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{{Infobox tournament
| name = FIDE Grand Prix Series 2019
| sport = [[Chess]]
| image = Alexander Grischuk 2013.jpg
| caption = FIDE Grand Prix 2019 winner [[Alexander Grischuk]] 
| year = 
| location = {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Moscow]]<br>{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Riga]]<br>{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hamburg]]<br>{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Jerusalem]]
| start_date = 17 May 2019
| end_date = <br>23 December 2019
| administrator = [[FIDE]]
| tournament_format = Series of [[Single-elimination tournament]]s
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| champion = {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Alexander Grischuk]] 
| runners-up1 = {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]
| runners-up2 = <!-- or | runner-up2 = -->
| matches =
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| noaverage = <!-- Set to 1 to exclude average attendance per match -->
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| previous = [[FIDE Grand Prix 2017]]
| next = [[FIDE Grand Prix 2022]]
|event1 = Tournament 1
|event1_dates = May 17–29 2019
|event1_location = {{Flagdeco|Russia}} Moscow
|event1_champion = {{Flagdeco|RUS}} [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]
|event1_runner-up = {{Flagdeco|RUS}} [[Alexander Grischuk]]
|event2 = Tournament 2
|event2_dates = July 12–24 2019
|event2_location = {{Flagdeco|Latvia}} Riga
|event2_champion = {{Flagdeco|AZE}} [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]
|event2_runner-up = {{Flagdeco|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]
|event3 = Tournament 3
|event3_dates = November 5–17 2019
|event3_location = {{Flagdeco|Germany}} Hamburg
|event3_champion = {{Flagdeco|RUS}} [[Alexander Grischuk]]
|event3_runner-up = {{Flagdeco|POL}} [[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]
|event4 = Tournament 4
|event4_dates = December 11–23 2019
|event4_location = {{Flagdeco|Israel}} Jerusalem 
|event4_champion = {{Flagdeco|RUS}} [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]
|event4_runner-up = {{Flagdeco|CHN}} [[Wei Yi]]
}}

The '''[[FIDE Grand Prix]] 2019''' was a series of four [[chess]] tournaments that formed part of the qualification cycle for the [[World Chess Championship 2021]]. The top two finishers who had not yet qualified, qualified for the [[Candidates Tournament 2020–21]]. The top non-qualifying finisher is eligible for the [[World Chess Championship 2020#Wild card|wild card]]. The series is organized by [[Agon Limited|World Chess]], formerly known as Agon. [[Alexander Grischuk]] won the [[FIDE Grand Prix]] 2019 and thus became the first player to qualify for the Candidates Tournament via the event. [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]], who finished in second place, was the other qualifier, while [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], by finishing third, became eligible for the wild card. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave eventually got a place in the Candidates after [[Teimour Radjabov]] withdrew from the tournament as he was the first reserve (by average rating).

== Format ==
There were four tournaments in the cycle; each consisting of 16 players. There are 21 contestants, who each play in 3 of the 4 tournaments.

The tournaments are knock-out tournaments, in the same style as the [[Chess World Cup]]. At each round of the tournament, players play a best-of-2 game knock-out match. The regular games are:
* best-of-2 games at a time limit of 90 minutes, + 30 minutes added after move 40, + 30 second per move increment from move 1.
If the match is tied 1-1, up to four tie breaks are played, at progressively faster time limits, with the match ending when a player wins any tie break. The tie breaks are, in order:<ref name="FIDEregs" />
* best-of-2 games at a time limit of 25 minutes, + 10 second per move increment from move 1.
* best-of-2 games at a time limit of 10 minutes, + 10 second per move increment from move 1.
* best-of-2 games at a time limit of 5 minutes, + 3 second per move increment from move 1.
* a single [[armageddon chess]] game: white receives 5 minutes + 2 second per move increment from move 61; black receives 4 minutes + 2 second per move increment from move 61; black wins the match in the case of a draw.

