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.
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Chess |
Location | Berlin Belgrade[1] |
Dates | February 2022– April 2022 |
Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Series of hybrid tournaments with pool stage and knockout stage |
Venue(s) |
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Final positions | |
Champion | Hikaru Nakamura |
Runner-up | Richárd Rapport |
Tournament 1 | |
Location | Berlin |
Dates | 4–17 February 2022 |
Champion | Hikaru Nakamura |
Runner-up | Levon Aronian |
Tournament 2 | |
Location | Belgrade |
Dates | 1–14 March 2022 |
Champion | Richárd Rapport |
Runner-up | Dmitry Andreikin |
Tournament 3 | |
Location | Berlin |
Dates | 22 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
editDue 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
editTwenty-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) |
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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
editEach 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
editThe 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
editGrand Prix points were awarded as follows:[5]
Round | Grand Prix points |
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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
editThe prize money for each event is €150,000 which will be awarded as follows:[5]
Round | Prize money |
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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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editRank Player Rating
December 2021NAK 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
editRank Player Rating
December 2021RAP 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
editRank Player Rating
December 2021ARO 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
editRank Player Rating
December 2021DOM 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
editSemi-finals (February 12–13) | Final (February 15–17) | ||||||||
10 | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 1½ | |||||||
7 | Richárd Rapport (HUN) | ½ | |||||||
10 | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 3 | |||||||
2 | Levon Aronian (USA) | 1 | |||||||
2 | Levon Aronian (USA) | 1½ | |||||||
9 | Leinier Domínguez (USA) | ½ |
Semi-final 1
editSeed 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
editSeed 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
editSeed 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022AND 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022GIR 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022RAP 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022MVL 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
editSemi-finals (March 9–11) | Final (March 12–14) | ||||||||
13 | Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) | 2½ | |||||||
3 | Anish Giri (NED) | 1½ | |||||||
13 | Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE) | ½ | |||||||
7 | Richárd Rapport (HUN) | 1½ | |||||||
7 | Richárd Rapport (HUN) | 1½ | |||||||
8 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) | ½ |
Semi-final 1
editSeed 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
editSeed 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
editSeed 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022NAK 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022MAM 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022WSO 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
editRank Player Rating
March 2022TAB 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
editSemi-finals (March 30–April 1) | Final (April 2–4) | ||||||||
10 | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 3 | |||||||
5 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 1 | |||||||
10 | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) | 1½ | |||||||
4 | Wesley So (USA) | 2½ | |||||||
4 | Wesley So (USA) | 3 | |||||||
23 | Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) | 1 |
Semi-final 1
editSeed 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
editSeed 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
editSeed 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
editThe 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 |
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ Replacement for Dmitry Andreikin for the first and third tournament
- ^ Replacement for Ding Liren for the first tournament
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