| 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) |
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.
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.
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 |
– |
| July 18–25, 2022 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz |  Magnus Carlsen |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alireza Firouzja |
– |
| 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.
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 H2H Wins SB Koya TPR Tour Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2750 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2 2843 10 2 Wesley So (United States)2766 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 1 2841 10 3 Levon Aronian (United States)2765 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 0 2841 10 4 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2753 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 1½ 2762 6 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2786 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 1 2759 6 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2671 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ ½ 2771 6 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2773 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 4 1 2720 3.5 8 Alireza Firouzja (France)2804 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 0 2717 3.5 9 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2770 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ ½ 1 2680 1.5 10 
Richárd Rapport (Hungary)2776 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3½ ½ 0 2679 1.5
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland
The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from 17–24 May 2022.
Poland Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 19–21 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2675 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 14 2 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)2785 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 13 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)2806 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 12 4 Wesley So (United States)2770 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 5 Levon Aronian (United States)2751 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 10 6 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2790 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2647 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 8 
Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)2573 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 7 9 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)2677 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 5 10 David Gavrilescu (Romania)2457 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Poland Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 22–23 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland[3] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB 1 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2744 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 14 2 Levon Aronian (United States)2773 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 13½ 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)2760 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2758 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 9½ 1½ 5 Wesley So (United States)2814 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ ½ 6 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)2650 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 7½ 7 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)2646 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 3 8 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2610 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6½ 1½ 3 9 David Gavrilescu (Romania)2367 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 1½ 4 10 Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)2624 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 4½
- Final standings
Player Points 1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)24 T-2 Levon Aronian (United States)23½ T-2 Viswanathan Anand (India)23½ 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)23 5 Wesley So (United States)20½ 6 Richard Rapport (Hungary)19½ 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)13½ 8 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)12½ 9 Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)11½ 10 David Gavrilescu (Romania)8½
SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia
The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 18–25 July 2022.
Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 20–22 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB 1 
Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)2645 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 12 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2847 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 11 3 94.00 3 Alireza Firouzja (France)2670 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 11 3 86.00 4 Wesley So (United States)2779 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 11 2 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)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 (Azerbaijan)2699 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 8 8 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2729 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 9 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)2645 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 6 10 
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2627 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
Croatia Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 23–24 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2784 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 12 1 10 97.25 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2740 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 10 92.50 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2828 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 11½ 4 Alireza Firouzja (France)2791 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 11 5 Wesley So (United States)2763 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 10 6 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2729 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 8 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2667 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 3 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2778 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 2 9 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)2609 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7 1 10 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)2550 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 0 0 4½
- Final standings
Player Points 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 22½ T-2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)22 T-2 Alireza Firouzja (France)22 T-4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)21 T-4 Wesley So (United States)21 6 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)19 T-7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)15 T-7 Leinier Domínguez (United States)15 9 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)12 10 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)10½
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 26-28 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)2704 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 11 ½ 3 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2763 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 11 ½ 2 3 Sam Shankland (United States)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 1½ 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2695 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 9 1 6 Jeffery Xiong (United States)2725 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 9 ½ 7 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2766 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 8 Levon Aronian (United States)2728 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2705 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 8 10 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2836 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 7
Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 29–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H Wins SB 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)2795 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 15 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2850 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 3 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2847 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 4 Levon Aronian (United States)2850 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 9 1½ 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2791 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 9 ½ 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2710 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 7 Jeffery Xiong (United States)2714 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 8 1 5 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2812 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8 1 3 9 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2714 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 4 10 Sam Shankland (United States)2645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½
- Final standings
Player Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)26 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)21 T-3 Fabiano Caruana (United States)19 T-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)19 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)18 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)17½ T-7 Levon Aronian (United States)17 T-7 Jeffery Xiong (United States)17 9 Sam Shankland (United States)13½ 10 Leinier Domínguez (United States)12
Sinquefield Cup
The final leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States from 2–11 September 2022.
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 H2H Wins SB Koya TPR Tour Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)2778 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 – 5 1½ 2844 11 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2792 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 05 ½ 2804 11 3 Wesley So (United States)2771 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ – 4½ 1 2799 7.5 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2758 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ – 4½ 0 2801 7.5 5 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2745 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – 4 2758 6 6 Hans Niemann (United States)2688 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 13½ ½ 1 13.50 2775 4.5 7 Levon Aronian (United States)2759 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½3½ ½ 1 12.75 2727 4.5 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2757 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ – 3 ½ 0 12.50 2665 2.5 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2757 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – 3 ½ 0 12.25 2665 2.5 10 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2861 – 1– – – 0½– – — 2746 1
- 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 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania May 3 – 15 |
Poland GCT Rapid & Blitz May 17 – 24 |
Croatia GCT Rapid & Blitz Jul 18 – 25 |
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Aug 24 – 31 |
Sinquefield Cup Sep 02 – Sep 11 |
Total points | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alireza Firouzja (France) |
3.5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 36.5 | $272,250 | |
| Wesley So (United States) |
10 | 6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 30 | $190,167 | |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) |
10 | 9 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 29 | $165,167 | |
| Fabiano Caruana (United States) |
6 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 28 | $108,833 | |
| Levon Aronian (United States) |
10 | 9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 27 | $124,417 | |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)[lower-alpha 1] |
3.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | $127,250 | |
| Leinier Domínguez (United States) |
6 | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | 16.5 | $68,833 | |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) |
1.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 | $46,750 | |
| Richárd Rapport (Hungary) |
1.5 | 5 | 6.5 | $22,750 | |||
| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) |
WC (13) | Withdrew | $40,000 | ||||
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) |
WC (13) | $40,000 | |||||
| Hikaru Nakamura (United States) |
WC (10) | $30,000 | |||||
| Viswanathan Anand (India) |
WC (9) | $27,500 | |||||
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) |
WC (6) | $26,333 | |||||
| Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) |
WC (5) | $11,000 | |||||
| Hans Niemann (United States) |
WC (4.5) | $19,750 | |||||
| Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) |
WC (4) | $10,000 | |||||
| Jeffery Xiong (United States) |
WC (3.5) | $9,500 | |||||
| Anton Korobov (Ukraine) |
WC (3) | $9,000 | |||||
| Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine) |
WC (2) | $8,000 | |||||
| Sam Shankland (United States) |
WC (2) | $8,000 | |||||
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) |
WC (2) | $8,000 | |||||
| David Gavrilescu (Romania) |
WC (1) | $7,000 | |||||
| Ivan Šarić (Croatia) |
WC (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.[4]
References
- ↑ "2022 Grand Chess Tour".
- ↑ "2022 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).
- ↑ "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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