===Scoring and tie breaks=== <!-- "Grand Prix Standings" table links to here, so fix that if renaming this section -->

Players receive Grand Prix points as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Round !! Grand Prix points
|-
| Winner || 8
|-
| Runner-Up || 5
|-
| Semi-final loser || 3
|-
| Round 2 loser || 1
|-
| Round 1 loser || 0
|-
| Each match won without a tie-break || +1
|}

The two players with most Grand Prix points qualified for the [[Candidates Tournament 2020-21]]. In the event of a tie on Grand Prix points, the following tie breaks are applied, in order:<ref name="FIDEregs">{{cite web|title=Regulations for the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2019|url=http://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2019/FIDE_News/Regulations_for_the_FIDE_Grand_Prix_Series_2019.pdf|publisher=FIDE|accessdate=8 February 2019|date=7 February 2019}}</ref> 
# most tournament wins;
# most tournament second places;
# most points won in standard time control games;
# head-to-head score, in terms of matches, between players tied;
# drawing of lots.

===Dates and locations===
The tournament dates and locations are as follows:
* [[Moscow]], Russia, 17&ndash;29 May 2019;
* [[Riga]], Latvia, 12&ndash;24 July 2019;
* [[Hamburg]], Germany, 5&ndash;17 November 2019;
* [[Jerusalem]], Israel, 11&ndash;23 December 2019.

===Prize money===
The prize money is €130,000 per single Grand Prix with an additional €280,000 for the overall Grand Prix standings for a total prize fund of €800,000. 

For each individual tournament, the prize money is: €24,000 for the winner, €14,000 for the runner-up, €10,000 for the semi-final losers, €8,000 for the Round 2 losers, and €5,000 for the Round 1 losers.

For the final standings, the prize money is €50,000 for 1st, €45,000 for 2nd, and so on down in steps of €5,000 to €10,000 for 9th, and also €10,000 for 10th. Prize money for players on equal Grand Prix points is shared.

== Players ==
22 players will be playing in the Grand Prix. 20 qualify by rating (according to the average of the 12 monthly rating lists from February 2018 to January 2019, with ties broken according to the number of games played in that period), and one player is nominated per tournament by the organizer. World Chess nominated the same player, [[Daniil Dubov]], for the first three tournaments, and he will therefore be entitled to participate in the Grand Prix series ranking.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldchess.com/news/world-chess-invites-daniil-dubov-into-the-grand-prix-series |title=World Chess Invites Daniil Dubov into the Grand Prix Series |website=WorldChess |access-date=21 September 2019 |archive-date=21 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921184640/https://worldchess.com/news/world-chess-invites-daniil-dubov-into-the-grand-prix-series |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

The list of rating qualifiers was released on 25 January 2019.<ref>[https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11387-2019-grand-prix-series-dates-and-qualifiers.html 2019 Grand Prix Series: Dates and Qualifiers], [[FIDE]], 25 January 2019</ref> Five players qualified but declined their invitations: [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Ding Liren]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]] and [[Viswanathan Anand]]. Carlsen and Caruana had no need to play in the tournament (Carlsen as World Champion, and Caruana had already qualified for the Candidates Tournament); Ding Liren was virtually assured of qualifying due to being third in the rating list behind Carlsen and Caruana;<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/the-2020-candidates-ding-liren The 2020 Candidates: Ding Liren], [[chess24.com]], March 14 2020</ref> while Kramnik had recently announced his retirement. This resulted in the first five reserves being invited.

The main list of 21 players (20 qualifying by rating, plus organizer nominee Dubov), and their schedule, were released on 19 February.<ref>[https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11441-fide-announces-the-line-up-for-the-fide-world-chess-grand-prix-series-2019.html FIDE announces the line-up for the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Series 2019], [[FIDE]], 19 February 2019</ref> 

One more player was nominated for the Jerusalem tournament only, in coordination with the Israel Chess Federation;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-the-2019-grand-prix-series |title=Guide to the 2019 Grand Prix Series |website=WorldChess |access-date=21 September 2019 |archive-date=21 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921184642/https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-the-2019-grand-prix-series |url-status=dead }}</ref> their result will not be counted in the Grand Prix series ranking;<ref name="FIDEregs" />
[[Boris Gelfand]] was announced as Jerusalem nominee on 25 October.<ref>[https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-jerusalem-grand-prix-2019, Guide to Jerusalem Grand Prix 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102032940/https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-jerusalem-grand-prix-2019, |date=2019-11-02 }}, World Chess</ref>

