The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 is a series of three chess tournaments, to be played between 3 February and 4 April 2022 in Berlin, Germany, and Belgrade, Serbia. The top two finishers will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2022, which is the final qualification stage for the World Chess Championship 2023.
The first leg of the Grand Prix Series will take place from February 3 to 17 in Berlin. Rounds start at 14:00 UTC.
1st
Nakamura, Hikaru
2nd
Aronian, Levon
3rd
Dominguez Leinier
16 players
from 9 countries
There are 24 players. Each player will play in two out of three of the tournaments. Each tournament will have 16 players, and have a two-stage format.
In the first stage, the players are divided into four pools of four, and the players in each pool play a double round-robin mini-tournament. The four winners of the pools progress to the second stage.
In the second stage, the four pool winners play a knock-out tournament, consisting of semi-finals and a final. Both the semi-finals and final will consist of 2 regular time limit games, plus tiebreaks if required.
Players receive Grand Prix points according to their finishing position in each tournament. The two players with the most Grand Prix points across the two tournaments they play qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2022.
| DATE | TIME (UTC) | EVENT |
| February 3 | Opening Ceremony | |
| February 4 | 14:00 | Groups: Round 1 |
| February 5 | 14:00 | Groups: Round 2 |
| February 6 | 14:00 | Groups: Round 3 |
| February 7 | 14:00 | Groups: Round 4 |
| February 8 | — | Free day |
| February 9 | 14:00 | Groups: Round 5 |
| February 10 | 14:00 | Groups: Round 6 |
| February 11 | 14:00 | Tie-breaks |
| February 12 | 14:00 | Semifinals: Game 1 |
| February 13 | 14:00 | Semifinals: Game 2 |
| February 14 | 14:00 | Tie-breaks |
| February 15 | 14:00 | Final: Game 1 |
| February 16 | 14:00 | Final: Game 2 |
| February 17 | 14:00 | Tie-breaks and closing ceremony |
The Grand Prix Series in Berlin will take place in the city centre at Unter den Linden 26-30. The rounds start at 3 PM Berlin time. Limited number of tickets is available on the event website.
Due to COVID restrictions currently in place, only a limited number of tickets are available. Please note that the 2G+ rule applies to the event, which means that visiting the venue is only possible for those who either have a complete vaccination with EU-certified vaccine or proof of recovery and can additionally present a booster dose certificate or a negative test result.
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