Grand Chess Tour 2022
The Grand Chess Tour 2022 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the seventh edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consisted of five tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.4 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls.[1] The winner of the tour was Alireza Firouzja.
| 2022 | |
2022 Grand Chess Tour winner Alireza Firouzja. | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 May–13 September 2022 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Alireza Firouzja |
| Runner-up | Wesley So |
| 3rd place | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Most tournament titles | Alireza Firouzja (2) |
| Prize money leader | Alireza Firouzja ($272,250) |
| Points leader | Alireza Firouzja (36.5) |
Format
The tour consisted of five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of two parts – rapid (2 points for win, 1 for draw) and blitz (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw). Combined result for both portions was counted in overall standings.[2]
The tour points were awarded as follows:
Place Points 1st 12/13* 2nd 10 3rd 8 4th 7 5th 6 6th 5 7th 4 8th 3 9th 2 10th 1
- If a player wins 1st place outright (without the need for a playoff), they are awarded 13 points instead of 12.
- Tour points are shared equally between tied players.
Lineup
The lineup was announced on February 16, 2022. As in 2021, it consisted of nine players, including top-three finishers of previous edition. Remaining six players were selected, based on several factors, including URS, FIDE rating, "fighting spirit and sportsmanship".[3]
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (January 2022) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wesley So | United States | 2772 |
| 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2761 |
| 3 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 2767 |
| 4 | Alireza Firouzja | France | 2804 |
| 5 | Fabiano Caruana | United States | 2792 |
| 6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE[lower-alpha 1] | 2773 |
| 7 | Levon Aronian | United States | 2772 |
| 8 | Richárd Rapport | Hungary | 2763 |
| 9 | Leinier Domínguez | United States | 2752 |
Schedule
| Dates | Tournament Name | Host city |
|---|---|---|
| May 3–15, 2022 | Superbet Chess Classic | Bucharest |
| May 17–24, 2022 | Superbet Rapid & Blitz | Warsaw |
| July 18–25, 2022 | SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz | Zagreb |
| August 24–31, 2022 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | St. Louis |
| August 31 – 13 September 2022 | Sinquefield Cup |
Results
| Dates | Tournament Name | Winner | Runner-Up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3–15, 2022 | Superbet Chess Classic | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Wesley So | Levon Aronian |
| May 17–24, 2022 | Poland Rapid & Blitz | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Levon Aronian Viswanathan Anand |
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| July 18–25, 2022 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Magnus Carlsen | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alireza Firouzja |
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| August 24–31, 2022 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Alireza Firouzja | Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana |
| September 1–12, 2022 | Sinquefield Cup | Alireza Firouzja | Ian Nepomniachtchi | Wesley So Fabiano Caruana |
Tournaments
Superbet Chess Classic
The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from 3–15 May 2022.
2022 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, 3–15 May Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2761.4) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB TPR Tour Points Prize money 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2750 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2 2843 10 $77,677 2 Wesley So (USA) 2766 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 1 2841 10 $67,677 3 Levon Aronian (USA) 2765 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 0 2841 10 $67,667 4 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2753 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 2762 6 $26,333 5 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2786 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2759 6 $26,333 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2671 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2771 WC (6) $26,333 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2773 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 4 2720 3.5 $17,250 8 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2804 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 2717 3.5 $17,250 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2770 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2680 1.5 $11,750 10 Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2776 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2679 1.5 $11,750
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland
The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from 17–24 May 2022.
- Final standings
2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, 19–23 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 12 12 24 WC (13) $40,000 T-2 Levon Aronian (USA) 10 13½ 23½ 9 $27,500 T-2 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 14 9½ 23½ WC (9) $27,500 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 9 14 23 7 $20,000 5 Wesley So (USA) 11 9½ 20½ 6 $15,000 6 Richard Rapport (HUN) 13 6½ 19½ 5 $11,000 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) 7 6½ 13½ WC (4) $10,000 8 Anton Korobov (UKR) 5 7½ 12½ WC (3) $9,000 9 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR) 7 4½ 11½ WC (2) $8,000 10 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU) 2 6½ 8½ WC (1) $7,000
2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, 19–21 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2675 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 14 2 Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2785 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 13 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2806 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 12 4 Wesley So (USA) 2770 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 5 Levon Aronian (USA) 2751 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 10 6 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2790 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) 2647 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 8 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR) 2573 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 7 9 Anton Korobov (UKR) 2677 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 5 10 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU) 2457 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, 22–23 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland[4] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2744 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 14 2 Levon Aronian (USA) 2773 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 13½ 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2760 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2758 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 9½ 5 Wesley So (USA) 2814 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ 6 Anton Korobov (UKR) 2650 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 7½ 7 Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2646 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 8 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) 2610 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6½ 9 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU) 2367 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 10 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR) 2624 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 4½
SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia
The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 18–25 July 2022.