[[Teimour Radjabov]] and [[Levon Aronian]] withdrew from the last stage of Grand Prix for medical reasons, and were replaced by [[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]] and [[Dmitry Andreikin]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/230|title = Teimour Radjabov to be replaced in FIDE Grand Prix Jerusalem}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/248|title = Wang Hao and Andreikin join the Jerusalem Grand Prix}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!Invitee
!Country
!Qualifying method
!Average rating
!Plays in tournaments
|-
| [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]  || {{AZE}} || rating (3) || 2812<math>\tfrac16</math> || 1,2,4
|-
| [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] || {{FRA}} || rating (6) || 2783<math>\tfrac56</math> || 2,3,4
|-
| [[Anish Giri]] || {{NED}} || rating (7) || 2779<math>\tfrac34</math> || 1,2,4
|-
| [[Wesley So]] || {{USA}} || rating (8) || 2778<math>\tfrac{11}{12}</math> || 1,2,4
|-
| [[Levon Aronian]] || {{ARM}} || rating (9) || 2773<math>\tfrac1{12}</math> || 1,2
|-
| [[Alexander Grischuk]] || {{RUS}} || rating (11) || 2767<math>\tfrac{11}{12}</math> || 1,2,3
|-
| [[Hikaru Nakamura]] || {{USA}} || rating (12) || 2767<math>\tfrac56</math> || 1,2,3
|-
| [[Sergey Karjakin]] || {{RUS}} || rating (13) || 2766<math>\tfrac1{12}</math> || 1,2,4
|-
| [[Yu Yangyi]] || {{CHN}} || rating (14) || 2761<math>\tfrac5{12}</math> || 2,3,4
|-
| [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] || {{RUS}} || rating (15) || 2758 || 1,3,4
|-
| [[Peter Svidler]] || {{RUS}} || rating (16) || 2751<math>\tfrac34</math> || 1,2,3
|-
| [[Teimour Radjabov]] || {{AZE}} || rating (17) || 2751<math>\tfrac34</math> || 1,3
|-
| [[Veselin Topalov]] || {{BUL}} || rating (18) || 2744<math>\tfrac7{12}</math> || 2,3,4
|-
| [[Dmitry Jakovenko]] || {{RUS}} || rating (19) || 2739<math>\tfrac34</math> || 1,3,4
|-
| [[David Navara]]  || {{CZE}} || rating (20) || 2737<math>\tfrac12</math> || 2,3,4
|-
| [[Radosław Wojtaszek]] || {{POL}} || rating (1st reserve) || 2734<math>\tfrac12</math> || 1,3,4
|-
| [[Wei Yi]] || {{CHN}} || rating (2nd reserve) || 2733<math>\tfrac{11}{12}</math> || 1,3,4
|-
| [[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]] || {{POL}} || rating (3rd reserve) || 2733 || 1,2,3
|-
| [[Pentala Harikrishna]]  || {{IND}} || rating (4th reserve) || 2732<math>\tfrac{11}{12}</math> || 2,3,4
|-
| [[Nikita Vitiugov]] || {{RUS}} || rating (5th reserve) || 2726<math>\tfrac{11}{12}</math> || 1,2,3
|-
| [[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]] || {{CHN}} || rating (10th reserve) || 2715<math>\tfrac13</math> || 4
|-
| [[Dmitry Andreikin]] || {{RUS}} || Organizer nominee || 2711<math>\tfrac23</math> || 4
|-
| [[Daniil Dubov]] || {{RUS}} || Organizer nominee || 2698<math>\tfrac5{12}</math> || 1,2,3
|-
| [[Boris Gelfand]] || {{ISR}} || Organizer nominee || 2691<math>\tfrac13</math> || 4
|-
|}

==Events results==

===Moscow, May 2019===

The first tournament was held in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], from May 17 to 29. Each round had a day each for the two regular games, and a third day for tie-breaks; and there was a rest day before the final round. Games began at 3.00&nbsp;pm Moscow time (12.00&nbsp;pm [[UTC]]).<ref>[https://old.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11594-2019-fide-grand-prix-series-starts-in-moscow-on-may-17.html 2019 FIDE Grand Prix Series starts in Moscow on May 17], [[FIDE]], 13 May 2019</ref>

Players were seeded according to their rating at the start of the tournament, the May 2019 ratings list.<ref>[https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=545 Top 100 Players May 2019], [[FIDE]]</ref> The top four seeds (Giri, Mamedyarov, Nepomniachtchi, and Grischuk) were placed into different quarters of the draw, and the remaining starting positions were decided by the drawing of lots at the opening ceremony on May 16.<ref name="FIDEregs" /> <ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/fide-grand-prix-to-kick-off-in-moscow FIDE Grand Prix to kick off in Moscow], Chess24, 16 May 2019</ref>

