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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 .
The shift from the FIDE Grand Prix (with significant prize funds) to the Circuit system forces players to compete in numerous open tournaments, which often have lower prize money and higher financial risks. Giri noted the economic strain, pointing out that players must accept these risks to stay competitive in the Circuit standings.
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.
FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 Isle of Man, October 2019 Swiss tournament (top player qualifies) [39] Wang: 2021–2023: FIDE Grand Prix 2022 February–April 2022 Top two qualify Nakamura, Rapport Nepomniachtchi [62] Radjabov (wildcard) Ding (ratings, as replacement for Karjakin) Candidates Tournament 2022 8 player double round-robin tournament
On March 18, Nakamura won the 2022 edition of the Bullet Chess Championship hosted by chess.com, beating Andrew Tang in the final. [142] Entering the third and final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, Nakamura was ranked second in the Grand Prix standings with 13 points.
Through February and March 2022, Domínguez played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he won his pool with a 4/6 result by also defeating Wesley So in rapid tiebreakers. In the third leg, he finished third in Pool B with a result of 3/6, finishing eighth in the standings with nine points. In April 2022 he participated in the ...
Through February and March 2022, Fedoseev played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he placed third in Pool B with a 3/6 result. In the second leg, he tied for third with Alexei Shirov in Pool C with a result of 2.5/6, finishing 19th in the standings with three points.