2022 in chess explained

2022 tournaments

Supertournaments

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players (2700+)	Winner	Runner-up	Third
		Round robin	15–31 Jan	14 (12)			Richard Rapport
		Round robin	15–31 Jan	14 (0)			Jonas Buhl Bjerre
Superbet Chess Classic	Bucharest	Round robin	3–15 May	10 (9)	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Wesley So	Levon Aronian
		Round robin	30 May – 12 Jun	10 (9)	Magnus Carlsen	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	Viswanathan Anand
		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
		Round robin	11–23 Jul	8 (2)	Le Quang Liem	Andrey Esipenko	Gukesh D
		Round robin	16–25 Jul	4 (1)
	St. Louis	Round robin	1–16 Sep	10 (10)			Wesley So Fabiano Caruana

Open events

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
		Swiss	24 Jan – 4 Feb	22		–
		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
		Knockout	4–17 Feb	16	Hikaru Nakamura	Levon Aronian	Richard Rapport Leinier Domínguez
		Knockout	1–14 Mar	16
		Knockout	22 Mar – 4 Apr	16
		Swiss	26–28 Dec	178			Fabiano Caruana
		Swiss	29–30 Dec	176			Haik M. Martirosyan

2023–25 World Championship cycle qualification events

Tournament	City	System	Dates	Players	Winner	Runner-up	Third
		Swiss	27 Mar – 6 Apr	317	Matthias Blübaum		Ivan Šarić
		Swiss	2–10 May	117	Timur Gareyev		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			India-2
44th Chess Olympiad (women event)		Swiss	26 Jul – 9 Aug	162
		Groups and play-offs	20–25 Nov	12

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

External links

• Calendar by FIDE
• 2022 Chess Calendar by chess24.com
• Chess Calendar by Lichess
• Chess Calendar by Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Twitter – Chess Pathshala . 2022-01-26 . Twitter . en.
2. News: 31 January 2022. Gilles Mirallès, grand contributeur au développement des échecs, nous a quittés. French. Europe Échecs. 2 February 2022.
3. Web site: Tuga, Srbija ostala bez VELEMAJSTORA pred kojim su padali svi svetski velikani: Preminuo slavni Bora Ivkov. Sportal.
4. Web site: Yuri Averbakh passes away at age 100 . 2022-05-07 . chess24.com.
5. Web site: Chess world mourns GM Igor Naumkin . 2022-10-12 . Times of Malta . en-gb.
6. News: Nikolai Krogius (1930-2022) . 2022-08-14 . . en.
7. Web site: Ушел из жизни Константин Ланда . 2022-10-12 . Федерация шахмат России . ru.
8. Web site: Read Dr. Alexander "Alex" Sherzer's Obituary & Leave Condolences . 2023-01-01 . everloved.com . en.
9. Web site: Népszava . Meghalt Faragó Iván nemzetközi sakknagymester . 2023-01-01 . nepszava.hu . hu.