{{16TeamBracket
| team-width=240
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Quarter-finals
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-seed01= 1
| RD1-team01= {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|NED}}
| RD1-score01= ½
| RD1-seed02= 16
| RD1-team02= {{flagathlete|'''[[Daniil Dubov]]'''|RUS}}
| RD1-score02= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed03= 7
| RD1-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|AZE}}
| RD1-score03= 1½
| RD1-seed04= 6
| RD1-team04= {{flagathlete|'''[[Hikaru Nakamura]]'''|USA}}
| RD1-score04= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed05= 13
| RD1-team05= {{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}
| RD1-score05= 1½
| RD1-seed06= 8
| RD1-team06= {{flagathlete|'''[[Wesley So]]'''|USA}}
| RD1-score06= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed07= 9
| RD1-team07= {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score07= ½
| RD1-seed08= 4
| RD1-team08= {{flagathlete|'''[[Alexander Grischuk]]'''|RUS}}
| RD1-score08= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed09= 3
| RD1-team09= {{flagathlete|'''[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]'''|RUS}}
| RD1-score09='''1½'''
| RD1-seed10= 5
| RD1-team10= {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|ARM}}
| RD1-score10=½
| RD1-seed11= 11
| RD1-team11= {{flagathlete|'''[[Wei Yi]]'''|CHN}}
| RD1-score11= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed12= 15
| RD1-team12= {{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Jakovenko]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score12= ½
| RD1-seed13= 12
| RD1-team13= {{flagathlete|[[Nikita Vitiugov]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score13= ½
| RD1-seed14= 10
| RD1-team14= {{flagathlete|'''[[Peter Svidler]]'''|RUS}}
| RD1-score14= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed15= 14
| RD1-team15= {{flagathlete|'''[[Radosław Wojtaszek]]'''|POL}}
| RD1-score15='''1½'''
| RD1-seed16= 2
| RD1-team16= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}}}
| RD1-score16= ½
| RD2-seed01= 16
| RD2-team01= {{flagathlete|[[Daniil Dubov]]|RUS}}
| RD2-score01= 1½
| RD2-seed02= 6
| RD2-team02= {{flagathlete|'''[[Hikaru Nakamura]]'''|USA}}
| RD2-score02= '''2½'''
| RD2-seed03= 8
| RD2-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Wesley So]]|USA}}
| RD2-score03= 1½
| RD2-seed04= 4
| RD2-team04= {{flagathlete|'''[[Alexander Grischuk]]'''|RUS}}
| RD2-score04= '''2½'''
| RD2-seed05= 3
| RD2-team05={{flagathlete|'''[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]'''|RUS}}
| RD2-score05= '''2½'''
| RD2-seed06= 11
| RD2-team06={{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|CHN}}
| RD2-score06= 1½
| RD2-seed07= 10
| RD2-team07= {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|RUS}}
| RD2-score07= ½
| RD2-seed08= 14
| RD2-team08={{flagathlete|'''[[Radosław Wojtaszek]]'''|POL}}
| RD2-score08= '''1½'''
| RD3-seed01= 6
| RD3-team01={{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}
| RD3-score01=½
| RD3-seed02= 4
| RD3-team02={{flagathlete|'''[[Alexander Grischuk]]'''|RUS}}
| RD3-score02='''1½'''
| RD3-seed03= 3
| RD3-team03={{flagathlete|'''[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]'''|RUS}}
| RD3-score03='''3½'''
| RD3-seed04= 14
| RD3-team04={{flagathlete|[[Radosław Wojtaszek]]|POL}}
| RD3-score04=2½
| RD4-seed01= 4
| RD4-team01={{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}
| RD4-score01=1½
| RD4-seed02=3
| RD4-team02={{flagathlete|'''[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]'''|RUS}}
| RD4-score02='''2½'''
}}

===Riga, July 2019===

2nd stage, [[Riga]], [[Latvia]], 12&ndash;24 July 2019
{{16TeamBracket
| team-width=220RD
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Quarter-finals
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-seed01= 1
| RD1-team01= {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|NED}}
| RD1-score01= 4
| RD1-seed02= 8
| RD1-team02= '''{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score02= '''5'''
| RD1-seed03= 12
| RD1-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Pentala Harikrishna]]|IND}}
| RD1-score03= 1½
| RD1-seed04= 5
| RD1-team04= '''{{flagathlete|[[Wesley So]]|USA}}'''
| RD1-score04= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed05= 10
| RD1-team05= {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score05= 1½
| RD1-seed06= 14
| RD1-team06= '''{{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}'''
| RD1-score06= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed07= 16
| RD1-team07= {{flagathlete|[[Daniil Dubov]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score07= ½
| RD1-seed08= 4
| RD1-team08= '''{{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}'''
| RD1-score08= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed09= 3
| RD1-team09= '''{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score09= '''3'''
| RD1-seed10= 15
| RD1-team10= {{flagathlete|[[Nikita Vitiugov]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score10= 1
| RD1-seed11= 11
| RD1-team11= '''{{flagathlete|[[Yu Yangyi]]|CHN}}'''
| RD1-score11= '''4½*'''
| RD1-seed12= 6
| RD1-team12= {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|ARM}}
| RD1-score12= 4½
| RD1-seed13= 7
| RD1-team13= {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}
| RD1-score13= 1½
| RD1-seed14= 9
| RD1-team14= '''{{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|BUL}}'''
| RD1-score14= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed15= 13
| RD1-team15= {{flagathlete|[[David Navara]]|CZE}}
| RD1-score15= ½
| RD1-seed16= 2
| RD1-team16= '''{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}'''
| RD1-score16= '''1½'''
| RD2-seed01= 8
| RD2-team01= {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|RUS}}
| RD2-score01= 3½
| RD2-seed02= 5
| RD2-team02= '''{{flagathlete|[[Wesley So]]|USA}}'''
| RD2-score02= '''4½'''
| RD2-seed03= 14
| RD2-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}
| RD2-score03= 1½
| RD2-seed04= 4
| RD2-team04= '''{{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}'''
| RD2-score04= '''2½'''
| RD2-seed05= 3
| RD2-team05= '''{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}'''
| RD2-score05= '''2½'''
| RD2-seed06= 11
| RD2-team06= {{flagathlete|[[Yu Yangyi]]|CHN}}
| RD2-score06= 1½
| RD2-seed07= 9
| RD2-team07= {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|BUL}}
| RD2-score07= ½
| RD2-seed08= 2
| RD2-team08= '''{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}'''
| RD2-score08= '''1½'''
| RD3-seed01= 5
| RD3-team01={{flagathlete|[[Wesley So]]|USA}}
| RD3-score01= ½
| RD3-seed02= 4
| RD3-team02= '''{{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}'''
| RD3-score02= '''1½'''
| RD3-seed03= 3
| RD3-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}
| RD3-score03= ½
| RD3-seed04= 2
| RD3-team04= '''{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}'''
| RD3-score04= '''1½'''
| RD4-seed01= 4
| RD4-team01= '''{{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}'''
| RD4-score01= '''5'''
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02={{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}
| RD4-score02= 4
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Yu Yangyi won the match against Aronian because he achieved a draw with the black pieces in the deciding [[Armageddon chess|Armageddon]] game.

===Hamburg, November 2019===

The third tournament was played in [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]], from 5&ndash;17 November 2019. Each round had three days of play: two for the regular time control matches, and one for tie breaks, if required. Round 1 was November 5&ndash;7, Round 2 was November 8&ndash;10, Round 3 was November 11&ndash;13, November 14 was a rest day, and Round 4 was November 15&ndash;17.<ref>[https://worldchess.com/news/grand-prix-in-hamburg-starts-on-november-5 Grand Prix in Hamburg Starts On November 5], World Chess, October 3, 2019</ref><ref>[https://worldchess.com/tournament/hamburg2019/1.Round-1-Game-1/multiboard   “Fide Gran Prix Live Results”]</ref>

