Grand Chess Tour 2023

The Grand Chess Tour 2023 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the eighth 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 consisted of five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of two parts – rapid and blitz. Combined result for both portions was counted in overall standings.
The tour points were awarded as follows:

If a player wins 1st place outright, they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
Tour points and prize money are shared equally between tied players.

Lineup

The field was announced on February 22, 2023. It consisted of nine players, including both participants of World Chess Championship 2023, eventual winner Ding Liren and runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi, as well as defending Grand Chess Tour champion Alireza Firouzja.

Player

Country

FIDE rating

Alireza Firouzja

2785

Wesley So

2766

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

2737

Ian Nepomniachtchi

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Schedule

The events in St. Louis took place during the months of November and December, compared to the previous editions where they took place during the months of August and September. The change was implemented to avoid scheduling clashes with the Chess World [Cup 2023|2023 Chess World Cup] and the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.

Dates	Tournament Name	Format	Host city
May 4–16, 2023	Superbet Chess Classic	Classical	Bucharest
May 19–26, 2023	Superbet Rapid & Blitz	Rapid & Blitz	Warsaw
July 3–10, 2023	SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz	Rapid & Blitz	Zagreb
November 12–19, 2023	Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz	Rapid & Blitz	St. Louis
November 21–30, 2023	Sinquefield Cup	Classical	St. Louis

Results

Tour rankings

The wildcards are not counted in overall standings.

Player

ROU

POL

CRO

STL

SIN

Total
points

Prize
money

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Tournaments

Superbet Chess Classic

The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from May 4–16, 2023. The winner of the tournament was Fabiano Caruana.

Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from May 19 to 26, 2023. Jan-Krzysztof Duda was the winner of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia

The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from July 5 to 9, 2023. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana were the joint winners of the rapid portion, while Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion, and won the overall tournament.

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz

The fourth leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States from November 12 to 19, 2023.