The 2020 Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour was a series of
online chess
Online chess is chess that is played over the Internet, allowing players to play against each other. This was first done asynchronously through PLATO and email in the 1970s. In 1992, the Internet Chess Server facilitated live online play via t ...
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:
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Magnus Carlsen Invitational
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 was an online chess tournament that ran from 18 April to 3 May 2020 as the first round of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour.
History
In addition to the world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, who organized the tour ...
, 18 April – 3 May 2020.
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Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (2020), 19 May – 3 June 2020.
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Chessable Masters (2020), 20 June – 5 July 2020.
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Legends of Chess (2020) 21 July – 5 August 2020.
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Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva (2020), 9 August – 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
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Champions Chess Tour
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