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The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 was a series of three chess tournaments played between 4 February and 4 April 2022. [1] The top two finishers – Hikaru Nakamura (winner) and Richárd Rapport (runner-up) – qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2022, [2] which was the final qualification stage for the World Chess Championship 2023.
The FIDE Grand Prix is a biennial series of chess tournaments, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon. Each series consists of three to six chess tournaments, which used to form part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship or Women's World Chess Championship .
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin: Berlin: Knockout: 4–17 Feb: 16: Hikaru Nakamura: Levon Aronian: Richard Rapport Leinier Domínguez: FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade: Belgrade: Knockout: 1–14 Mar: 16: Richard Rapport Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) Anish Giri (NED) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) FIDE Grand Prix Berlin: Berlin: Knockout: 22 Mar – 4 Apr: 16: Wesley ...
The FIDE World Cup is a major chess event organized by FIDE, the international governing body. Three different formats have been used: Three different formats have been used: In 2000 and 2002, it was a multi-stage tournament , with a group stage consisting of 24 players in four groups, followed by a knockout stage .
Through February and March 2022, Aronian played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he placed first in Pool C with a 4.5/6 result and defeated Leinier Domínguez in the semifinals 1.5/2. He lost to Hikaru Nakamura in the finals with a 1/4 result in classical and rapid time formats. In the third leg, he finished third in Pool A with a ...
For each tournament, 160 Grand Prix points will be awarded for 1st place, 130 for 2nd, 110 for 3rd and then in steps of 10 from 90 for 4th to 10 for 12th place. If players ended up tied on points, points for those places will be shared equally. The top two players in Grand Prix standings will qualify for Women's Candidates Tournament 2023–2024.
Oparin and Caruana had both 7.5 points but Oparin had a weaker tiebreak. However, he qualified to take part in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, he placed last in Pool B with a 2.5/6 result. In the third leg, he finished second in Pool A with a result of 3.5/6, finishing 14th in the standings with four points.