The Grand Chess Tour 2024 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the ninth 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.
The tour featured five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of two parts â rapid (2 points for win, 1 for draw) and blitz (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw). Combined result for both portions will count in overall standings.
The tour points are to be awarded as follows:
The lineup for the tour consisted of nine players, including the defending GCT champion Fabiano Caruana. The 2024 edition is marked by participation of several teenage grandmasters â World Chess Championship 2024 challenger Gukesh D, Candidates Tournament 2024 participant R Praggnanandhaa and World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 winner Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Among notable absentees are reigning World Chess Champion Ding Liren, highest rated player in the world Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. However, they are announced as wildcards for certain events.
The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from May 8 to 13, 2024. Wei Yi was the winner of the rapid portion. For the second year in a row, Magnus Carlsen won the blitz portion and was the overall winner of the tournament.
The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from June 25âÂÂ5 July, 2024.