Grand Chess Tour 2022
Series of chess tournaments
| 2022 | |
 2022 Grand Chess Tour winner Alireza Firouzja. | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 3 May–13 September 2022 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Alireza Firouzja |
| Runner-up |  Wesley So |
| 3rd place | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Most tournament titles | Alireza Firouzja (2) |
| Prize money leader | Alireza Firouzja ($272,250) |
| Points leader | Alireza Firouzja (36.5) |
← GCT 2021 GCT 2023 → | |
The Grand Chess Tour 2022 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the seventh edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consisted 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] The winner of the tour was Alireza Firouzja.
Format
The tour consisted of five tournaments, two classicals and three rapid & blitz, respectively. Rapid & Blitz tournaments consisted of 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 were 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 |
Results
| Dates | Tournament Name | Winner | Runner-Up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3–15, 2022 | Superbet Chess Classic | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Wesley So | Levon Aronian |
| May 17–24, 2022 | Poland Rapid & Blitz | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Levon Aronian Viswanathan Anand | – |
| July 18–25, 2022 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz |  Magnus Carlsen | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alireza Firouzja | – |
| August 24–31, 2022 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Alireza Firouzja | Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Fabiano Caruana |
| September 1–12, 2022 | Sinquefield Cup | Alireza Firouzja |  Ian Nepomniachtchi | Wesley So Fabiano Caruana |
Tournaments
Superbet Chess Classic
The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Bucharest, Romania from 3–15 May 2022.
2022 GCT Superbet Chess Classic, 3–15 May Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2761.4) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB TPR Tour Points Prize money 1 
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2750 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2 2843 10 $77,677 2 
Wesley So (USA)2766 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 1 2841 10 $67,677 3 Levon Aronian (USA)2765 1 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 0 2841 10 $67,667 4 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2753 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 2762 6 $26,333 5 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2786 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2759 6 $26,333 6 
Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)2671 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2771 WC (6) $26,333 7 
Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2773 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 ½ 4 2720 3.5 $17,250 8 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2804 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 4 2717 3.5 $17,250 9 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2770 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 2680 1.5 $11,750 10 
Richárd Rapport (HUN)2776 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ 2679 1.5 $11,750
Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland
The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Warsaw, Poland from 17–24 May 2022.
- Final standings
2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, 19–23 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)12 12 24 WC (13) $40,000 T-2 Levon Aronian (USA)10 13½ 23½ 9 $27,500 T-2 
Viswanathan Anand (IND)14 9½ 23½ WC (9) $27,500 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)9 14 23 7 $20,000 5 Wesley So (USA)11 9½ 20½ 6 $15,000 6 Richard Rapport (HUN)13 6½ 19½ 5 $11,000 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)7 6½ 13½ WC (4) $10,000 8 
Anton Korobov (UKR)5 7½ 12½ WC (3) $9,000 9 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR)7 4½ 11½ WC (2) $8,000 10 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU)2 6½ 8½ WC (1) $7,000
2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, 19–21 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Viswanathan Anand (IND)2675 Does not appear 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 14 2 Richárd Rapport (HUN)2785 2 Does not appear 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 13 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2806 1 2 Does not appear 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 12 4 Wesley So (USA)2770 0 2 2 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 5 Levon Aronian (USA)2751 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 2 1 1 2 2 10 6 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2790 1 0 2 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 9 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)2647 0 0 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 1 7 8 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR)2573 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 2 7 9 Anton Korobov (UKR)2677 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 2 5 10 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU)2457 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Does not appear 2
2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, 22–23 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland[3] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2744 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 14 2 Levon Aronian (USA)2773 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 13½ 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2760 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 4 Viswanathan Anand (IND)2758 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 9½ 5 Wesley So (USA)2814 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear 1 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ 6 Anton Korobov (UKR)2650 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 Does not appear 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 7½ 7 Richárd Rapport (HUN)2646 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 Does not appear 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 8 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)2610 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ ½ 6½ 9 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU)2367 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 1 6½ 10 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR)2624 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 4½
SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia
The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 18–25 July 2022.
