Grand Chess Tour 2022

Grand Chess Tour 2022
Details
Duration	3 May – 13 September 2022
Tournaments	5
Achievements (singles)
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The Grand Chess Tour 2022 will be a series of chess tournaments, which is the seventh edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It will consist 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]

Format

The tour consists of five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted 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 are 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	St. Louis

Results

Dates	Tournament Name	Third place
May 3–15 2022	Superbet Chess Classic	–
May 17–24 2022	Poland Rapid & Blitz
July 18–25 2022	Croatia Rapid & Blitz
August 24–31 2022	Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
August 31 – 13 September 2022	Sinquefield Cup	–

Tournaments

Superbet Chess Classic

The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour will be held in Bucharest, Romania in 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
1	Alireza Firouzja (France)	2804	Does not appear
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2786		Does not appear
3	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2776			Does not appear
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2773				Does not appear
5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2770					Does not appear
6	Wesley So (United States)	2766						Does not appear
7	Levon Aronian (United States)	2765							Does not appear
8	Leinier Domínguez (United States)	2753								Does not appear
9	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2750									Does not appear
10	Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)	2671										Does not appear

Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour will be held in Warsaw, Poland in 17–24 May, 2022.

Poland Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 17–24 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2806	Does not appear
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2790		Does not appear
3	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2785			Does not appear
4	Wesley So (United States)	2770				Does not appear
5	Levon Aronian (United States)	2751					Does not appear
6	Anton Korobov (Ukraine)	2677						Does not appear
7	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2675							Does not appear
8	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2647								Does not appear
9	Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)	2630									Does not appear
10	Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)	2573										Does not appear

Poland Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 17–24 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	Wesley So (United States)	2814	Does not appear
2	Levon Aronian (United States)	2773		Does not appear
3	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2760			Does not appear
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2758				Does not appear
5	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2744					Does not appear
6	Anton Korobov (Ukraine)	2650						Does not appear
7	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2646							Does not appear
8	Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)	2624								Does not appear
9	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2610									Does not appear
10	Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)	2575										Does not appear

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 Aug 31 – Sep 13	Total points	Prize money
Wesley So (United States)
Fabiano Caruana (United States)
Richárd Rapport (Hungary)
Levon Aronian (Armenia)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)[lower-alpha 1]
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
Leinier Domínguez (United States)
Alireza Firouzja (France)
Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)
Viswanathan Anand (India)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)
Anton Korobov (Ukraine)
Constantin Lupulescu (Romania)
Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)
Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)

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.[3]

References

"2022 Grand Chess Tour".
"2022 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).
FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022

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[flags-4] 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.[3]

[1] "2022 Grand Chess Tour".

[2] "2022 GCT Tour Regulations" (PDF).

[3] FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022