2022 in chess

Years in chess
2022 in sports

2022 tournaments

Supertournaments
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel MastersNetherlands Wijk aan ZeeRound robin15–31 Jan14 (12)Norway Magnus CarlsenAzerbaijan Shakhriyar MamedyarovHungary Richard Rapport
Tata Steel ChallengersNetherlands Wijk aan ZeeRound robin15–31 Jan14 (0)India Arjun ErigaisiCzech Republic Thai Dai Van NguyenDenmark Jonas Buhl Bjerre
Superbet Chess Classic Romania Bucharest Round robin 3–15 May 10 (9) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wesley So Levon Aronian
Norway ChessNorway StavangerRound robin30 May – 12 Jun10 (9)Norway Magnus CarlsenAzerbaijan Shakhriyar MamedyarovIndia Viswanathan Anand
Prague Chess FestivalCzech Republic PragueRound robin7–18 Jun10 (6)India Pentala HarikrishnaVietnam Le Quang LiemCzech Republic Thai Dai Van Nguyen
United States Sam Shankland
Czech Republic David Navara
2022 Candidates Tournament Spain Madrid Double round robin 16 Jun – 8 Jul 20 8 (8) FIDE Ian Nepomniachtchi China Ding Liren Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov
Biel Chess FestivalSwitzerland BielRound robin11–23 Jul8 (2)Vietnam Le Quang LiemFIDE Andrey EsipenkoIndia Gukesh D
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess MeetingGermany DortmundRound robin16–25 Jul4 (1)Germany Dmitrij KollarsIndia Viswanathan AnandEngland Michael Adams
Sinquefield CupUnited States St. LouisRound robin1–16 Sep10 (10)France Alireza FirouzjaFIDE Ian NepomniachtchiUnited States Wesley So
United States Fabiano Caruana

Open events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Gibraltar Chess FestivalGibraltar GibraltarSwiss24 Jan – 4 Feb22Algeria Bilel Bellahcene
Hungary Balazs Csonka		–Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk
England Ravi Haria
Italy Sabino Brunello
Reykjavik OpenIceland ReykjavikSwiss6–13 Apr238India R PraggnanandhaaNetherlands Max Warmerdam
Denmark Mads Andersen
Iceland Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson
United States Abhimanyu Mishra		 –
Paracin Open Serbia Paracin Swiss 8–16 Jul 160 India R Praggnanandhaa FIDE Alexandr Predke Kazakhstan Suleymenov Alisher
India Muthaiah AL

FIDE events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
FIDE Grand Prix BerlinGermany BerlinKnockout4–17 Feb16United States Hikaru NakamuraUnited States Levon AronianHungary Richard Rapport
United States Leinier Domínguez
FIDE Grand Prix BelgradeSerbia BelgradeKnockout1–14 Mar16Hungary Richard Rapport Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) Anish Giri (NED)
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
FIDE Grand Prix BerlinGermany BerlinKnockout22 Mar – 4 Apr16United States Wesley SoUnited States Hikaru Nakamura Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
World Rapid Chess ChampionshipKazakhstan AlmatySwiss26–28 Dec178Norway Magnus CarlsenGermany Vincent KeymerUnited States Fabiano Caruana
World Blitz Chess ChampionshipKazakhstan AlmatySwiss29–30 Dec176Norway Magnus CarlsenUnited States Hikaru NakamuraArmenia Haik M. Martirosyan

2023–25 World Championship cycle qualification events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
European Individual ChampionshipSlovenia BrežiceSwiss27 Mar – 6 Apr317Germany Matthias BlübaumArmenia Gabriel SargissianCroatia Ivan Šarić
American Continental ChampionshipEl Salvador San SalvadorSwiss2–10 May117United States Timur GareyevUnited States Christopher YooCuba Yasser Quesada Pérez

Team events
TournamentCitySystemDatesTeamsWinnerRunner-upThird
44th Chess Olympiad (open event)India ChennaiSwiss26 Jul – 9 Aug188 Uzbekistan Armenia India-2
44th Chess Olympiad (women event)Swiss26 Jul – 9 Aug162 Ukraine Georgia India
2022 FIDE World Team ChampionshipIsrael JerusalemGroups and play-offs20–25 Nov12 China Uzbekistan Spain

Rapid and blitz tournaments
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Poland Rapid & BlitzPoland WarsawRound robin17–24 May10 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand		 –
Croatia Rapid & BlitzCroatia ZagrebRound robin18–25 Jul10 Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
France Alireza Firouzja		 –
Saint Louis Rapid & BlitzUnited States Saint LouisRound robin24–31 Aug10France Alireza FirouzjaUnited States Hikaru NakamuraFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
United States Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess Blitz Norway Stavanger Round robin 30–31 May 10 United States Wesley So Norway Magnus Carlsen Netherlands Anish Giri
India Viswanathan Anand
Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths

See also

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