{{16TeamBracket
| team-width=220
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Quarter-finals
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-seed01= 1
| RD1-team01= '''{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}'''
| RD1-score01='''1½'''
| RD1-seed02= 12
| RD1-team02= {{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|CHN}}
| RD1-score02=½
| RD1-seed03= 8
| RD1-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}
| RD1-score03= ½
| RD1-seed04= 9
| RD1-team04= '''{{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|BUL}}'''
| RD1-score04= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed05= 14
| RD1-team05= '''{{flagathlete|[[David Navara]]|CZE}}'''
| RD1-score05= '''3'''
| RD1-seed06= 6
| RD1-team06= {{flagathlete|[[Nikita Vitiugov]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score06= 1
| RD1-seed07= 11
| RD1-team07= {{flagathlete|[[Radosław Wojtaszek]]|POL}}
| RD1-score07= 1½
| RD1-seed08= 4
| RD1-team08= '''{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score08= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed09= 3
| RD1-team09= {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|AZE}}
| RD1-score09= 3½
| RD1-seed10= 16
| RD1-team10= '''{{flagathlete|[[Daniil Dubov]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score10= '''4½'''
| RD1-seed11= 13
| RD1-team11= '''{{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score11= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed12= 10
| RD1-team12= {{flagathlete|[[Pentala Harikrishna]]|IND}}
| RD1-score12= ½
| RD1-seed13= 15
| RD1-team13= {{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Jakovenko]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score13= 1½
| RD1-seed14= 5
| RD1-team14= '''{{flagathlete|[[Yu Yangyi]]|CHN}}'''
| RD1-score14= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed15= 7
| RD1-team15= '''{{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}'''
| RD1-score15= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed16= 2
| RD1-team16= {{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}
| RD1-score16= ½
| RD2-seed01= 1
| RD2-team01= '''{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}'''
| RD2-score01= '''1½'''
| RD2-seed02= 9
| RD2-team02= {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|BUL}}
| RD2-score02= ½
| RD2-seed03= 14
| RD2-team03= {{flagathlete|[[David Navara]]|CZE}}
| RD2-score03= ½
| RD2-seed04= 4
| RD2-team04= '''{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}'''
| RD2-score04= '''1½'''
| RD2-seed05= 16
| RD2-team05= '''{{flagathlete|[[Daniil Dubov]]|RUS}}'''
| RD2-score05= '''3½'''
| RD2-seed06= 13
| RD2-team06= {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|RUS}}
| RD2-score06= 2½
| RD2-seed07= 5
| RD2-team07= {{flagathlete|[[Yu Yangyi]]|CHN}}
| RD2-score07= ½
| RD2-seed08= 7
| RD2-team08= '''{{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}'''
| RD2-score08= '''1½'''
| RD3-seed01= 1
| RD3-team01= {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}
| RD3-score01= ½
| RD3-seed02= 4
| RD3-team02= '''{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}'''
| RD3-score02= '''1½'''
| RD3-seed03= 16
| RD3-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Daniil Dubov]]|RUS}}
| RD3-score03= 2½
| RD3-seed04= 7
| RD3-team04= '''{{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}'''
| RD3-score04= '''3½'''
| RD4-seed01= 4
| RD4-team01= '''{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}'''
| RD4-score01= '''3½'''
| RD4-seed02= 7
| RD4-team02= {{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}
| RD4-score02= 2½
}}

