 || align="left" | || 2642 || 1 1 ||½ 1|| 0 0|| 0 ½|| 0 0|| ½ ½|| 0 0|| ½ ½ ||1 0 || || 7

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. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2019 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, August 10–14 St. Louis, Missouri, United States ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! !! Tour Points !! Prize money |- |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align="left" | || 13 || 9 || 22|| || 13 || $37,500 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 10 || 11½ || 21½ || || WC (8.3) || $20,000 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 10 || 11½ || 21½ || || 8.3 || $20,000 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 13 || 8½ || 21½ || || 8.3 || $20,000 |-