Ding Liren wins Grand Chess Tour 2019

Ding Liren won Sinquefield Cup 2019 earlier this year and finished as runner-up in FIDE World Cup 2019 couple of months ago. At Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz, he was only the player in the entire tournament who beat Magnus Carlsen twice. After winning the tournament, Ding Liren said, "When (I am in) my best shape, I can compete with anyone else." Actor Woody Harrelson made an inaugural move 1.d4 in an Aronian-Carlsen Rapid game. MVL secured the second position, Carlsen finished third and qualified for GCT 2020 and Aronian finished 4th. However Carlsen got the highest prize money as he had a better performance in all GCT events he participated. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour