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  • World Blitz Championship

    29 - 30 December 2022
    Almaty, Kazakhstan.
    176 players ( Open ), 99 players ( Women )
    24 rounds
    Time control: 3 minutes + 2 sec per move.

    Carlsen won World Blitz Championship. Assaubayeva is the champion of Women's section.
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  • World Rapid Championship

    26 - 28 December 2022
    Almaty , Kazakhstan
    180 players ( Open ), 8101 players ( Women )
    15 rounds
    Time control: 15 minutes + 10 sec per move.

    Top 5 players - Rapid rating

    1 Carlsen Magnus 2834
    2 Rapport Richard 2802
    3 Nakamura Hikaru 2795
    4 Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2791
    5 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2777

    Carlsen won World Rapid Championship. Tan Zhongyi is the champion of Women's section.

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  • Gashimov Memorial

    17 - 24 December 2021
    Baku, Azerbaijan
    10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2678

    Abdusattorov won Gashimov Memorial.

    Players

    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2740) AZE
    Richard Rapport (2740) ROU
    Gukesh D (2725) IND
    Wang Hao (2722) CHN
    Vallejo Pons (2716) ESP

    Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2713) UZB
    Sam Shankland (2710) USA
    Rauf Mamedov (2646) AZE
    Abdulla Gadimbayli (2524) AZE
    Aydin Suleymanli (2543) AZE

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  • European Rapid Chess Championship

    Rapid: 11-round Swiss system
    17th - 18th December
    968 players

    Santos Latasa and Maltsevskaya won the European Open & Women Rapid Chess Championship respectively.

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  • European Blitz Chess Championship

    16th - 18th December 2022
    Katowice, Poland
    rapid and Blitz

    Blitz: 22-round Swiss system
    16th December
    Time control : 3 minutes for the entire game,
    plus a 2-second increment starting from move 1 529 players

    David Navara and Alexandra Kosteniuk won the European Open & Women Blitz Chess Championship respectively.

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  • Tata Steel Chess India Rapid

    29 November - 1 December 2022
    Kolkata , India
    10 players
    Rapid games: A single 10-player Round Robin

    Players

    Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE
    Erigaisi Arjun IND
    Sarin Nihal IND
    Gukesh IND
    Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB

    Maghsoodloo Parham IRI
    So Wesley USA
    Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND
    Nakamura Hikaru USA
    Sethuraman S


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  • Women's Candidates Tournament Pool B

    25 October - 6 November 2022
    4 players in Pool A, 4 players in Pool B,
    Knockout , 4-games matches
    Pool B in Khiva, Uzbekistan

    Kosteniuk - Goryachkina

    Tan - Lagno

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  • Turkish Chess Champ.

    25 November - 3 December 2022
    Antalya, Turkey
    10 players
    Average rating: 2354
    Round-robin system

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  • World Team Chess Champ.

    20 - 25 November , 2022
    Jerusalem , Israel
    China , France , Spain , Ukraine , Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, India and Poland are the quarterfinalists.

    Quarterfinal pairings



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  • Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022

    Magnus Carlsen
    Praggnanandhaa
    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
    Liem Le

    Jan-Krzysztof Duda
    Arjun Erigaisi
    Anish Giri
    Wesley So

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  • Women's Candidates Tournament

    Lei, Tingjie won Pool A and goes to the final.

    Semifinals - Pool A
    Game 4 : Lei, Tingjie - Muzychuk, Anna : 1 - 0

    Game 3 : Muzychuk, Anna - Lei, Tingjie : 0.5 - 0.5

    Game 2 : Lei, Tingjie - Muzychuk, Anna : 0.5 - 0.5

    Game 1 : Muzychuk, Anna - Lei, Tingjie : 0.5 - 0.5

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  • Fischer Random World Chess Championship

    Finals:

    Nakamura is champion.

    Nakamura - Nepomniachtchi : 3 - 2

    3rd place

    Carlsen - Abdusattorov : 3 - 1

    Semi Finals:

    Abdusattorov - Nakamura : 0 - 3

    Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi : 1 - 3



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  • Aimchess Rapid Knockout

    Final
    Duda - Mamedyarov : 2 - 0


    Semifinals
    Duda - Carlsen: 3 - 1

    Mamedyarov - Rapport : 3.5 - 2.5

    Quarterfinals
    Vidit - Duda: 0.5 - 2.5
    Erigaisi - Carlsen: 0.5 - 2.5
    Abdusattorov - Mamedyarov: 1.5 - 2.5
    Gukesh - Rapport : 1.5 - 2.5

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  • European Club Cup ECCC chess tournament

    Carlsen , Vachier-Lagrave , Anand, Rapport , Gukesh, Harikrishna , Vidit , Mamedyarov in European Club Cup

    3–9 October 2022
    Zillertal, Austria
    70 teams ( Open ) , 17 teams ( Women )
    7 rounds, Swiss system







  • Astana FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022

    7th event of the Champions Chess Tour . 8 players will be eliminated after a single round-robin tournament.

    18 - 29 September 2022
    Astana , Kazakhstan
    12 players
    Round Robin

    Lagno won with 8 points.






  • Julius Baer Generation Cup - Champions Chess Tour 2022

    7th event of the Champions Chess Tour . 8 players will be eliminated after a single round-robin tournament.

    22 - 25 September2022
    Online at chess24.com

    8 players

    Final

    Carlsen - Erigaisi : 2.5 - 0.5 ; 2 - 0


    Semi-finals

    Carlsen - Keymer: 3 - 1

    Le - Erigaisi : 2 - 4


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  • Julius Baer Generation Cup Preliminaries - Champions Chess Tour 2022

    7th event of the Champions Chess Tour . 8 players will be eliminated after a single round-robin tournament.

    18 - 21 September2022
    Online at chess24.com

    16 players

    Average rating: 2705

    Top Players

    Carlsen, Magnus NOR
    Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL
    Le, Quang Liem VIE
    Praggnanandhaa IND
    Aronian, Levon USA
    Erigaisi Arjun IND
    Giri, Anish NED
    Navara, David

    Keymer, Vincent GER
    Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL
    Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR
    Saric, Ivan CRO
    Gelfand, Boris ISR
    Niemann, Hans Moke USA
    Adhiban, B. IND
    Yoo, Christopher Woojin USA

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  • Champions Showdown: Chess9LX

    14 - 17 September 2022
    Saint Louis, USA

    10-player
    Round Robin Chess 960 ( Fischer Random )
    20 mn + 5sec increment

    Players

    Kasparov, Garry 2812
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2792
    Firouzja, Alireza 2778
    So, Wesley 2771

    Nakamura, Hikaru 2768
    Aronian, Levon 2759
    Caruana, Fabiano 2758
    Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2757
    Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2745
    Svidler, Peter 2683

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  • Sinquefield Cup

    1 - 11 September 2022
    St Louis, USA,
    10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating : 2771

    Players

    Carlsen, Magnus 2864
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2792
    Firouzja, Alireza 2778
    Caruana, Fabiano 2776

    Aronian, Levon 2775
    So, Wesley 2773
    Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2758
    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757
    Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2754
    Niemann, Hans Moke 2687

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  • Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

    Firouzja is the winner.

    August 24- 31, 2021
    Saint Louis, USA
    10 players
    Average rating: 2757

    Rapid Round Robin
    Blitz Double Round Robin

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  • European Women Chess Championship 2022

    20 - 31 August 2022
    Prague, Czechia
    130 players
    11 rounds
    Average rating: 2202


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  • Turkish Chess Super League 2022

    16 - 27 August 2022
    Ankara
    13 teams
    Round robin

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  • FTX Crypto Cup - Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022

    15 - 21 August , 2022
    Round robin online tournament. chess24 Playzone,
    8 players
    Each match consists of 4 rapid game .

    Carlsen, Magnus NOR
    Praggnanandhaa R IND
    Aronian, Levon USA
    Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL

    Firouzja Ali Reza FRA
    Giri, Anish NED
    Liem Quang Le VIE
    Niemann , Hans USA

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  • Chess Olympiad

    29 July - 9 August 2022
    Mahabalipuram, Chennai
    188 teams open , 162 teams women
    11 rounds, Swiss system
    Open: 4 players, 1 reserve
    Women: 4 players, 1 reserve

    Uzbekistan won Olympiad 2022. Ukraine won Olympiad Women's section.

    1. Uzbekistan

    2. Armenia

    3. India 2



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  • SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia - Grand Chess Tour

    3rd event of Grand Chess Tour 2022 July 18 - 25, 2022
    Zagreb, Croatia
    Average rating : 2712

    Rapid : 10-player Round robin
    Blitz: 10-playerDouble Round robin

    Carlsen is the winner.

