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2022 tournaments

Supertournaments

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-upThird
Tata Steel Masters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin15–31 Jan14 (12) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Flag of Hungary.svg Richard Rapport
Tata Steel Challengers Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin15–31 Jan14 (0) Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Thai Dai Van Nguyen Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Buhl Bjerre
Superbet Chess Classic Flag of Romania.svg Bucharest Round robin3–15 May10 (9)Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of the United States.svg Levon Aronian
Norway Chess Flag of Norway.svg Stavanger Round robin30 May – 12 Jun10 (9) Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Prague Chess Festival Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Round robin7–18 Jun10 (6) Flag of India.svg Pentala Harikrishna Flag of Vietnam.svg Le Quang Liem Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Thai Dai Van Nguyen
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Shankland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Navara
2022 Candidates Tournament Flag of Spain.svg Madrid Double round robin16 Jun – 8 Jul 208 (8) FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Liren Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Teimour Radjabov
Biel Chess Festival Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Biel Round robin11–23 Jul8 (2) Flag of Vietnam.svg Le Quang Liem FIDE flag icon.png Andrey Esipenko Flag of India.svg Gukesh D
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Flag of Germany.svg Dortmund Round robin16–25 Jul4 (1) Flag of Germany.svg Dmitrij Kollars Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of England.svg Michael Adams
Sinquefield Cup Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis Round robin1–16 Sep10 (10) Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So
Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana

Open events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Gibraltar Chess Festival Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar Swiss24 Jan – 4 Feb22 Flag of Algeria.svg Bilel Bellahcene
Flag of Hungary.svg Balazs Csonka
Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Muzychuk
Flag of England.svg Ravi Haria
Flag of Italy.svg Sabino Brunello
Reykjavik Open Flag of Iceland.svg Reykjavík Swiss6–13 Apr238 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Warmerdam
Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Andersen
Flag of Iceland.svg Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson
Flag of the United States.svg Abhimanyu Mishra
Paracin Open Flag of Serbia.svg Paracin Swiss8–16 Jul160 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa FIDE flag icon.png Alexandr Predke Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alisher Suleymenov
Flag of India.svg Muthaiah AL

FIDE events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Knockout4–17 Feb16 Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of the United States.svg Levon Aronian Flag of Hungary.svg Richard Rapport
Flag of the United States.svg Leinier Domínguez
FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade Knockout1–14 Mar16 Flag of Hungary.svg Richard Rapport FIDE flag icon.png  Dmitry Andreikin  (FIDE)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anish Giri  (NED)
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (FRA)
FIDE Grand Prix Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Knockout22 Mar – 4 Apr16 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Iran.svg  Amin Tabatabaei  (IRI)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (AZE)
World Rapid Chess Championship Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Almaty Swiss26–28 Dec178 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of Germany.svg Vincent Keymer Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana
World Blitz Chess Championship Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Almaty Swiss29–30 Dec176 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of Armenia.svg Haik M. Martirosyan

2023–25 World Championship cycle qualification events

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
European Individual Championship Flag of Slovenia.svg Brežice Swiss27 Mar – 6 Apr317 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Blübaum Flag of Armenia.svg Gabriel Sargissian Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Šarić
American Continental Championship Flag of El Salvador.svg San Salvador Swiss2–10 May117 Flag of the United States.svg Timur Gareyev Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Yoo Flag of Cuba.svg Yasser Quesada Pérez

Team events

TournamentCitySystemDatesTeamsWinnerRunner-upThird
44th Chess Olympiad (open event) Flag of India.svg Chennai Swiss26 Jul – 9 Aug188Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Flag of India.svg India-2
44th Chess Olympiad (women event)Swiss26 Jul – 9 Aug162Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Flag of India.svg  India
2022 FIDE World Team Championship Flag of Israel.svg Jerusalem Groups and play-offs20–25 Nov12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Rapid and blitz tournaments

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Poland Rapid & Blitz Flag of Poland.svg Warsaw Round robin17–24 May10Flag of Poland.svg Jan-Krzysztof Duda Flag of the United States.svg Levon Aronian
Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Croatia Rapid & Blitz Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb Round robin18–25 Jul10Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Flag of the United States.svg Saint Louis Round robin24–31 Aug10 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja Flag of the United States.svg Hikaru Nakamura Flag of France.svg Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana
Norway Chess Blitz Flag of Norway.svg Stavanger Round robin30–31 May10 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley So Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Carlsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri
Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Deaths

See also

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