grand tour chess 2015

In 2015, the Grand Chess Tour invited the top-10 players in the world ranked by the January 2015 FIDE rating list. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the 11th ranked player in February 2015, was invited as the ninth player to compete after 8th ranked Vladimir Kramnik and 10th ranked Wesley So declined to participate. Jon Ludvig Hammer was selected to participate in the 2015 Norway Chess Tournament after qualifying through a wildcard tournament. Wesley So and Michael Adams were selected to participate in the Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic, respectively.



grand tour chess 2015



2015 Grand Chess Tour | Final Standings

Rank Player Norway St Louis London Total Total Earnings
1 Carlsen, Magnus 4 10 12 26 $ 215,000.00
2 Giri, Anish 7 6 10 23 $ 155 000.00
3 Aronian, Levon 2 13 7 22 $ 145 000.00
4 Vachier-Lagrave, M 5 7 8 20 $ 90 000.00
5 Nakamura, Hikaru 8 8 3 19 $ 95 000.00
6 Topalov, Veselin 13 4 1 18 $ 105 000.00
7 Grischuk, Alexander 3 5 6 14 $ 60 000.00
8 Anand, Vishy 10 2 2 14 $ 80 000.00
9 Caruana, Fabiano 6 3 13½ $ 55 000.00
10 Adams, Michael N/A N/A $ 20 000.00
11 Hammer, Jon 1 N/A N/A 1 $ 15 000.00
12 So, Wesley N/A 1 N/A 1 $ 15 000.00
Total $ 1,050,000.00

Norway Chess 2015 | Final Standings

Rank* Name Rating Fed Score Grand Tour Points
1 Topalov, Veselin 2798 BUL 13
2 Anand, Vishy 2804 IND 6 10
3 Nakamura, Hikaru 2802 USA 6 8
4 Giri, Anish 2773 NED 7
5 Caruana, Fabiano 2805 ITA 4 6
6 Vachier-Lagrave, M 2723 FRA 4 5
7 Carlsen, Magnus 2876 NOR 4
8 Grischuk, Alex 2781 RUS 3
9 Aronian, Levon 2780 ARM 3 2
10 Hammer, Jon 2677 NOR 3 1

* Players listed according to mathematical tiebreaks.

* Topalov earned 13 Grand Tour Points for finishing in clear 1st place.​

2015 Sinquefield Cup | Final Standings

Rank* Name Rating Fed Score Grand Tour Points
1 Aronian, Levon 2765 ARM 6 13
2 Carlsen, Magnus 2853 NOR 5 10
3 Nakamura, Hikaru 2814 USA 5 8
4 Vachier-Lagrave, M 2731 FRA 5 7
5 Giri, Anish 2793 NED 5 6
6 Grischuk, Alex 2771 RUS 5
7 Topalov, Veselin 2816 BUL 4
8 Caruana, Fabiano 2808 USA 3
9 Anand, Vishy 2816 IND 2
10 So, Wesley 2779 USA 3 1

* Players listed according to mathematical tiebreaks.

* Aronian earned 13 Grand Tour Points for finishing in clear 1st place.

London Chess Classic 2015 | Final Standings

Rank* Name Rating Fed Score Grand Tour Points
1 Carlsen, Magnus 2834 NOR 12
2 Giri, Anish 2784 NED 10
3 Vachier-Lagrave, M 2773 FRA 8
4 Aronian, Levon 2788 ARM 5 7
5 Grischuk, Alexander 2247 RUS 6
6 Adams, Michael 2737 RUS
6 Fabiano Caruana 2787 USA
8 Nakamura, Hikaru 2793 USA 4 3
9 Anand, Vishy 2796 IND 2
10 Topalov, Veselin 2803 BUL 1

* Players listed according to mathematical tiebreaks.

* Carlsen earned 12 Grand Tour Points for winning the final tie-break match against Vachier-Lagrave.