Legends of Chess

Magnus Carlsen, initiator of the tournament

The chess24 Legends of Chess is an online rapid chess tournament that will take place from July 21st to August 5th, 2020. It is the fourth tournament of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour . In addition to the world chess champion Magnus Carlsen , who organizes the tournament in cooperation with the chess platform Chess24.com , his predecessors Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik as well as seven other top players will take part. The four semi-finalists of the Chessable Masters qualified directly and the other six top players from previous generations were invited to the tournament.

background

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , sports operations around the world largely came to a standstill; in chess, the Yekaterinburg 2020 candidates' tournament was last interrupted on March 26th. However , chess continues to be played online via chess servers , also by numerous top players. After the successful implementation of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational , the event was expanded to include three more online tournaments and then ends in the Grand Final . The tournament series is endowed with a total of $ 1,000,000 in prize money.

transmission

The tournament will be broadcast free of charge on the internet at Chess24.com and commented on in 10 languages.

mode

Prize money of $ 150,000 is awarded for the tournament, of which the winner receives $ 45,000. The time to think about is 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the first move. Draw offers before move 40 are not permitted, this does not apply to any Armageddon games . The tournament is initially played in the preliminary round (July 21 to July 29) round robin with nine rounds in which everyone plays against everyone. Four rapid games are played in each round. If the score is 2: 2 after four games, an Armageddon game is played in which White has five minutes and Black has four minutes and a draw counts as a victory for Black. Whoever wins a match with only rapid games gets three points. If the match is decided in Armageddon, the winner gets two and the loser one point.

After the preliminary round, the best four players will qualify for the semi-finals (July 31 to August 2). The first of the preliminary round plays against the fourth and the second against the third. There will be three mini-matches per encounter. Each mini-match consists of four rapid games with the same time limit as in the preliminary round. In the event of a tie, two blitz games are played with a time limit of 5 minutes plus three seconds per move. If there is still a tie, an Armageddon game is played in which White has five minutes and Black four minutes. The winners of the semi-finals will play the overall winner in the same mode from August 3rd to August 5th.

Attendees

No.	Surname	Elo Classic (July 2020)	World Ranking Classic (July 2020)
1	Magnus Carlsen	2863	1
2	Ding Liren	2791	3
3	Jan Nepomnyashchi	2784	4th
4th	Anish Giri	2764	10
5	Vishy Anand	2753	15th
6th	Vladimir Kramnik	2753	inactive
7th	Peter Svidler	2723	24
8th	Vasyl Ivanchuk	2678	59
9	Boris Gelfand	2676	60
10	Peter Leko	2663	76

Results

Preliminary round

The preliminary round will take place from July 21st to July 29th.

Round 1 to 3

round	game	Surname
1	1	Kramnik	2
		Nepomnyashchi	3
	2	Giri	1
		Carlsen	3
	3	Anand	1½
		Svidler	2½
	4th	Leko	3
		Ivanchuk	2
	5	Gelfand	3
		thing	1
2	6th	Nepomnyashchi	2½
		thing	½
	7th	Ivanchuk	1½
		Gelfand	2½
	8th	Svidler	2½
		Leko	1½
	9	Carlsen	2½
		Anand	1½
	10	Kramnik	1½
		Giri	2½
3	11	Giri	½
		Nepomnyashchi	2½
	12	Anand	½
		Kramnik	2½
	13	Leko	1½
		Carlsen	2½
	14th	Gelfand	1½
		Svidler	2½
	15th	thing	1½
		Ivanchuk	2½

Round 4 to 6

round	game	Surname
4th	16	Nepomnyashchi	2½
		Ivanchuk	1½
	17th	Svidler	1½
		thing	2½
	18th	Carlsen	3
		Gelfand	0
	19th	Kramnik	2½
		Leko	1½
	20th	Giri	3
		Anand	2
5	21st	Nepomnyashchi	3
		Svidler	1
	22nd	Carlsen	3
		Ivanchuk	2
	23	Kramnik	2½
		thing	1½
	24	Giri	2½
		Gelfand	1½
	25th	Anand	2
		Leko	3
6th	26th	Anand	2
		Nepomnyashchi	3
	27	Leko	1½
		Giri	2½
	28	Gelfand	2
		Kramnik	3
	29	thing	1½
		Carlsen	2½
	30th	Ivanchuk	2
		Svidler	3

Round 7 to 9

round	game	Surname
7th	31	Leko	2
		Nepomnyashchi	3
	32	Gelfand	½
		Anand	2½
	33	thing	½
		Giri	2½
	34	Ivanchuk	3
		Kramnik	1
	35	Svidler	1½
		Carlsen	2½
8th	36	Nepomnyashchi	2½
		Carlsen	2½
	37	Kramnik	1½
		Svidler	2½
	38	Giri	2
		Ivanchuk	3
	39	Anand	1½
		thing	2½
	40	Leko	2
		Gelfand	3
9	41	Gelfand	3
		Nepomnyashchi	2
	42	thing	2½
		Leko	1½
	43	Ivanchuk	2½
		Anand	2½
	44	Svidler	1½
		Giri	2½
	45	Carlsen	3
		Kramnik	1

Group graduation

space	Surname	Points
1	Carlsen	25/27
2	Nepomnyashchi	20/27
3	Giri	18/27
4th	Svidler	14/27
5	Ivanchuk	13/27
6th	Kramnik	12/27
7th	Gelfand	11/27
8th	thing	9/27
9	Anand	7/27
10	Leko	6/27

Play-offs

	Semi-finals July 31 to August 2, 2020					Final August 3 to August 5, 2020
	1	Carlsen	2
	4th	Svidler	0
						HF1	Carlsen	2
						HF2	Nepomnyashchi	0
	2	Nepomnyashchi	2
	3	Giri	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chess24-Live Tournaments accessed on July 14, 2020.
2. ↑ chess24 Legends of Chess: The Players. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .