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.
1st
Wesley So
2nd
Nakamura, Hikaru
3rd
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
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 (CET) | EVENT |
| March 21 | Opening Ceremony | |
| March 22 | 15:00 | Groups: Round 1 |
| March 23 | 15:00 | Groups: Round 2 |
| March 24 | 15:00 | Groups: Round 3 |
| March 25 | 15:00 | Groups: Round 4 |
| March 26 | — | Free day |
| March 27 | 15:00 | Groups: Round 5 |
| March 28 | 15:00 | Groups: Round 6 |
| March 29 | 15:00 | Tie-breaks |
| March 30 | 15:00 | Semifinals: Game 1 |
| March 31 | 15:00 | Semifinals: Game 2 |
| April 1 | 15:00 | Tie-breaks |
| April 2 | 15:00 | Final: Game 1 |
| April 3 | 15:00 | Final: Game 2 |
| April 4 | 15:00 | Tie-breaks and closing ceremony |
Limited number of tickets is available on the event website.