2022 in chess

Years in chess
2022 in sports

2022 tournaments

Supertournaments
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan ZeeRound robin15–31 Jan14 (12) Magnus Carlsen Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Richard Rapport
Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan ZeeRound robin15–31 Jan14 (0) Arjun Erigaisi Thai Dai Van Nguyen Jonas Buhl Bjerre
Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest Round robin 3–15 May 10 (9) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wesley So Levon Aronian
Norway Chess StavangerRound robin30 May – 12 Jun10 (9) Magnus Carlsen Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Viswanathan Anand
Prague Chess Festival PragueRound robin7–18 Jun10 (6) Pentala Harikrishna Le Quang Liem Thai Dai Van Nguyen
Sam Shankland
David Navara
2022 Candidates Tournament Madrid Double round robin 16 Jun – 8 Jul 20 8 (8) Ian Nepomniachtchi Ding Liren Teimour Radjabov
Biel Chess Festival BielRound robin11–23 Jul8 (2) Le Quang Liem Andrey Esipenko Gukesh D
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting DortmundRound robin16–25 Jul4 (1) Dmitrij Kollars Viswanathan Anand Michael Adams
Sinquefield Cup St. LouisRound robin1–16 Sep10 (10) Alireza Firouzja Ian Nepomniachtchi Wesley So
Fabiano Caruana

Open events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Gibraltar Chess Festival GibraltarSwiss24 Jan – 4 Feb22 Bilel Bellahcene
Balazs Csonka		– Mariya Muzychuk
Ravi Haria
Sabino Brunello
Reykjavik Open ReykjavíkSwiss6–13 Apr238 R Praggnanandhaa Max Warmerdam
Mads Andersen
Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson
Abhimanyu Mishra		 –
Paracin Open Paracin Swiss 8–16 Jul 160 R Praggnanandhaa Alexandr Predke Alisher Suleymenov
Muthaiah AL

FIDE events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin BerlinKnockout4–17 Feb16 Hikaru Nakamura Levon Aronian Richard Rapport
Leinier Domínguez
FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade BelgradeKnockout1–14 Mar16 Richard Rapport Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) Anish Giri (NED)
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin BerlinKnockout22 Mar – 4 Apr16 Wesley So Hikaru Nakamura Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
World Rapid Chess Championship AlmatySwiss26–28 Dec178 Magnus Carlsen Vincent Keymer Fabiano Caruana
World Blitz Chess Championship AlmatySwiss29–30 Dec176 Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Haik M. Martirosyan

2023–25 World Championship cycle qualification events
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
European Individual Championship BrežiceSwiss27 Mar – 6 Apr317 Matthias Blübaum Gabriel Sargissian Ivan Šarić
American Continental Championship San SalvadorSwiss2–10 May117 Timur Gareyev Christopher Yoo Yasser Quesada Pérez

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

Rapid and blitz tournaments
TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Poland Rapid & Blitz WarsawRound robin17–24 May10 Jan-Krzysztof Duda Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand		 –
Croatia Rapid & Blitz ZagrebRound robin18–25 Jul10 Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Alireza Firouzja		 –
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Saint LouisRound robin24–31 Aug10 Alireza Firouzja Hikaru Nakamura Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess Blitz Stavanger Round robin 30–31 May 10 Wesley So Magnus Carlsen Anish Giri
Viswanathan Anand
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths

See also

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