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.

FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022
FIDE Grand Prix 2022 winner Hikaru Nakamura
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationGermany Berlin
Serbia Belgrade[1]
DatesFebruary 2022–
April 2022
AdministratorFIDE
Tournament
format(s)
Series of hybrid tournaments with pool stage and knockout stage
Venue(s)
Final positions
ChampionUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
Runner-upHungary Richárd Rapport
Tournament 1
Location Berlin
Dates4–17 February 2022
Champion Hikaru Nakamura
Runner-up Levon Aronian
Tournament 2
Location Belgrade
Dates1–14 March 2022
Champion Richárd Rapport
Runner-up Dmitry Andreikin
Tournament 3
Location Berlin
Dates22 March–4 April 2022
Champion Wesley So
Runner-up Hikaru Nakamura

The first and last tournament took place in Berlin, Germany, and the second one in Belgrade, Serbia. Each player was scheduled to participate in two of three tournaments. Before the tie-break stage of the last tournament was concluded, Nakamura had already gained the score to win the series, and it was already clear that no other semi-finalist could overtake Rapport for the runner-up position.

Organization

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Due to the travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, all three tournaments were initially to be played in a single city instead of playing in various cities as in previous editions.

The series was organized by World Chess. The company chose Berlin to host most of the series following a popular vote.[3][4] Later it was announced that two of the three tournaments would be in Berlin, with one in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

Players

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Twenty-four players were originally invited to the Grand Prix:[5]

  • The players who placed third to eighth at the Chess World Cup 2021 who were not World Champion or already qualified for the Candidates. Five out of a possible six players qualified in this way, because World Champion Magnus Carlsen placed third in the World Cup.
  • The players who placed third to eighth in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 who were not World Champion or already qualified for the Candidates or Grand Prix. Six players qualified in this way.
  • Hikaru Nakamura, nominee of the FIDE president.[6]
  • Daniil Dubov, organizer's nominee.[7]
  • The remaining eleven places were filled by the top players in the December 2021 rating list[8] so long as they had participated in the FIDE World Cup 2021 or played at least nine games which counted in the FIDE rating lists from February to December 2021. This meant Viswanathan Anand, Wang Hao, and Veselin Topalov were not eligible because of inactivity. The list originally went down to #23 in the world,[1] though after Wei Yi withdrew, world #25 Pentala Harikrishna also qualified this way.

Ding Liren and Dmitry Andreikin were unable to compete in the first tournament due to visa and health issues respectively, and were replaced in the first tournament by Andrey Esipenko and Radosław Wojtaszek.[9] Ding was also unable to play in the second tournament, and Andreikin took his place.[10] Due to personal reasons, Andreikin also withdrew from the third tournament, and was replaced by Esipenko.[11] The replacements Esipenko and Wojtaszek were eligible to qualify for the Candidates.[5]

The table below shows the players who qualified for the Grand Prix:

Seeding Name Qualifying method Rating
(December 2021)
World rank
(December 2021)
1   Ding Liren Rating list (3rd) 2799 3
2   Levon Aronian Rating list (6th) 2772 6
3   Anish Giri Rating list (7th) 2772 7
4   Wesley So Rating list (8th) 2772 8
5   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Rating list (9th) 2767 9
6   Alexander Grischuk Rating list (10th) 2764 10
7   Richárd Rapport Rating list (11th) 2763 11
8   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Grand Swiss (6th) 2761 12
9   Leinier Domínguez Rating list (15th) 2752 15
10   Hikaru Nakamura Presidential nominee 2736
11   Nikita Vitiugov Rating list (19th) 2731 19
12   Vidit Gujrathi World Cup (5th-8th) 2727 22
13   Dmitry Andreikin Rating list (23rd) 2724 23
14   Daniil Dubov Organizer's nominee 2720 24
15   Pentala Harikrishna Rating list (25th) 2717 25
  Andrey Esipenko Presidential nominee[a] 2714 26
16   Yu Yangyi Grand Swiss (4th) 2713 27
17   Sam Shankland World Cup (5th-8th) 2708 29
18   Alexei Shirov Grand Swiss (8th) 2704 31
19   Vladimir Fedoseev World Cup (4th) 2704 32
  Radosław Wojtaszek Presidential nominee[b] 2686 45
20   Alexandr Predke Grand Swiss (7th) 2682 52
21   Grigoriy Oparin Grand Swiss (3rd) 2681 55
22   Vincent Keymer Grand Swiss (5th) 2664 74
23   Amin Tabatabaei World Cup (5th-8th) 2643 108
24   Étienne Bacrot World Cup (5th-8th) 2642 111

