Grand Chess Tour 2016 Standings (After Paris, Leuven, and St. Louis)

As we have mentioned before, Wesley So now leads the Grand Chess Tour 2016 race with 30 GCT points:

But let’s find out how did the rest of the players fared so far:

Grand Chess Tour 2016 Ranking After Paris, Leuven, and St. Louis

PlayerParisLeuvenSt LouisTotalPrize Money
Wesley So7.0010.0013.0030.00$120,000
Magnus Carlsen*10.0013.00-23.00$67,500
Levon Aronian6.008.007.7521.75$66,250
Hikaru Nakamura13.004.004.5021.50$62,500
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave8.005.004.5017.50$40,000
Fabiano Caruana3.006.007.7516.75$58,750
Viswanathan Anand-7.007.7514.75$51,250
Veselin Topalov 2.001.007.7510.75$51,250
Anish Giri5.002.501.008.50$30,000
Vladimir Kramnik4.002.50-6.50$15,000
Ding Liren*--3.003.00$15,000
Peter Svidler*--2.002.00$15,000
Laurent Fressinet*1.00--1.00$7,500
These are GCT (Grand Chess Tour) points earned by each player from the last three legs and the total GCT points. Prize money is the total prize earned so far from the tour.

* Considered as wildcards for the tour.

Remember that for the overall Grand Chess Tour race, only the top 3 scores will be tallied, and the lowest score will be dropped. Moreover, you need to play in at least 3 events in order to be in contention for the tour title. The fourth leg, the London Chess Classic 2016 will start 9 December 2016.

Thus, Wesley So, now with 30 points, is now guaranteed a 3rd place in the tour. If you do the math, only two players have chances to beat his score:

  • Magnus Carlsen — that is if he springs a surprise and plays in London (remember up until now there’s still no wildcard player for London)
  • Hikaru Nakamura — that is if he finishes sole first place (and thus score 13 GCT points) and Wesley So to finish fourth or lower (and thus score 7 GCT points or lower) in London

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Looking back:

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Paris Final Ranking.

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Paris Final Ranking. Photo credit: Grand Chess Tour.

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Leuven Final Ranking.

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Leuven Final Ranking. Photo credit: Grand Chess Tour.

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Sinquefield Cup Final Ranking.

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Sinquefield Cup Final Ranking. Photo credit: Grand Chess Tour.

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Ranking After Paris, Leuven, and St. Louis (Sinquefield Cup).

Grand Chess Tour (2016) Ranking After Paris, Leuven, and St. Louis (Sinquefield Cup). Photo credit: Grand Chess Tour.

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