View source for 2022 in chess

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== 2022 tournaments ==
=== Supertournaments ===
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! Tournament !! City !!  System !! Dates !! Players (2700+) !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
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| [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2022|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]]
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| [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2022|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]]
|-
|[[Grand Chess Tour 2022#Superbet Chess Classic|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#2022|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}} [[Lê Quang Liêm|Le Quang Liem]]||{{Flagicon|CZE}} [[Thai Dai Van Nguyen]]<br>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Shankland]]<br>{{Flagicon|CZE}} [[David Navara]]
|-
|[[Candidates Tournament 2022|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}} [[Lê Quang Liêm|Le Quang Liem]]||  {{Flagicon|FIDE}} [[Andrey Esipenko]]|| {{Flagicon|IND}} [[Gukesh D]]
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| [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting#2022|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 (chess player)|Michael Adams]] 
|-
| [[Sinquefield Cup#2022|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]]<br>{{flagicon|United States}} [[Fabiano Caruana]]
|}

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

=== FIDE events ===
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! Tournament !! City !!  System !! Dates !! Players !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
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| [[FIDE Grand Prix 2022#Berlin, February 2022|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]]<br>{{flagicon|United States}} [[Leinier Domínguez]]
|-
| [[FIDE Grand Prix 2022#Belgrade, March 2022|FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade]] || {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Belgrade]] || Knockout || 1–14 Mar || 16 || {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Richard Rapport]] || {{flagathlete|[[Dmitry Andreikin]]|FIDE}} || {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|NED}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|FRA}} 
|-
| [[FIDE Grand Prix 2022#Berlin, March-April 2022|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}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}}
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| [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2022|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]]
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| [[World Blitz Chess Championship 2022|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 ===
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! Tournament !! City !!  System !! Dates !! Players !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
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| [[2022 European Individual Chess Championship|European Individual Championship]] || {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Brežice]] || Swiss || 27 Mar – 6 Apr || 317 || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Matthias Blübaum]]|| {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Gabriel Sargissian]]  || {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Ivan Šarić (chess player)|Ivan Šarić]]
|-
| [[Pan American Chess Championship#American Continental Chess Championship|American Continental Championship]] || {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[San Salvador]] || Swiss || 2–10 May || 117 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Timur Gareyev]]|| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Christopher Yoo (chess player)|Christopher Yoo]]  || {{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Yasser Quesada Pérez]]
|}

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

=== Rapid and blitz tournaments ===
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! Tournament !! City !!  System !! Dates !! Players !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
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| [[Grand Chess Tour 2022|Poland Rapid & Blitz]]|| {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Warsaw]]|| Round robin || 17–24 May || 10 || {{flagdeco|Poland}} [[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]]||  {{flagdeco|United States}} [[Levon Aronian]]<br>{{flagdeco|India}} [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| –
|-
| [[Grand Chess Tour 2022|Croatia Rapid & Blitz]]|| {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Zagreb]]|| Round robin || 18–25 Jul || 10 || {{flagdeco|Norway}} [[Magnus Carlsen]]|| {{flagdeco|France}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Alireza Firouzja]]
| –
|-
| [[Grand Chess Tour 2022|Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz]]|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[St. Louis|Saint Louis]]|| Round robin || 24–31 Aug || 10 || {{flagicon|France}} [[Alireza Firouzja]]|| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]]||{{flagicon|France}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]<br>{{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]]<br>{{Flagicon|IND}} [[Viswanathan Anand]]<br>{{Flagicon|AZE}} [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]
|}

==Deaths==
* 24 January – [[Mark Tseitlin]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twitter – Chess Pathshala |url=https://twitter.com/chesspathshala/status/1486032286441254913 |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
* 28 January – [[Gilles Mirallès]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 14 February – [[Borislav Ivkov]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 7 May — [[Yuri Averbakh]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 13 July — [[Igor Naumkin]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 14 July — [[Nikolai Krogius]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nikolai Krogius (1930-2022) |url=https://www.fide.com/news/1865 |access-date=2022-08-14 |work=[[FIDE]] |language=en}}</ref>
* 2 September — [[Mišo Cebalo]]
* 12 October — [[Konstantin Landa]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 4 December — [[Alex Sherzer]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 12 December — [[Iván Faragó]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Carlsen–Niemann controversy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== 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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