Format

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Each player will play in two out of three of the tournaments. Each tournament will have 16 players, and have a two-stage format.[5]

  • In the first stage, the players are divided into four pools of four, and the players in each pool play a double round-robin mini-tournament. The four winners of the pools progress to the second stage.
  • In the second stage, the four pool winners play a knock-out tournament, consisting of semi-finals and a final. Both the semi-finals and final will consist of 2 classical time limit games, plus tie-breaks if required.

Players receive Grand Prix points according to their finishing position in each tournament. The two players with the most Grand Prix points qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2022.[5]

Time controls and tie-breaks

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The time control for classical games is 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus an extra 30 minutes after move 40. There is also an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.[5]

In the pool stage, if there is a tie for first, the tied players play tie-breaks. In the knockout stage, tie-breaks are played if the match is tied after the 2 regular time limit games. In both stages, two-way or three-way tie-breaks take the following format:[5]

  • Players play two rapid chess games at 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. In the case of a three-way tie, a single round-robin is played.
  • If players are still tied, they play two blitz chess games at 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. In the case of a three-way tie, a single round-robin is played.
  • If players are still tied, a single armageddon chess game is played to decide the winner, in which black is declared the winner if the game is drawn. The time limit is 5 minutes for white, 4 minutes for black, and a 2 second per move increment from move 61. In the case of a three-way tie, lots are drawn to determine the players, and the loser of the lot shares second place with the loser of the Armageddon game.

In the case of a four-way tie, the players are randomly divided into pairs by drawing of lots and each pair plays a two-player tie-break by the above method. The two tie-break winners then play a tie-break by the above method, while the losers share third and fourth place in the pool.[5]

Grand Prix points

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Grand Prix points were awarded as follows:[5]

Round Grand Prix points
Winner 13
Runner-Up 10
Semi-final loser 7
2nd in pool 4
3rd in pool 2
4th in pool 0

In other words, the top three players in each pool earn 7, 4, and 2 points, respectively, and 3 additional points are awarded for winning a semifinal or final.

The Grand Prix points for pool placings take into account tie-breaks played to determine first place. Players tied for other places, including players who are still tied after tie-breaks have decided first place, share Grand Prix points.

If players finish tied on Grand Prix points, then the following tie-breaks are applied, in order:[5]

  • number of tournament first-place finishes;
  • number of tournament second-place finishes;
  • number of points scored in regular time limit games;
  • number of wins in regular time limit games;
  • drawing of lots.

Prize money

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The prize money for each event is €150,000 which will be awarded as follows:[5]

Round Prize money
Winner €24,000
Runner-Up €18,000
Semi-finalist €12,000
2nd in pools €9,000
3rd in pools €7,000
4th in pools €5,000

In other words, each player receives €5,000, Grand Prix points earned in the pool are worth an additional €1,000, and Grand Prix points earned in a semi-final or final are worth an additional €2,000.

Tournament 1 - Berlin, Germany

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The first tournament was held in Berlin, Germany from 4 February to 17.[12] Due to health and visa issues, Dmitry Andreikin and Ding Liren were replaced with Andrey Esipenko and Radoslaw Wojtaszek, respectively.[9] Hikaru Nakamura won the first leg with Levon Aronian as the runner-up.

Round-robin stage

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The double round-robin stage had the six rounds of standard time control games on 4–7, 9, and 10 February with tie-breaks on 11 February. Players in bold advanced to the knockout stage.