2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, 20–24 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 11 11½ 22½ WC (13) $40,000 T-2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 10 12 22 9 $27,500 T-2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 11 11 22 9 $27,500 T-4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 9 12 21 6.5 $17,500 T-4 Wesley So (USA) 11 10 21 6.5 $17,500 6 Jorden van Foreest (NED) 12 7 19 WC (5) $11,000 T-7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 8 7 15 3.5 $9,500 T-7 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 7 8 15 3.5 $9,500 9 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 5 7 12 WC (2) $8,000 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO) 6 4½ 10½ WC (1) $7,000
2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, 20–22 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Jorden van Foreest (NED) 2645 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 12 2 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2847 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 11 3 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2670 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 11 4 Wesley So (USA) 2779 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 11 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2764 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 10 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2821 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 9 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2699 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 8 8 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2729 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 9 Ivan Šarić (CRO) 2645 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 10 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2627 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, 23–24 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2784 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 12 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2740 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12 3 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2828 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 11½ 4 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2791 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 11 5 Wesley So (USA) 2763 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 10 6 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2729 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 8 7 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2667 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2778 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 9 Jorden van Foreest (NED) 2609 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO) 2550 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 0 0 4½
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, 26–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 11 15 26 13 $40,000 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 7 14 21 WC (10) $30,000 T-3 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 8 11 19 7.5 $22,500 T-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 11 8 19 7.5 $22,500 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 9 9 18 6 $15,000 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 9 8½ 17½ 5 $11,000 T-7 Levon Aronian (USA) 8 9 17 3.5 $9,500 T-7 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 9 8 17 WC (3.5) $9,500 9 Sam Shankland (USA) 10 3½ 13½ WC (2) $8,000 10 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 8 4 12 1 $7,000
2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 26–28 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2704 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 11 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2763 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 11 3 Sam Shankland (USA) 2616 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 10 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2795 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 9 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2695 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 9 6 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2725 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 9 7 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2766 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 8 Levon Aronian (USA) 2728 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2705 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 8 10 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2836 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 7
2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 29–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2795 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 15 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2850 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2847 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 4 Levon Aronian (USA) 2850 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 9 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2791 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 9 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2710 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 7 Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2714 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 8 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2812 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2714 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 4 10 Sam Shankland (USA) 2645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½
Sinquefield Cup
The final leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States from 2–11 September 2022.
2022 GCT Sinquefield Cup, 2–11 September Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Category XXI (2766.6) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB TPR Tour Points Prize money 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2778 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 – 5 1½ 2844 11 $87,500 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2792 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 05 ½ 2804 11 $77,500 3 Wesley So (USA) 2771 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ – 4½ 2799 7.5 $40,000 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2758 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ – 4½ 2801 7.5 $40,000 5 Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2745 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – 4 2758 6 $26,000 6 Hans Niemann (USA) 2688 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 13½ 2775 WC (4.5) $19,750 7 Levon Aronian (USA) 2759 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½3½ 2727 4.5 $19,750 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2757 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ – 3 2665 2.5 $14,500 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2757 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – 3 2665 2.5 $14,500 10 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2861 – 1– – – 0½– – – 2746 – –
- Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the tournament after Round 3. All his game results got annulled. See Carlsen–Niemann controversy.
Tour Standings
The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
| Player | ROU | POL | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alireza Firouzja (France) | 3.5 | — | 9 | 13 | 11 | 36.5 | $272,250 |
| 2 | Wesley So (United States) | 10 | 6 | 6.5 | — | 7.5 | 30 | $190,167 |
| 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 10 | — | 9 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 29 | $165,167 |
| 4 | Fabiano Caruana (United States) | 6 | 7 | — | 7.5 | 7.5 | 28 | $108,833 |
| 5 | Levon Aronian (United States) | 10 | 9 | — | 3.5 | 4.5 | 27 | $124,417 |
| 6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)[lower-alpha 1] | 3.5 | — | 6.5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | $127,250 |
| 7 | Leinier Domínguez (United States) | 6 | — | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | 16.5 | $68,833 |
| 8 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | 1.5 | — | 3.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 | $46,750 |
| 9 | Richárd Rapport (Hungary) | 1.5 | 5 | — | — | — | 6.5 | $22,750 |
| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | — | — | 13 | — | w/d | 13 | $40,000 | |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | — | 13 | — | — | — | 13 | $40,000 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | — | — | — | 10 | — | 10 | $30,000 | |
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | — | 9 | — | — | — | 9 | $27,500 | |
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | $26,333 | |
| Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) | — | — | 5 | — | — | 5 | $11,000 | |
| Hans Niemann (United States) | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | 4.5 | $19,750 | |
| Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | $10,000 | |
| Jeffery Xiong (United States) | — | — | — | 3.5 | — | 3.5 | $9,500 | |
| Anton Korobov (Ukraine) | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | $9,000 | |
| Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine) | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
| Sam Shankland (United States) | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
| IM David Gavrilescu (Romania) | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | $7,000 | |
| Ivan Šarić (Croatia) | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | $7,000 |
Notes
- Russian players' flags are displayed as the FIDE flag due to FIDE banning Russian and Belarusian flags from FIDE-rated events in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
References
- "2022 Grand Chess Tour".
- "2022 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).
- "Full Tour Participants Confirmed For The 2022 Grand Chess Tour And Total Prize Fund Increased To $1.4 Million Across All Five Tournaments". March 9, 2023.
- "Standings | Grand Chess Tour". grandchesstour.org. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
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