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  • Biel chess tournament

    July 12 -22 ,2022
    Biel, Switzerland
    8 players
    7 rounds Classical games
    7 rounds Rapid games
    14 rounds Blitz games Average rating: 2683


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  • FTX Road to Miami

    5th event of the Champions Chess Tour
    14 - 17 July 2022

    Quarterfinals

    Giri - Duda
    Erigaisi - Aronian
    Wei Yi - Sevian
    Xiong - Rapport

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  • World Chess Championship Candidates 2022

    21 Jun - 4 July 2022
    Madrid, Spain
    8 players
    Double round robin
    Average rating: 2772

    Players - ratings

    Ding, Liren 2806
    Firouzja, Alireza 2793
    Caruana, Fabiano 2783

    Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2766
    Rapport, Richard 2764
    Nakamura, Hikaru 2760
    Radjabov, Teimour 2753
    Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2750
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  • Prague Chess Festival - Masters

    8 - 17 June 2022
    Prague, Czechia
    Masters t. : 10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2693


    Players

    Le Quang Liem VIE
    Harikrishna Pentala IND
    Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE
    Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP
    Navara David CZE

    Shankland Sam USA
    Maghsoodloo Parham IRI
    Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND
    Salem A.R. Saleh UAE
    Anton Guijarro David ESP

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  • Norway Chess 2022

    Norway Chess 2022

    31 May - 10 June 2022 , Stavenger , Norway
    10 players , Round robin
    Average rating: 2754

    Players

    Carlsen, Magnus 2864
    Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2770
    So, Wesley 2766
    Giri, Anish 2761

    Radjabov, Teimour 2753
    Anand, Viswanathan 2751
    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2750
    Wang, Hao 0/0 2744
    Topalov, Veselin 0/0 2730
    Tari, Aryan 2654

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  • The Chessable Masters Preliminaries- Meltwater Champions Chess Tour
    4th event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour



    19 - 22 May 2022
    16 players
    Average rating: 2694
    15 minutes for all moves,
    with a 10-second increment from move 1
    No draw offers are allowed before move 40


    Ding Liren ( CHN ) won the tournament.

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  • Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland - Grand Chess Tour
    2nd event of the Grand Chess Tour



    19 - 22 May 2022
    May 17 - 24, 2022
    Warsaw, Poland
    Average rating : 2712

    Rapid : Round robin
    Blitz: Double Round robin


    Duda ( POL ) won the tournament.

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  • Superbet Chess Classic - Grand Chess Tour

    May 3rd - 9th , 2022
    Malmö, Sweden
    8 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2681



    Players - ratings
    Firouzja, Alireza 2804
    Caruana, Fabiano 2786
    Rapport, Richard 2776
    Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2773
    Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2770

    So, Wesley 2766
    Aronian, Levon 2765
    Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2753
    Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2750
    Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2671




  • Tepe Sigeman & Co tournament

    May 3rd - 9th , 2022
    Malmö, Sweden
    8 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2681









  • Russian Team Champ

    1 - 10 May 2022
    Sochi, Russia
    9 teams
    Round robin

    Teams

    - Bronze Horseman (Saint Petersburg)
    - Moscow Chess Team (Moscow)
    - Gogolevsky, 14 (Moscow)
    - CPRF (Moscow)

    - Southern Ural
    - School of M. Botvinnik (Moscow)
    - Ladya
    - SSHOR (Saint Petersburg)






  • Oslo Esports Cup - Meltwater Champions Chess Tour

    April 22 - 28 , 2022
    Oslo, Norway
    8 players
    Rapid : Round robin - Four-game match


    Players

    Magnus Carlsen NOR
    Anish Giri NED
    Jorden van Foreest NED
    Praggnanandhaa R IND
    Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL
    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE
    Eric Hansen CAN
    Liem Quang Le VIE






  • Capablanca Memorial Elite Group

    19 -28 April 2022
    Havana, Cuba
    Elite Group 10 players
    Round robin
    Average rating: 2589

    Players

    Mareco Sandro ARG
    Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND
    Niemann Hans Moke USA
    Durarbayli Vasif ESP
    Quesada Perez Luis Ernesto CUB
    Yilmaz Mustafa TUR
    Quesada Perez Yasser CUB
    Almeida Quintana Omar CUB
    Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB
    Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel CUB

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  • Charity Cup Knockout - Meltwater Champions Chess Tour
    2nd event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour

    March 23 to 28, 2022 Berlin, Germany
    Carlsen is the winner.
    Final

    Carlsen, Magnus - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof: 2 - 0

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  • Berlin FIDE Grand Prix 2022
    3rd event of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 series.