2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, 20–24 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 
Magnus Carlsen (NOR)11 11½ 22½ WC (13) $40,000 T-2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)10 12 22 9 $27,500 T-2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)11 11 22 9 $27,500 T-4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)9 12 21 6.5 $17,500 T-4 Wesley So (USA)11 10 21 6.5 $17,500 6 
Jorden van Foreest (NED)12 7 19 WC (5) $11,000 T-7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)8 7 15 3.5 $9,500 T-7 Leinier Domínguez (USA)7 8 15 3.5 $9,500 9 
Veselin Topalov (BUL)5 7 12 WC (2) $8,000 10 
Ivan Šarić (CRO)6 4½ 10½ WC (1) $7,000
2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, 20–22 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Jorden van Foreest (NED)2645 Does not appear 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 12 2 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2847 2 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 11 3 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2670 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 11 4 Wesley So (USA)2779 2 1 1 Does not appear 1 1 1 1 2 1 11 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2764 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 0 2 1 1 2 10 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2821 0 1 1 1 2 Does not appear 0 2 0 2 9 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2699 0 2 0 1 0 2 Does not appear 1 1 1 8 8 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2729 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 Does not appear 1 1 7 9 Ivan Šarić (CRO)2645 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 Does not appear 0 6 10 Veselin Topalov (BUL)2627 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Does not appear 5
2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, 23–24 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2784 Does not appear 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 12 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2740 1 0 Does not appear 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12 3 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2828 1 ½ 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 11½ 4 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2791 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 11 5 Wesley So (USA)2763 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 10 6 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2729 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 8 7 Veselin Topalov (BUL)2667 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2778 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 7 9 Jorden van Foreest (NED)2609 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 7 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)2550 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 0 0 Does not appear 4½
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, 26–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rapid Blitz Total Tour Points Prize money 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)11 15 26 13 $40,000 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)7 14 21 WC (10) $30,000 T-3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)8 11 19 7.5 $22,500 T-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)11 8 19 7.5 $22,500 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)9 9 18 6 $15,000 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)9 8½ 17½ 5 $11,000 T-7 Levon Aronian (USA)8 9 17 3.5 $9,500 T-7 Jeffery Xiong (USA)9 8 17 WC (3.5) $9,500 9 Sam Shankland (USA)10 3½ 13½ WC (2) $8,000 10 Leinier Domínguez (USA)8 4 12 1 $7,000
2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 26–28 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2704 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 11 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2763 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 11 3 Sam Shankland (USA)2616 1 1 Does not appear 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 10 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2795 1 1 0 Does not appear 2 1 1 1 1 1 9 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2695 0 0 1 0 Does not appear 2 2 1 2 1 9 6 Jeffery Xiong (USA)2725 1 1 2 1 0 Does not appear 2 1 1 0 9 7 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2766 2 0 1 1 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 2 8 8 Levon Aronian (USA)2728 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 0 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2705 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 2 8 10 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2836 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 Does not appear 7
2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 29–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2795 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 15 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2850 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2847 ½ 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 4 Levon Aronian (USA)2850 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 9 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2791 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 9 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2710 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ Does not appear 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 7 Jeffery Xiong (USA)2714 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 8 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2812 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ 8 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2714 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 4 10 Sam Shankland (USA)2645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3½
Sinquefield Cup
The final leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States from 2–11 September 2022.
2022 GCT Sinquefield Cup, 2–11 September Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Category XXI (2766.6) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TB TPR Tour Points Prize money 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2778 Does not appear 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 – 5 1½ 2844 11 $87,500 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2792 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 05 ½ 2804 11 $77,500 3 Wesley So (USA)2771 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ – 4½ 2799 7.5 $40,000 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2758 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ – 4½ 2801 7.5 $40,000 5 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2745 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ – 4 2758 6 $26,000 6 Hans Niemann (USA)2688 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 13½ 2775 WC (4.5) $19,750 7 Levon Aronian (USA)2759 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½3½ 2727 4.5 $19,750 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2757 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ – 3 2665 2.5 $14,500 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2757 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear – 3 2665 2.5 $14,500 10 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2861 – 1– – – 0½– – Does not appear – 2746 – –
- Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the tournament after Round 3. All his game results got annulled. See Carlsen–Niemann controversy.
Tour Standings
The wildcards (in italics) are not counted in overall standings.
| Player | ROU | POL | CRO | STL | SIN | Total points | Prize money | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alireza Firouzja (France) | 3.5 | — | 9 | 13 | 11 | 36.5 | $272,250 |
| 2 | Wesley So (United States) | 10 | 6 | 6.5 | — | 7.5 | 30 | $190,167 |
| 3 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 10 | — | 9 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 29 | $165,167 |
| 4 | Fabiano Caruana (United States) | 6 | 7 | — | 7.5 | 7.5 | 28 | $108,833 |
| 5 | Levon Aronian (United States) | 10 | 9 | — | 3.5 | 4.5 | 27 | $124,417 |
| 6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)[a] | 3.5 | — | 6.5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | $127,250 |
| 7 | Leinier Domínguez (United States) | 6 | — | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | 16.5 | $68,833 |
| 8 |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | 1.5 | — | 3.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 | $46,750 |
| 9 |  Richárd Rapport (Hungary) | 1.5 | 5 | — | — | — | 6.5 | $22,750 |
| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | — | — | 13 | — | w/d | 13 | $40,000 | |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | — | 13 | — | — | — | 13 | $40,000 | |
| Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | — | — | — | 10 | — | 10 | $30,000 | |
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | — | 9 | — | — | — | 9 | $27,500 | |
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | $26,333 | |
 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) | — | — | 5 | — | — | 5 | $11,000 | |
| Hans Niemann (United States) | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | 4.5 | $19,750 | |
| Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | $10,000 | |
| Jeffery Xiong (United States) | — | — | — | 3.5 | — | 3.5 | $9,500 | |
 Anton Korobov (Ukraine) | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | $9,000 | |
| Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine) | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
| Sam Shankland (United States) | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | $8,000 | |
| IM David Gavrilescu (Romania) | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | $7,000 | |
| Ivan Šarić (Croatia) | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | $7,000 |
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.[4]