Pool A

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Rank Player Rating
December 2021
NAK ESI GRI BAC Total Points
1   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2736 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4
2   Andrey Esipenko (RUS) 2714 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
3   Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2764 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3
4   Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2642 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1.5

Pool B

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Rank Player Rating
December 2021
RAP WOJ FED OPA Total Points R1 R2 Tiebreak Points
1   Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2763 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 3.5 1 ½ 1.5
2   Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) 2686 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3.5 0 ½ 0.5
3   Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) 2704 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 3 - -
4   Grigoriy Oparin (RUS) 2681 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 2 - -

Pool C

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Rank Player Rating
December 2021
ARO GUJ DUB KEY Total Points
1   Levon Aronian (USA) 2772 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4.5
=2   Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 2727 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3
=2   Daniil Dubov (RUS) 2720 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 3
4   Vincent Keymer (GER) 2664 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1.5

Pool D

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Rank Player Rating
December 2021
DOM WSO HAR SHI Total Points R1 R2 Tiebreak Points
1   Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2752 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 4 ½ 1 1.5
2   Wesley So (USA) 2772 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 ½ 0 0.5
3   Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 2717 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.5 - -
4   Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2704 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1.5 - -

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals (February 12–13) Final (February 15–17)
      
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
7   Richárd Rapport (HUN) ½
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 3
2   Levon Aronian (USA) 1
2   Levon Aronian (USA)
9   Leinier Domínguez (USA) ½

Semi-final 1

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Seed Name December 2021 rating 1 2 Total Points
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2736 1 ½ 1.5
7   Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2763 0 ½ 0.5

Semi-final 2

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Seed Name December 2021 rating 1 2 Total Points
2   Levon Aronian (USA) 2772 1 ½ 1.5
9   Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2752 0 ½ 0.5

Final

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Seed Name December 2021 rating 1 2 R1 R2 Total Points
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2736 ½ ½ 1 1 3
2   Levon Aronian (USA) 2772 ½ ½ 0 0 1

Tournament 2 - Belgrade, Serbia

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The second tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 1 to 14 March.[13] Russian players' flags are displayed as the FIDE flag due to FIDE's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian flags from being displayed at FIDE-rated events in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14] Richárd Rapport won the second leg of the 2022 Grand Prix with Dmitry Andreikin as the runner-up.

Round-robin stage

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The double round-robin stage had six rounds of standard time control games on 1–4, 6, and 7 March with tie-breaks on 8 March. Players in bold advanced to the knockout stage.

Pool A

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
AND SHA BAC GRI Total Points
1   Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) 2724 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4
2   Sam Shankland (USA) 2704 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5
3   Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2635 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.5
4   Alexander Grischuk (FIDE) 2758 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2

Pool B

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
GIR VIT TAB HAR Total Points
1   Anish Giri (NED) 2771 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4
=2   Nikita Vitiugov (FIDE) 2726 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 3
=2   Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 2623 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 3
4   Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 2716 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 2

Pool C

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
RAP GUJ SHI FED Total Points
1   Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2762 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4
2   Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 2723 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 3
=3   Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2691 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 2.5
=3   Vladimir Fedoseev (FIDE) 2704 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 2.5

Pool D

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
MVL MAM PRE YAN Total Points
1   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2761 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5
=2   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2776 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3
=2   Alexandr Predke (FIDE) 2682 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3
4   Yu Yangyi (CHN) 2713 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.5

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals (March 9–11) Final (March 12–14)
      
13   Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE)
3   Anish Giri (NED)
13   Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) ½
7   Richárd Rapport (HUN)
7   Richárd Rapport (HUN)
8   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) ½

Semi-final 1

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Seed Name March 2022 rating 1 2 R1 R2 Total Points
13   Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) 2724 ½ ½ ½ 1 2.5
3   Anish Giri (NED) 2771 ½ ½ ½ 0 1.5

Semi-final 2

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Seed Name March 2022 rating 1 2 Total Points
7   Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2762 1 ½ 1.5
8   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2761 0 ½ 0.5

Final

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Seed Name March 2022 rating 1 2 Total Points
13   Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) 2724 ½ 0 0.5
7   Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2762 ½ 1 1.5

Tournament 3 - Berlin, Germany

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The third tournament was held in Berlin, Germany from 22 March to 4 April.[15] Due to personal reasons, Dmitry Andreikin withdrew from the third leg and was replaced by Andrey Esipenko. Wesley So won the third leg with Hikaru Nakamura as the runner-up.

