# 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.

## Lineup

The lineup was announced on February 16, 2022. As in 2021, it consisted of nine players, including top-three finishers of previous edition. Remaining six players were selected, based on several factors, including URS, FIDE rating, "fighting spirit and sportsmanship".
| Player | Country | FIDE Rating (January 2022) |
| Wesley So | United States | 2772 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 2761 |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaijan | 2767 |
| Alireza Firouzja | France | 2804 |
| Fabiano Caruana | United States | 2792 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE | 2773 |
| Levon Aronian | United States | 2772 |
| Richárd Rapport | Hungary | 2763 |
| Leinier Domínguez | United States | 2752 |

## 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 (WC) | Levon Aronian Viswanathan Anand (WC) | – |
| July 18–25, 2022 | Croatia Rapid & Blitz | Magnus Carlsen (WC) | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alireza Firouzja | – |
| August 24–31, 2022 | Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz | Alireza Firouzja | Hikaru Nakamura (WC) | 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) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTPRTour PointsPrize money 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2750Does not appear½0½1½½1½15½2284310$77,677 2 Wesley So (USA)2766½Does not appear½½½½1½1½5½1284110$67,677 3 Levon Aronian (USA)27651½Does not appear1½½½½½½5½0284110$67,667 4 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2753½½0Does not appear½1½01½4½27626$26,333 5 Fabiano Caruana (USA)27860½½½Does not appear½½½1½4½27596$26,333 6 Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU)2671½½½0½Does not appear½½½14½2771WC (6)$26,333 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2773½0½½½½Does not appear10½427203.5$17,250 8 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)28040½½1½½0Does not appear½½427173.5$17,250 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2770½0½00½1½Does not appear½3½26801.5$11,750 10 Richárd Rapport (HUN)27760½½½½0½½½Does not appear3½26791.5$11,750
    First place playoff Place Player Rapid rating 1 2 3 Score 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2743 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 Wesley So (USA) 2784 0 Does not appear 1 1 3 Levon Aronian (USA) 2751 0 0 Does not appear 0

### 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 PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTour PointsPrize money 1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)121224WC (13)$40,000 T-2 Levon Aronian (USA)1013½23½9$27,500 T-2 Viswanathan Anand (IND)149½23½WC (9)$27,500 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)914237$20,000 5 Wesley So (USA)119½20½6$15,000 6 Richard Rapport (HUN)136½19½5$11,000 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)76½13½WC (4)$10,000 8 Anton Korobov (UKR)57½12½WC (3)$9,000 9 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR)74½11½WC (2)$8,000 10 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU)26½8½WC (1)$7,000
    2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Rapid, 19–21 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Viswanathan Anand (IND)2675Does not appear01221222214 2 Richárd Rapport (HUN)27852Does not appear0012222213 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)280612Does not appear020212212 4 Wesley So (USA)2770022Does not appear11121111 5 Levon Aronian (USA)27510101Does not appear2112210 6 Fabiano Caruana (USA)279010210Does not appear11129 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)2647000111Does not appear1217 8 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR)25730010111Does not appear127 9 Anton Korobov (UKR)267700010101Does not appear25 10 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU)2457000100100Does not appear2
    2022 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Blitz, 22–23 May 2022, Warsaw, Poland PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2744Does not appear½ ½½ 11 ½1 11 11 11 01 11 014 2 Levon Aronian (USA)2773½ ½Does not appear½ ½½ 1½ 11 ½1 11 ½1 ½1 113½ 3 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL)2760½ 0½ ½Does not appear0 10 11 0½ 11 11 11 112 4 Viswanathan Anand (IND)27580 ½½ 01 0Does not appear1 ½½ 0½ 1½ 10 ½1 19½ 5 Wesley So (USA)28140 0½ 01 00 ½Does not appear1 11 10 ½½ 11 ½9½ 6 Anton Korobov (UKR)26500 00 ½0 1½ 10 0Does not appear0 1½ 10 10 17½ 7 Richárd Rapport (HUN)26460 00 0½ 0½ 00 01 0Does not appear0 11 1½ 16½ 8 Radosław Wojtaszek (POL)26100 10 ½0 0½ 01 ½½ 01 0Does not appear½ 0½ ½6½ 9 IM David Gavrilescu (ROU)23670 00 ½0 01 ½½ 01 00 0½ 1Does not appear½ 16½ 10 Kirill Shevchenko (UKR)26240 10 00 00 00 ½1 0½ 0½ ½½ 0Does not appear4½