===Jerusalem, December 2019===

4th stage, [[Jerusalem]], Israel, 11&ndash;23 December 2019. On November 30, 2019, FIDE announced that [[Teimour Radjabov]] and [[Levon Aronian]] will be replaced in FIDE Grand Prix Jerusalem for medical reasons by [[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]] and [[Dmitry Andreikin]] from the reserve list of Grand Prix participants.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/news/230  “Radjabov and Aronian withdrew from Grand Prix Jerusalem”]</ref><ref>[https://www.fide.com/news/248    “Wang Hao and Andreikin join the Jerusalem Grand Prix”]</ref>
{{16TeamBracket
| team-width=220
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Quarter-finals
| RD3=Semi-finals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-seed01= 1
| RD1-team01= '''{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}'''
| RD1-score01= '''3'''
| RD1-seed02= 9
| RD1-team02={{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|BUL}}
| RD1-score02= 1
| RD1-seed03= 12
| RD1-team03='''{{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Andreikin]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score03= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed04= 10
| RD1-team04={{flagathlete|[[Radosław Wojtaszek]]|POL}}
| RD1-score04= 1½
| RD1-seed05= 5
| RD1-team05= '''{{flagathlete|[[Wesley So]]|USA}}'''
| RD1-score05= '''1½'''
| RD1-seed06= 8
| RD1-team06={{flagathlete|[[Yu Yangyi]]|CHN}}
| RD1-score06= ½
| RD1-seed07= 16
| RD1-team07={{flagathlete|[[Boris Gelfand]]|ISR}}
| RD1-score07= 1
| RD1-seed08= 4
| RD1-team08='''{{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score08= '''3'''
| RD1-seed09= 3
| RD1-team09= {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|NED}}
| RD1-score09= 1½
| RD1-seed10= 11
| RD1-team10='''{{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|CHN}}'''
| RD1-score10= '''2½'''
| RD1-seed11= 7
| RD1-team11='''{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score11= '''4½'''*
| RD1-seed12= 13
| RD1-team12={{flagathlete|[[Pentala Harikrishna]]|IND}}
| RD1-score12= 4½
| RD1-seed13= 6
| RD1-team13= {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|CHN}}
| RD1-score13= 3½
| RD1-seed14= 14
| RD1-team14='''{{flagathlete|[[David Navara]]|CZE}}'''
| RD1-score14= '''4½'''
| RD1-seed15= 15
| RD1-team15='''{{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Jakovenko]]|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score15= '''3½'''
| RD1-seed16= 2
| RD1-team16={{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}
| RD1-score16= 2½
| RD2-seed01= 1
| RD2-team01='''{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}'''
| RD2-score01= '''2½'''
| RD2-seed02= 12
| RD2-team02={{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Andreikin]]|RUS}}
| RD2-score02= 1½
| RD2-seed03= 5
| RD2-team03= {{flagathlete|[[Wesley So]]|USA}}
| RD2-score03= 1½
| RD2-seed04= 4
| RD2-team04= '''{{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}'''
| RD2-score04= '''2½'''
| RD2-seed05= 11
| RD2-team05= '''{{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|CHN}}'''
| RD2-score05= '''3½'''
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06={{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|RUS}}
| RD2-score06= 2½
| RD2-seed07= 14
| RD2-team07= '''{{flagathlete|[[David Navara]]|CZE}}'''
| RD2-score07= '''1½'''
| RD2-seed08= 15
| RD2-team08= {{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Jakovenko]]|RUS}}
| RD2-score08= ½
| RD3-seed01= 1
| RD3-team01= {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}
| RD3-score01= ½
| RD3-seed02= 4
| RD3-team02= '''{{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}'''
| RD3-score02= '''1½'''
| RD3-seed03= 11
| RD3-team03='''{{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|CHN}}'''
| RD3-score03= '''2½'''
| RD3-seed04= 14
| RD3-team04= {{flagathlete|[[David Navara]]|CZE}}
| RD3-score04= 1½
| RD4-seed01= 4
| RD4-team01= '''{{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}'''
| RD4-score01='''1½'''
| RD4-seed02=11
| RD4-team02={{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|CHN}}
| RD4-score02=½
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Karjakin advanced to the second round due to achieving a draw as Black against Harikrishna in the Armageddon game.