Round-robin stage

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The double round-robin stage had six rounds of standard time control games on 22–25, 27, and 28 March with tie-breaks on 29 March. Winners advanced to the knockout stage between March 30–April 4, 2022.

Pool A

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
NAK OPA ARO ESI Total Points
1   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2750 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4
2   Grigoriy Oparin (FIDE) 2674 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 3.5
3   Levon Aronian (USA) 2785 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 3
4   Andrey Esipenko (FIDE) 2723 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1.5

Pool B

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
MAM KEY DOM DUB Total Points R1 R2 B1 B2 Tiebreak Points
1   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2776 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3.5 1 0 1 1 3
2   Vincent Keymer (GER) 2655 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 3.5 0 1 0 0 1
3   Leinier Domínguez (USA) 2756 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 3 - -
4   Daniil Dubov (FIDE) 2711 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2 - -

Pool C

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
WSO SHA PRE MVL Total Points R1 R2 Tiebreak Points
1   Wesley So (USA) 2778 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5 1 ½ 1.5
2   Sam Shankland (USA) 2704 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3.5 0 ½ 0.5
=3   Alexandr Predke (FIDE) 2682 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 2.5 - -
=3   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2761 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 2.5 - -

Pool D

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Rank Player Rating
March 2022
TAB VIT YAN GIR Total Points
1   Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 2623 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 3.5
=2   Nikita Vitiugov (FIDE) 2726 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3
=2   Yu Yangyi (CHN) 2713 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3
4   Anish Giri (NED) 2771 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2.5

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals (March 30–April 1) Final (April 2–4)
      
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 3
5   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 1
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
4   Wesley So (USA)
4   Wesley So (USA) 3
23   Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 1

Semi-final 1

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Seed Name March 2022 rating 1 2 R1 R2 Total Points
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2750 ½ ½ 1 1 3
5   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2776 ½ ½ 0 0 1

Semi-final 2

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Seed Name March 2022 rating 1 2 R1 R2 Total Points
4   Wesley So (USA) 2778 1 0 1 1 3
23   Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 2623 0 1 0 0 1

Final

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Seed Name March 2022 rating 1 2 R1 R2 Total Points
10   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2750 ½ ½ ½ 0 1.5
4   Wesley So (USA) 2778 ½ ½ ½ 1 2.5

Grand Prix standings

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The following table shows the overall Grand Prix standings.[16][17] The top two players qualified for the Candidates Tournament. Tie-breaks, in order, are as follows: tournament first places (TF), tournament second places (TS), game points in standard time control games (GP), and game wins in standard time control games (GW). If a tie persists, the final tiebreaker is drawing of lots.[5]

After the round-robin stage of the third tournament, the top two were confirmed to be Richárd Rapport and Hikaru Nakamura[18] as no other player could score 20 or more Grand Prix points. During the semi-final stage, Nakamura overtook Rapport's score, securing the overall victory.[19]

