2022 in chess

2022 tournaments

= Supertournaments =

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players (2700+)	Winner	Runner-up	Third
class="wikitable"
Tata Steel Masters	{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Wijk aan Zee	Round robin	15–31 Jan	14 (12)	{{flagicon\|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|Azerbaijan}} Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	{{flagicon\|Hungary}} Richard Rapport
Tata Steel Challengers	{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Wijk aan Zee	Round robin	15–31 Jan	14 (0)	{{flagicon\|India}} Arjun Erigaisi	{{flagicon\|Czech}} Thai Dai Van Nguyen	{{flagicon\|Denmark}} Jonas Buhl Bjerre
Superbet Chess Classic \|{{Flagicon\|ROM}} Bucharest \|Round robin \|3–15 May \|10 (9) \|{{flagdeco\|France}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave \|{{flagdeco\|United States}} Wesley So \|{{flagdeco\|United States}} Levon Aronian
Norway Chess	{{flagicon\|Norway}} Stavanger	Round robin	30 May – 12 Jun	10 (9)	{{flagicon\|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|Azerbaijan}} Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	{{flagicon\|IND}} Viswanathan Anand
Prague Chess Festival	{{flagicon\|Czech Republic}} Prague	Round robin	7–18 Jun	10 (6)	{{Flagicon\|IND}} Pentala Harikrishna	{{Flagicon\|VIE}} Le Quang Liem	{{Flagicon\|CZE}} Thai Dai Van Nguyen {{Flagicon\|USA}} Sam Shankland {{Flagicon\|CZE}} David Navara
2022 Candidates Tournament \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} Madrid \|Double round robin \|16 Jun – 8 Jul 20 \|8 (8) \|{{Flagicon\|FIDE}} Ian Nepomniachtchi \|{{Flagicon\|CHN}} Ding Liren \|{{Flagicon\|AZE}} Teimour Radjabov
Biel Chess Festival	{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Biel	Round robin	11–23 Jul	8 (2)	{{Flagicon\|VIE}} Le Quang Liem	{{Flagicon\|FIDE}} Andrey Esipenko	{{Flagicon\|IND}} Gukesh D
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting	{{flagicon\|Germany}} Dortmund	Round robin	16–25 Jul	4 (1)	{{Flagicon\|GER}} Dmitrij Kollars	{{flagicon\|IND}} Viswanathan Anand	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Michael Adams
Sinquefield Cup	{{flagicon\|United States}} St. Louis	Round robin	1–16 Sep	10 (10)	{{flagicon\|France}} Alireza Firouzja	{{flagicon\|FIDE}} Ian Nepomniachtchi	{{flagicon\|United States}} Wesley So {{flagicon\|United States}} Fabiano Caruana

= Open events =

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
class="wikitable"
Gibraltar Chess Festival	{{flagicon\|Gibraltar}} Gibraltar	Swiss	24 Jan – 4 Feb	22	{{flagicon\|Algeria}} Bilel Bellahcene {{flagicon\|Hungary}} Balazs Csonka	–	{{flagicon\|Ukraine}} Mariya Muzychuk {{flagicon\|England}} Ravi Haria {{flagicon\|Italy}} Sabino Brunello
Reykjavik Open	{{flagicon\|Iceland}} Reykjavík	Swiss	6–13 Apr	238	{{Flagicon\|IND}} R Praggnanandhaa	{{Flagicon\|NED}} Max Warmerdam {{Flagicon\|DEN}} Mads Andersen {{Flagicon\|ISL}} Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson {{Flagicon\|USA}} Abhimanyu Mishra \| –
Paracin Open \|{{Flagicon\|SER}} Paracin \|Swiss \|8–16 Jul \|160 \|{{Flagicon\|IND}} R Praggnanandhaa \|{{Flagicon\|FIDE}} Alexandr Predke \|{{Flagicon\|KAZ}} Alisher Suleymenov {{Flagicon\|IND}} Muthaiah AL

= FIDE events =

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
class="wikitable"
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin	{{flagicon\|Germany}} Berlin	Knockout	4–17 Feb	16	{{flagicon\|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura	{{flagicon\|United States}} Levon Aronian	{{flagicon\|Hungary}} Richard Rapport {{flagicon\|United States}} Leinier Domínguez
FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade	{{flagicon\|Serbia}} Belgrade	Knockout	1–14 Mar	16	{{flagicon\|Hungary}} Richard Rapport	{{flagathlete\|Dmitry Andreikin\|FIDE}}	{{flagathlete\|Anish Giri\|NED}} {{flagathlete\|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave\|FRA}}
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin	{{flagicon\|Germany}} Berlin	Knockout	22 Mar – 4 Apr	16	{{flagicon\|United States}} Wesley So	{{flagicon\|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura	{{flagathlete\|Amin Tabatabaei\|IRI}} {{flagathlete\|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov\|AZE}}
World Rapid Chess Championship	{{flagicon\|Kazakhstan}} Almaty	Swiss	26–28 Dec	178	{{flagicon\|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|Germany}} Vincent Keymer	{{flagicon\|United States}} Fabiano Caruana
World Blitz Chess Championship	{{flagicon\|Kazakhstan}} Almaty	Swiss	29–30 Dec	176	{{flagicon\|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagicon\|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura	{{flagicon\|Armenia}} Haik M. Martirosyan

= 2023–25 [[World Chess Championship|World Championship]] cycle qualification events =