==Grand Prix standings==

The following table shows the overall Grand Prix standings. The top two players qualified for the Candidates Tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! !! Player !! Moscow !! Riga !! Hamburg !! Jerusalem !! Total<br>GP points !! [[#Scoring and tie breaks|TB1]] !! [[#Scoring and tie breaks|TB2]] !! [[#Scoring and tie breaks|TB3]] !! [[#Prize money|Prize money]]
|-
| 1 || style="background:lightgreen; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}}|| style="background:#cfcfff;" | 7 || style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 3 || style="background:#dfcfdf;" | 10 || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''20''' || 1 || 1 || 12½ || €98,000
|-
| 2 || style="background:lightgreen; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}|| style="background:#dfcfdf;" | 9 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#dfcfdf;" | 10 || '''19''' || 2 || 0 || 10 || €94,000
|-style="border-top:1.5px solid green"
| 3 || style="background:#cfffcf; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}}|| style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#cfcfff;" | 8 || style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 5 || style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 3 || '''16''' || 0 || 1 || 11½ || €74,000
|-style="border-top:3px solid grey"
|-style="border-top:1.5px solid green"
| 4 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#dfcfdf;" | 10 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || '''10''' || 1 || 0 || 6½ || €69,000
|-
| 5 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]|POL}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || style="background:#cfcfff;" | 7 || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''8''' || 0 || 1 || 8 || €57,000
|-
| 6 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Wei Yi]]|CHN}}|| style="background:#ffffcf;" | 2 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#cfcfff;" |5 || '''7''' || 0 || 1 || 6½ || €52,000
|-
| 7 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Wesley So]]|USA}}|| style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 3 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 2 || '''6''' || 0 || 0 || 7 || €46,000
|-
| 8 (tie) || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Daniil Dubov]]|RUS}}|| style="background:#ffffcf;" | 2 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 3 || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''5''' || 0 || 0 || 6 || €34,666.66
|-
| 8 (tie) || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Radosław Wojtaszek]]|POL}}|| style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 5 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || '''5''' || 0 || 0 || 6 || €34,666.66
|-
| 10 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[David Navara]]|CZE}}|| style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 ||style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 4 || '''5''' || 0 || 0 || 5½ || €34,666.66
|-
| 11 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|RUS}}|| style="background:#ffffcf;" | 2 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 2 || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''4''' || 0 || 0 || 5½ || €21,000
|-
| 12 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|BUL}}|| style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 2 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || '''3''' || 0 || 0 || 4½ || €21,000
|-
| 13 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}|| style="background:#d6ecf3;" | 3 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''3''' || 0 || 0 || 4 || €20,000
|-
| 14 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|RUS}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || '''2''' || 0 || 0 || 4½ || €21,000
|-
| 15 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Yu Yangyi]]|CHN}}|| style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || '''2''' || 0 || 0 || 4 || €21,000
|-
| 16 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Jakovenko]]|RUS}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ffffcf;" | 1 || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 3 || €18,000
|-
| 17 (tie) || style="background:#cfffcf; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|NED}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || '''0''' || 0 || 0 || 2½ || €15,000
|-
| 17 (tie) || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Nikita Vitiugov]]|RUS}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''0''' || 0 || 0 || 2½ || €15,000
|-
| 17 (tie) || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Pentala Harikrishna]]|IND}}|| style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || '''0''' || 0 || 0 || 2½ || €15,000
|-
| 20 || style="background:#cfffcf; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|AZE}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''0''' || 0 || 0 || 2 || €10,000
|-
| 21 || style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;" | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|ARM}}|| style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ececec;" | 0 || style="background:#ccc;" | || style="background:#ccc;" | || '''0''' || 0 || 0 || 1½ || €10,000
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:80%;"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan="12"|Standings table legend
|-
! colspan="6"|Players
! colspan="6"|Results
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2" style="background:lightgreen;"|
| rowspan="2" | Qualified for the Candidates <br> Tournament via Grand Prix
| align="center" rowspan="2" style="background:#cfffcf;"|
| rowspan="2" | Qualified for the Candidates <br> Tournament by another path
| align="center" rowspan="2" style="background:#dcdcdc;"|
| rowspan="2" | Didn't qualify for <br> Candidates via Grand Prix
| align="center" style="background:#ccc;"|
| Did not participate
| align="center" style="background:#ffffcf;"|
| Lost in the quarter-finals
| align="center" style="background:#cfcfff;"|
| Lost in the final
|-
| align="center" style="background:#ececec;"|
| Lost in the first round
| align="center" style="background:#d6ecf3;"|
| Lost in the semi-finals
| align="center" style="background:#dfcfdf;"|
| Winner
|}

Radjabov qualified for the Candidates by winning the [[Chess World Cup 2019]]. Giri and Vachier-Lagrave qualified because of their ratings. Initially it seemed that Vachier-Lagrave had lost his chance to qualify for the Candidates when Nepomniachtchi won the final Grand Prix tournament; but Vachier-Lagrave was first reserve and thus qualified when Radjabov withdrew.

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://worldchess.com/news/1349 Guide to Moscow Grand Prix 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703191757/https://worldchess.com/news/1349 |date=2019-07-03 }}, official site of the 1st Grand Prix tournament, Moscow, 17-29 May 2019.
* [https://worldchess.com/tournament/riga2019 Guide to Riga Grand Prix 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717015234/https://worldchess.com/tournament/riga2019 |date=2019-07-17 }}, official site of the 2nd Grand Prix tournament, Riga, July 2019
* [http://www.teleschach.com/aktuelles/Riga_2019.html FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Riga 2019], site of TeleSchach, July 2019

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