### 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 PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTour PointsPrize money 1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)1111½22½WC (13)$40,000 T-2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)1012229$27,500 T-2 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)1111229$27,500 T-4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)912216.5$17,500 T-4 Wesley So (USA)1110216.5$17,500 6 Jorden van Foreest (NED)12719WC (5)$11,000 T-7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)87153.5$9,500 T-7 Leinier Domínguez (USA)78153.5$9,500 9 Veselin Topalov (BUL)5712WC (2)$8,000 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)64½10½WC (1)$7,000
    2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Rapid, 20–22 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Jorden van Foreest (NED)2645Does not appear02012221212 2 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)28472Does not appear1111012211 3 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)267001Does not appear111212211 4 Wesley So (USA)2779211Does not appear11112111 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)27641111Does not appear0211210 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)282101112Does not appear02029 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2699020102Does not appear1118 8 Leinier Domínguez (USA)27290111101Does not appear117 9 Ivan Šarić (CRO)264510001211Does not appear06 10 Veselin Topalov (BUL)2627000100112Does not appear5
    2022 GCT SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia – Blitz, 23–24 July 2022, Zagreb, Croatia PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2784Does not appear0 10 ½½ 1½ ½1 11 10 10 11 112 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27401 0Does not appear0 0½ 0½ 11 11 ½½ 11 11 112 3 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)28281 ½1 1Does not appear1 00 ½0 ½1 ½1 ½1 11 011½ 4 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2791½ 0½ 10 1Does not appear½ 10 1½ ½½ 11 10 111 5 Wesley So (USA)2763½ ½½ 0½ 1½ 0Does not appear½ 0½ 11 10 ½1 110 6 Leinier Domínguez (USA)27290 00 01 ½1 0½ 1Does not appear½ 01 ½½ 01 ½8 7 Veselin Topalov (BUL)26670 00 ½0 ½½ ½½ 0½ 1Does not appear1 01 10 07 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)27781 0½ 00 ½½ 00 00 ½0 1Does not appear½ ½1 17 9 Jorden van Foreest (NED)26091 00 00 00 01 ½½ 10 0½ ½Does not appear1 17 10 Ivan Šarić (CRO)25500 00 00 11 00 00 ½1 10 00 0Does not appear4½

### Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

    2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, 26–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlayerRapidBlitzTotalTour PointsPrize money 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)11152613$40,000 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)71421WC (10)$30,000 T-3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)811197.5$22,500 T-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)118197.5$22,500 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)99186$15,000 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)98½17½5$11,000 T-7 Levon Aronian (USA)89173.5$9,500 T-7 Jeffery Xiong (USA)9817WC (3.5)$9,500 9 Sam Shankland (USA)103½13½WC (2)$8,000 10 Leinier Domínguez (USA)84121$7,000
    2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Rapid, 26–28 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2704Does not appear11121012211 2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)27631Does not appear1121211111 3 Sam Shankland (USA)261611Does not appear210111210 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)2795110Does not appear2111119 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)26950010Does not appear221219 6 Jeffery Xiong (USA)272511210Does not appear21109 7 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2766201100Does not appear1128 8 Levon Aronian (USA)27281111111Does not appear108 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)270501110111Does not appear28 10 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2836010112020Does not appear7
    2022 GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz – Blitz, 29–30 August 2022, St. Louis, Missouri, United States PlayerRating12345678910Points 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2795Does not appear½ 1½ 1½ 11 ½1 1½ 11 ½1 11 115 2 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2850½ 0Does not appear1 11 0½ 1½ ½1 11 11 11 114 3 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2847½ 00 0Does not appear1 ½½ ½½ 10 1½ 11 11 111 4 Levon Aronian (USA)2850½ 00 10 ½Does not appear1 ½1 01 ½0 ½1 01 ½9 5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27910 ½½ 0½ ½0 ½Does not appear1 ½1 ½½ ½1 0½ 19 6 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)27100 0½ ½½ 00 10 ½Does not appear0 01 ½1 11 18½ 7 Jeffery Xiong (USA)2714½ 00 01 00 ½0 ½1 1Does not appear½ ½1 01 ½8 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)28120 ½0 0½ 01 ½½ ½0 ½½ ½Does not appear1 1½ ½8 9 Leinier Domínguez (USA)27140 00 00 00 10 10 00 10 0Does not appear½ ½4 10 Sam Shankland (USA)26450 00 00 00 ½½ 00 00 ½½ ½½ ½Does not appear3½

### 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) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTBTPRTour PointsPrize money 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA)2778Does not appear01½½½1½1–51½284411$87,500 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)27921Does not appear½½½½1½½05½280411$77,500 3 Wesley So (USA)27710½Does not appear1½1½½½–4½27997.5$40,000 4 Fabiano Caruana (USA)2758½½0Does not appear½1½1½–4½28017.5$40,000 5 Leinier Domínguez (USA)2745½½½½Does not appear½½½½–427586$26,000 6 Hans Niemann (USA)2688½½00½Does not appear½½113½2775WC (4.5)$19,750 7 Levon Aronian (USA)275900½½½½Does not appear1½½3½27274.5$19,750 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA)2757½½½0½½0Does not appear½–326652.5$14,500 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)27570½½½½0½½Does not appear–326652.5$14,500 10 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2861–1–––0½––Does not appear–2746––
    First place playoff Place Player Rapid rating Rapid Score 1 Alireza Firouzja (FRA) 2732 ½ 1 1½ 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) 2779 ½ 0 ½
* 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 |
| T-5 | Levon Aronian (United States) | 10 | 9 | — | 3.5 | 4.5 | 27 | $124,417 |
| T-5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) | 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 |