Grand Chess Tour 2022
# Grand Chess Tour 2022

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. 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.

The tour points were awarded as follows:

    PlacePoints 1st12/13* 2nd10 3rd8 4th7 5th6 6th5 7th4 8th3 9th2 10th1
* 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 | 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.

    Superbet Chess Classic, 3–15 May Bucharest, Romania, Category XXI (2761.4) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBH2HWinsSBKoyaTPRTour Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2750Does not appear½0½1½½1½15½2284310 2 Wesley So (United States)2766½Does not appear½½½½1½1½5½1284110 3 Levon Aronian (United States)27651½Does not appear1½½½½½½5½0284110 4 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2753½½0Does not appear½1½01½4½1½27626 5 Fabiano Caruana (United States)27860½½½Does not appear½½½1½4½127596 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)2671½½½0½Does not appear½½½14½½27716 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2773½0½½½½Does not appear10½4127203.5 8 Alireza Firouzja (France)28040½½1½½0Does not appear½½4027173.5 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2770½0½00½1½Does not appear½3½½126801.5 10 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)27760½½½½0½½½Does not appear3½½026791.5

### Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland

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

    Poland Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 19–21 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland PlayerRating12345678910PointsH2HWinsSB 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2675Does not appear01221222214 2 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)27852Does not appear0012222213 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)280612Does not appear020212212 4 Wesley So (United States)2770022Does not appear11121111 5 Levon Aronian (United States)27510101Does not appear2112210 6 Fabiano Caruana (United States)279010210Does not appear11129 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2647000111Does not appear1217 8 Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)25730010111Does not appear127 9 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)267700010101Does not appear25 10 David Gavrilescu (Romania)2457000100100Does not appear2
    Poland Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 22–23 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland PlayerRating12345678910PointsH2HWinsSB 1 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2744Does not appear½ ½½ 11 ½1 11 11 11 01 11 014 2 Levon Aronian (United States)2773½ ½Does not appear½ ½½ 1½ 11 ½1 11 ½1 ½1 113½ 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)2760½ 0½ ½Does not appear0 10 11 0½ 11 11 11 112 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)27580 ½½ 01 0Does not appear1 ½½ 0½ 1½ 10 ½1 19½1½ 5 Wesley So (United States)28140 0½ 01 00 ½Does not appear1 11 10 ½½ 11 ½9½½ 6 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)26500 00 ½0 1½ 10 0Does not appear0 1½ 10 10 17½ 7 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)26460 00 0½ 0½ 00 01 0Does not appear0 11 1½ 16½3 8 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)26100 10 ½0 0½ 01 ½½ 01 0Does not appear½ 0½ ½6½1½3 9 David Gavrilescu (Romania)23670 00 ½0 01 ½½ 01 00 0½ 1Does not appear½ 16½1½4 10 Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)26240 10 00 00 00 ½1 0½ 0½ ½½ 0Does not appear4½

**Final standings**


    PlayerPoints 1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)24 T-2 Levon Aronian (United States)23½ T-2 Viswanathan Anand (India)23½ 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)23 5 Wesley So (United States)20½ 6 Richard Rapport (Hungary)19½ 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)13½ 8 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)12½ 9 Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine)11½ 10 David Gavrilescu (Romania)8½

### SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia

The third leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 18–25 July 2022.

    Croatia Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 20–22 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia PlayerRating12345678910PointsH2HWinsSB 1 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)2645Does not appear02012221212 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)28472Does not appear1111012211394.00 3 Alireza Firouzja (France)267001Does not appear111212211386.00 4 Wesley So (United States)2779211Does not appear111121112 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)27641111Does not appear0211210 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)282101112Does not appear02029 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2699020102Does not appear1118 8 Leinier Domínguez (United States)27290111101Does not appear117 9 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)264510001211Does not appear06 10 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2627000100112Does not appear5
    Croatia Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 23–24 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia PlayerRating12345678910PointsH2HWinsSB 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2784Does not appear0 10 ½½ 1½ ½1 11 10 10 11 11211097.25 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27401 0Does not appear0 0½ 0½ 11 11 ½½ 11 11 11211092.50 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)28281 ½1 1Does not appear1 00 ½0 ½1 ½1 ½1 11 011½ 4 Alireza Firouzja (France)2791½ 0½ 10 1Does not appear½ 10 1½ ½½ 11 10 111 5 Wesley So (United States)2763½ ½½ 0½ 1½ 0Does not appear½ 0½ 11 10 ½1 110 6 Leinier Domínguez (United States)27290 00 01 ½1 0½ 1Does not appear½ 01 ½½ 01 ½8 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)26670 00 ½0 ½½ ½½ 0½ 0Does not appear1 01 10 073 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)27781 0½ 00 ½½ 00 00 ½0 1Does not appear½ ½1 172 9 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)26091 00 00 00 01 ½½ 10 0½ ½Does not appear1 171 10 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)25500 00 00 11 00 00 ½1 10 00 0Does not appear4½

**Final standings**


    PlayerPoints 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 22½ T-2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)22 T-2 Alireza Firouzja (France)22 T-4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)21 T-4 Wesley So (United States)21 6 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)19 T-7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)15 T-7 Leinier Domínguez (United States)15 9 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)12 10 Ivan Šarić (Croatia)10½

### Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

    Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 26-28 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlayerRating12345678910PointsH2HWinsSB 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)2704Does not appear11121012211½3 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)27631Does not appear1121211111½2 3 Sam Shankland (United States)261611Does not appear210111210 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2795110Does not appear21111191½ 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)26950010Does not appear2212191 6 Jeffery Xiong (United States)272511210Does not appear21109½ 7 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2766201100Does not appear1128 8 Levon Aronian (United States)27281111111Does not appear108 9 Leinier Domínguez (United States)270501110111Does not appear28 10 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2836010112020Does not appear7
    Saint Louis Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 29–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlayerRating12345678910PointsH2HWinsSB 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)2795Does not appear½ 1½ 1½ 11 ½1 1½ 11 ½1 11 115 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2850½ 0Does not appear1 11 0½ 1½ ½1 11 11 11 114 3 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2847½ 00 0Does not appear1 ½½ ½½ 10 1½ 11 11 111 4 Levon Aronian (United States)2850½ 00 10 ½Does not appear1 ½1 01 ½0 ½1 01 ½91½ 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27910 ½½ 0½ ½0 ½Does not appear1 ½1 ½½ ½1 0½ 19½ 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)27100 0½ ½½ 00 10 ½Does not appear0 01 ½1 11 18½ 7 Jeffery Xiong (United States)2714½ 00 01 00 ½0 ½1 1Does not appear½ ½1 01 ½815 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)28120 ½0 0½ 01 ½½ ½0 ½½ ½Does not appear1 1½ ½813 9 Leinier Domínguez (United States)27140 00 00 00 10 10 00 10 0Does not appear½ ½4 10 Sam Shankland (United States)26450 00 00 00 ½½ 00 00 ½½ ½½ ½Does not appear3½

**Final standings**


    PlayerPoints 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)26 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)21 T-3 Fabiano Caruana (United States)19 T-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)19 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)18 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)17½ T-7 Levon Aronian (United States)17 T-7 Jeffery Xiong (United States)17 9 Sam Shankland (United States)13½ 10 Leinier Domínguez (United States)12

### Sinquefield Cup

The final leg of the Grand Chess Tour was held in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States from 2–11 September 2022.

    Sinquefield Cup, 2–11 September Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Category XXI (2766.6) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBH2HWinsSBKoyaTPRTour Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (France)2778Does not appear01½½½1½1–51½284411 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27921Does not appear½½½½1½½05½280411 3 Wesley So (United States)27710½Does not appear1½1½½½–4½127997.5 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2758½½0Does not appear½1½1½–4½028017.5 5 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2745½½½½Does not appear½½½½–427586 6 Hans Niemann (United States)2688½½00½Does not appear½½113½½113.5027754.5 7 Levon Aronian (United States)275900½½½½Does not appear1½½3½½112.7527274.5 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2757½½½0½½0Does not appear½–3½012.5026652.5 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)27570½½½½0½½Does not appear–3½012.2526652.5 10 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2861–1–––0½––Does not appear—27461
* 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 | 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 Sep 02 – Sep 11 | Total points | Prize money |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alireza Firouzja (France) | 3.5 | | 9 | 13 | 11 | 36.5 | $272,250 |
| Wesley So (United States) | 10 | 6 | 6.5 | | 7.5 | 30 | $190,167 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 10 | | 9 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 29 | $165,167 |
| Fabiano Caruana (United States) | 6 | 7 | | 7.5 | 7.5 | 28 | $108,833 |
| Levon Aronian (United States) | 10 | 9 | | 3.5 | 4.5 | 27 | $124,417 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) | 3.5 | | 6.5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | $127,250 |
| Leinier Domínguez (United States) | 6 | | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | 16.5 | $68,833 |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) | 1.5 | | 3.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 | $46,750 |
| Richárd Rapport (Hungary) | 1.5 | 5 | | | | 6.5 | $22,750 |
| Magnus Carlsen (Norway) | | | WC (13) | | Withdrew | | $40,000 |
| Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | | WC (13) | | | | | $40,000 |
| Hikaru Nakamura (United States) | | | | WC (10) | | | $30,000 |
| Viswanathan Anand (India) | | WC (9) | | | | | $27,500 |
| Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania) | WC (6) | | | | | | $26,333 |
| Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) | | | WC (5) | | | | $11,000 |
| Hans Niemann (United States) | | | | | WC (4.5) | | $19,750 |
| Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) | | WC (4) | | | | | $10,000 |
| Jeffery Xiong (United States) | | | | WC (3.5) | | | $9,500 |
| Anton Korobov (Ukraine) | | WC (3) | | | | | $9,000 |
| Kirill Shevchenko (Ukraine) | | WC (2) | | | | | $8,000 |
| Sam Shankland (United States) | | | | WC (2) | | | $8,000 |
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | | | WC (2) | | | | $8,000 |
| David Gavrilescu (Romania) | | WC (1) | | | | | $7,000 |
| Ivan Šarić (Croatia) | | | WC (1) | | | | $7,000 |
