Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour 2020

The 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour was a series of online chess tournaments featuring most of the world's best players, playing for a prize money pool of US$1 million. The tour consisted of four super-tournaments (elite competitions), with the winners then playing in a Grand Final in August 2020.

Format

There were 5 total tournaments in the tour:

1. Magnus Carlsen Invitational, 18 April – 3 May 2020.
2. Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020), 19 May – 3 June 2020.
3. Chessable Masters (2020), 20 June – 5 July 2020.
4. Legends of Chess (2020) 21 July – 5 August 2020.
5. Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020), 9–20 August 2020.

Schedule

Results

Tournaments

Magnus Carlsen Invitational

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

Chessable Masters

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

Group A

Group B

Legends of Chess

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva

The results of the preliminary round were as follows.

Notes

References