Seed Rank Player Berlin Belgrade Berlin Total
GP points
TF TS GP GW Prize
money
10 1   Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 13 10 23 1 1 12.5 6 €42,000
7 2   Richárd Rapport (HUN) 7 13 20 1 0 11 6 €36,000
4 3   Wesley So (USA) 4 13 17 1 0 9.5 4 €33,000
2 4   Levon Aronian (USA) 10 2 12 0 1 10 6 €25,000
13 5   Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) 10 10 0 1 5.5 2 €18,000
23 6   Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 3 7 10 0 0 7.5 4 €20,000
5 7   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 3 7 10 0 0 7.5 1 €20,000
9 8   Leinier Domínguez (USA) 7 2 9 0 0 7.5 4 €19,000
17 9   Sam Shankland (USA) 4 4 8 0 0 7 2 €18,000
8 10   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 7 1 8 0 0 6.5 2 €18,000
3 11   Anish Giri (NED) 7 0 7 0 0 7.5 2 €17,000
12 12   Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 3 4 7 0 0 6 3 €17,000
11 13   Nikita Vitiugov (FIDE) 3 3 6 0 0 6 2 €16,000
20 =14   Alexandr Predke (FIDE) 3 1 4 0 0 5.5 2 €14,000
21   Grigoriy Oparin (FIDE) 0 4 4 0 0 5.5 2 €14,000
=16   Andrey Esipenko (FIDE) 4 0 4 0 0 5 2 €14,000
22   Vincent Keymer (GER) 0 4 4 0 0 5 2 €14,000
18   Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) 4 4 0 0 3.5 1 €9,000
19 19   Vladimir Fedoseev (FIDE) 2 1 3 0 0 5.5 3 €13,000
16 20   Yu Yangyi (CHN) 0 3 3 0 0 5.5 0 €13,000
14 21   Daniil Dubov (FIDE) 3 0 3 0 0 5 1 €13,000
6 22   Alexander Grischuk (FIDE) 2 0 2 0 0 5 1 €12,000
15 23   Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 2 0 2 0 0 4.5 0 €12,000
24 24   Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 €12,000
18 25   Alexei Shirov (ESP) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 €11,000
1 26   Ding Liren (CHN) 0 0 0 0 0 €0
Standings table legend
Players Results
Qualified for the Candidates
via the Grand Prix
Qualified for the Candidates
via another path
Did not qualify
for the Candidates
Did not participate Eliminated in group stage Lost in the semi-finals Runner-Up Winner

Notes

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  1. ^ Replacement for Dmitry Andreikin for the first and third tournament
  2. ^ Replacement for Ding Liren for the first tournament

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (20 December 2021). "2022 FIDE Grand Prix To Start February 3". Chess.com.
  2. ^ 2022 FIDE Grand Prix Series Announced, FIDE, 17 June 2021
  3. ^ "Berlin Wins Popular Vote; Will Host the Next Grand Prix Series and Other Events in 2022". worldchess.com. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  4. ^ Berlin wins popular vote; will host the Grand Prix Series and other events in 2022, FIDE, 12 August 2021
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Regulations for the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022, FIDE, June 2021
  6. ^ Hikaru Nakamura is granted wild card to FIDE Grand Prix, FIDE, 20 December 2021
  7. ^ World Chess Nominates Daniil Dubov to the Grand Prix Series; Fears Mild Outrage from Nepo’s Fans, World Chess
  8. ^ Top 100 Players December 2021 - Archive, FIDE, 1 December 2021
  9. ^ a b FIDE Grand Prix 2022: Ding and Andreikin replaced by Esipenko and Wojtaszek, FIDE, 1 February 2022
  10. ^ "Andreikin replaces Ding in Belgrade". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  11. ^ "FIDE Grand Prix: Esipenko replaces Andreikin in Berlin".
  12. ^ Groups for First Leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022 announced, FIDE, 21 January 2022
  13. ^ Groups for Second Leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022 announced, FIDE, 15 February 2022
  14. ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022.
  15. ^ Pools for third leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022 announced, FIDE, 10 March 2022
  16. ^ Hikaru Nakamura wins first leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022, FIDE, 18 February 2022
  17. ^ FIDE Grand Prix: Richard Rapport triumphs in Belgrade, FIDE, 14 March 2022
  18. ^ BREAKING: Nakamura, Rapport Qualify For FIDE Candidates, chess.com, March 28, 2022
  19. ^ McGourty, Colin (March 31, 2022). "Nakamura wins Grand Prix | Both semis go to tiebreaks". Chess24. Retrieved April 1, 2022.