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
class="wikitable"
European Individual Championship	{{flagicon\|Slovenia}} Brežice	Swiss	27 Mar – 6 Apr	317	{{flagicon\|Germany}} Matthias Blübaum	{{flagicon\|Armenia}} Gabriel Sargissian	{{flagicon\|Croatia}} Ivan Šarić
American Continental Championship	{{flagicon\|El Salvador}} San Salvador	Swiss	2–10 May	117	{{flagicon\|United States}} Timur Gareyev	{{flagicon\|United States}} Christopher Yoo	{{flagicon\|Cuba}} Yasser Quesada Pérez

= Team events =

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Teams	Winner	Runner-up	Third
class="wikitable"
44th Chess Olympiad (open event)	rowspan="2" \| {{Flagicon\|IND}} Chennai	Swiss	26 Jul – 9 Aug	188	{{UZB}}	{{ARM}}	{{flagdeco\|IND}} India-2
44th Chess Olympiad (women event)	Swiss	26 Jul – 9 Aug	162	{{UKR}}	{{GEO}}	{{IND}}
2022 FIDE World Team Championship	{{Flagicon\|ISR}} Jerusalem	Groups and play-offs	20–25 Nov	12	{{CHN}}	{{UZB}}	{{ESP}}

= Rapid and blitz tournaments =

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
class="wikitable"
Poland Rapid & Blitz	{{flagicon\|Poland}} Warsaw	Round robin	17–24 May	10	{{flagdeco\|Poland}} Jan-Krzysztof Duda	{{flagdeco\|United States}} Levon Aronian {{flagdeco\|India}} Viswanathan Anand \| –
Croatia Rapid & Blitz	{{flagicon\|Croatia}} Zagreb	Round robin	18–25 Jul	10	{{flagdeco\|Norway}} Magnus Carlsen	{{flagdeco\|France}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave {{flagicon\|France}} Alireza Firouzja \| –
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz	{{flagicon\|USA}} Saint Louis	Round robin	24–31 Aug	10	{{flagicon\|France}} Alireza Firouzja	{{flagicon\|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura	{{flagicon\|France}} Maxime Vachier-Lagrave {{flagicon\|United States}} Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess Blitz \|{{Flagicon\|NOR}} Stavanger \|Round robin \|30–31 May \|10 \|{{Flagicon\|USA}} Wesley So \|{{Flagicon\|NOR}} Magnus Carlsen \|{{Flagicon\|NED}} Anish Giri {{Flagicon\|IND}} Viswanathan Anand {{Flagicon\|AZE}} Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths

24 January – Mark Tseitlin{{Cite web |title=Twitter – Chess Pathshala |url=https://twitter.com/chesspathshala/status/1486032286441254913 |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=Twitter |language=en}}
28 January – Gilles Mirallès{{cite news |last= |first= |date=31 January 2022|title=Gilles Mirallès, grand contributeur au développement des échecs, nous a quittés|trans-title= |url=https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/gilles-miralles-grand-contributeur-au-developpement-des-echecs-nous-a-quittes-8731.html|language=French|work=Europe Échecs|location= |access-date=2 February 2022}}
14 February – Borislav Ivkov{{Cite web|url=https://sportal.blic.rs/ostali-sportovi/tuga-srbija-ostala-bez-velemajstora-pred-kojim-su-padali-svi-svetski-velikani/2022041918284653092|title=Tuga, Srbija ostala bez VELEMAJSTORA pred kojim su padali svi svetski velikani: Preminuo slavni Bora Ivkov|website=Sportal}}
7 May — Yuri Averbakh{{Cite web |title=Yuri Averbakh passes away at age 100 |url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/yuri-averbakh-passes-away-at-age-100 |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=chess24.com}}
13 July — Igor Naumkin{{Cite web |title=Chess world mourns GM Igor Naumkin |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/chess-world-mourns-gm-igor-naumkin.970460 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}
14 July — Nikolai Krogius{{Cite news |title=Nikolai Krogius (1930-2022) |url=https://www.fide.com/news/1865 |access-date=2022-08-14 |work=FIDE |language=en}}
2 September — Mišo Cebalo
12 October — Konstantin Landa{{Cite web |title=Ушел из жизни Константин Ланда |url=https://ruchess.ru:443/news/all/ushel_iz_zhizni_konstantin_landa/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Федерация шахмат России |language=ru}}
4 December — Alex Sherzer{{Cite web |title=Read Dr. Alexander "Alex" Sherzer's Obituary & Leave Condolences |url=https://everloved.com/life-of/alexander-sherzer/obituary/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=everloved.com |language=en}}
12 December — Iván Faragó{{Cite web |last=Népszava |title=Meghalt Faragó Iván nemzetközi sakknagymester |url=http://nepszava.hu/3178576_meghalt-farago-ivan-nemzetkozi-sakknagymester |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=nepszava.hu |language=hu}}

References

External links

[https://www.fide.com/calendar Calendar] by FIDE
[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/2022-chess-calendar 2022 Chess Calendar] by chess24.com
[https://lichess.org/broadcast/calendar Chess Calendar] by Lichess
[https://www.chess.com/calendar Chess Calendar] by Chess.com

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2022 in chess

2022 tournaments

= Supertournaments =

= Open events =

= FIDE events =

= 2023–25 [[World Chess Championship|World Championship]] cycle qualification events =

= Team events =

= Rapid and blitz tournaments =

Deaths

See also

References

External links