    March 22 - April 4, 2022
    Berlin, Germany
    4 Pools
    A double round-robin within the groups
    The four group winners advance to the knockout stage of two-game matches

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  • Turkish Grand National Assembly ( TBMM in Turkish ) Chess Cup
    March 17 - 21 , 2022
    Ankara , Turkey


    Mustafa Yilmaz
    Cem Kaan Gokerkan
    Deniz Ozen
    Kivanc Haznedaroglu
    Kubra Ozturk Orenli
    Sila Caglar
    Ediz Gurel
    Isik Can
    Vahap Sanal
    Bora Yarar
    Duru Okuyaz
    Gulenay Aydin

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  • FIDE Grand Prix 2022 Belgrade
    2nd event of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 series.

    March 1 - 7 , 2022
    Belgrade, Serbia
    4 Pools
    A double round-robin within the groups
    The four group winners advance to the knockout stage of two-game matches

    Standings - POOL A
    Grischuk, Alexander FIDE
    Andreikin, Dmitry FIDE
    Shankland , Sam USA
    Bacrot, Etienne FRA


    Standings - POOL B
    Giri , Anish NED
    Vitiugov, Nikita FIDE
    Harikrishna, Pentala IND
    Tabatabaei, Amin IRI

    Standings - POOL C
    Rapport, Richard USA
    Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND
    Fedoseev, Vladimir FID
    Shirov, Alexei ESP

    Standings - POOL D
    Mamedyarov , Shakhriyar AZE
    Vachier-Lagrave , Maxime FRA
    Yu Yangyi CHN
    Predke , Alexandr FIDE

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  • Airthings Masters Knockout stage , Finals

    Airthings Masters Preliminaries

    February 23 - 27
    1-day, 4-game matches 15 minutes for all moves,
    with a 10-second increment from move 1

    8 players advanced to the quarterfinals

    Quarterfinals

    Carlsen, Magnus - Le, Quang Liem
    Nepomniachtchi - Keymer, Vincent
    Esipenko, Andrey - Hansen, Eric
    Ding, Liren - Artemiev, Vladislav


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  • FIDE Grand Prix 2022 Berlin
    24 players qualified for the 2022 Grand Prix. Each qualifier plays in two of the three Grand Prix events.
    3 grand-prix will take place in Berlin , Germany and Belgrade, Serbia .

    February 3 to 17,
    Berlin, Germany
    4 Pools
    A double round-robin within the groups
    The four group winners advance to the knockout stage of two-game matches

    Pool A players

    Grischuk, Alexander 2764
    Nakamura, Hikaru 2736
    Esipenko, Andrey 2714
    Bacrot, Etienne 2642

    Pool B players

    Rapport, Richard 2763
    Fedoseev, Vladimir 2704
    Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2686
    Oparin, Grigoriy 2681

    Pool C players

    Aronian, Levon 2772
    Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2727
    Dubov, Daniil 2720
    Keymer, Vincent 2664

    Pool D players

    So, Wesley 2772
    Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2752
    Harikrishna, Pentala 2717
    Shirov, Alexei 2704

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  • Tata steel chess tournament 2022

    15 - 30 January 2022
    Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

    Masters & Challengers : 14 players each one
    Round robin

    Average rating: 2737

    Players - Masters tournament

    Magnus Carlsen 2865
    Fabiano Caruana 2792
    Anish Giri 2772
    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2767
    Richard Rapport 2763
    Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2760
    Sergey Karjakin 2743

    Vidit Gujrathi 2720
    Daniil Dubov 2714
    Andrey Esipenko 2714
    Sam Shankland 2708
    Jorden van Foreest 2702
    Nils Grandelius 2672
    Praggnanandhaa R. 2612


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  • Gibraltar Chess Festival 2022 Women vs Men

    Scheveningen match between 10 women and 10 men
    from January 24 to February 3 , 2022

    Women’s Team - Average Rating 2450

    Pia Cramling SWE 2452
    Mariya Muzychuk UKR 2359
    Zhansaya Abdumalik KAZ 2491
    Gunay Mammadzada AZE 2470
    Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2469

    Marie Sebag FRA 2460
    Marsel Efroimski ISR 2437
    Irene Kharisma Sukandar IND 2407
    Olga Girya RUS 2405
    Jovanka Houska ENG 2365

    Men’s Team - Average Rating 2465

    Sabino Brunello ITA 2503
    Bobby Cheng AUS 2550
    Leandro Krysa ARG 2531
    Bilel Bellahcene ALG 2508
    Ravi Haria ENG 2409

    Balazs Csonka HUN 2474
    Joe Gallagher SUI 2497
    Gillan Bwalya ZAM 2410
    Husain Aziz Nezad QAT 2359
    Eric Rosen USA 2356

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