2022 in chess

2022 tournaments

Supertournaments

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players (2700+)	Winner	Runner-up	Third
Tata Steel Masters	Wijk aan Zee	Round robin	15–31 Jan	14 (12)	Magnus Carlsen	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Richard Rapport
Tata Steel Challengers	Wijk aan Zee	Round robin	15–31 Jan	14 (0)	Arjun Erigaisi	Thai Dai Van Nguyen	Jonas Buhl Bjerre
Superbet Chess Classic	Bucharest	Round robin	3–15 May	10 (9)	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Wesley So	Levon Aronian
Norway Chess	Stavanger	Round robin	30 May – 12 Jun	10 (9)	Magnus Carlsen	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Viswanathan Anand
Prague Chess Festival	Prague	Round robin	7–18 Jun	10 (6)	Pentala Harikrishna	Le Quang Liem	Thai Dai Van Nguyen Sam Shankland David Navara
2022 Candidates Tournament	Madrid	Double round robin	16 Jun – 8 Jul 20	8 (8)	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Ding Liren	Teimour Radjabov
Biel Chess Festival	Biel	Round robin	11–23 Jul	8 (2)	Le Quang Liem	Andrey Esipenko	Gukesh D
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting	Dortmund	Round robin	16–25 Jul	4 (1)	Dmitrij Kollars	Viswanathan Anand	Michael Adams
Sinquefield Cup	St. Louis	Round robin	1–16 Sep	10 (10)	Alireza Firouzja	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Wesley So Fabiano Caruana

Open events

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
Gibraltar Chess Festival	Gibraltar	Swiss	24 Jan – 4 Feb	22	Bilel Bellahcene Balazs Csonka	–	Mariya Muzychuk Ravi Haria Sabino Brunello
Reykjavik Open	Reykjavík	Swiss	6–13 Apr	238	R Praggnanandhaa	Max Warmerdam Mads Andersen Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson Abhimanyu Mishra	–
Paracin Open	Paracin	Swiss	8–16 Jul	160	R Praggnanandhaa	Alexandr Predke	Alisher Suleymenov Muthaiah AL

FIDE events

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin	Berlin	Knockout	4–17 Feb	16	Hikaru Nakamura	Levon Aronian	Richard Rapport Leinier Domínguez
FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade	Belgrade	Knockout	1–14 Mar	16	Richard Rapport	Dmitry Andreikin (FIDE)	Anish Giri (NED)  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin	Berlin	Knockout	22 Mar – 4 Apr	16	Wesley So	Hikaru Nakamura	Amin Tabatabaei (IRI)  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
World Rapid Chess Championship	Almaty	Swiss	26–28 Dec	178	Magnus Carlsen	Vincent Keymer	Fabiano Caruana
World Blitz Chess Championship	Almaty	Swiss	29–30 Dec	176	Magnus Carlsen	Hikaru Nakamura	Haik M. Martirosyan

2023–25 World Championship cycle qualification events

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
European Individual Championship	Brežice	Swiss	27 Mar – 6 Apr	317	Matthias Blübaum	Gabriel Sargissian	Ivan Šarić
American Continental Championship	San Salvador	Swiss	2–10 May	117	Timur Gareyev	Christopher Yoo	Yasser Quesada Pérez

Team events

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Teams	Winner	Runner-up	Third
44th Chess Olympiad (open event)	Chennai	Swiss	26 Jul – 9 Aug	188	Uzbekistan	Armenia	India-2
44th Chess Olympiad (women event)		Swiss	26 Jul – 9 Aug	162	Ukraine	Georgia	India
2022 FIDE World Team Championship	Jerusalem	Groups and play-offs	20–25 Nov	12	China	Uzbekistan	Spain

Rapid and blitz tournaments

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
Poland Rapid & Blitz	Warsaw	Round robin	17–24 May	10	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	Levon Aronian Viswanathan Anand	–
Croatia Rapid & Blitz	Zagreb	Round robin	18–25 Jul	10	Magnus Carlsen	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alireza Firouzja	–
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz	Saint Louis	Round robin	24–31 Aug	10	Alireza Firouzja	Hikaru Nakamura	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess Blitz	Stavanger	Round robin	30–31 May	10	Wesley So	Magnus Carlsen	Anish Giri Viswanathan Anand Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths

• 24 January – Mark Tseitlin^[1]
• 28 January – Gilles Mirallès^[2]
• 14 February – Borislav Ivkov^[3]
• 7 May — Yuri Averbakh^[4]
• 13 July — Igor Naumkin^[5]
• 14 July — Nikolai Krogius^[6]
• 2 September — Mišo Cebalo
• 12 October — Konstantin Landa^[7]
• 4 December — Alex Sherzer^[8]
• 12 December — Iván Faragó^[9]

See also

• Carlsen–Niemann controversy