On Monday, 2022 Chess.com Global Championship culminated with Wesley So winning to lift the title and bag $200,000 prize money, we examine tournament results, scores, winner prize money, & other details of tournament
At the inaugural edition of Chess.com Global Championship, Wesley So won by defeating Nihal Sarin in the championship match with two games to spare. Following this win, So receives the eye-catching championship trophy and the top prize of $200,000, the largest award of his career.
Chess.com Global Championship Finals 2022 Nihal Sarin vs Wesley So Final Results, Score, Winner, And Prize Money
Congratulations to Wesley So for winning the https://t.co/EufIHuV7ha Global Championship and the grand prize of
$200,000! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/HXSDMjlwM6— Chess.com (@chesscom) November 7, 2022
Congratulations to GM @NihalSarin for a great performance at the https://t.co/tAnKUdos2Q Global Championship and also for winning the prize of $100,000! 👏👏👏
Keep it up @NihalSarin!
We are already waiting to see you in #speedchess event ✅ pic.twitter.com/K9yo6AZ7XY
— Chess.com – India (@chesscom_in) November 7, 2022
2022 Chess.com Global Championship Nihal Sarin vs Wesley So Final Results, Scores, & Match Summary
On Monday, Wesley So needed just two games to secure overall 4.5-1.5 victory against Nihal Sarin, win the Chess.com Global Championship title, and $200,000 in prize money. Nihal Sarin, an 18-year-old Indian prodigy, won $100,000, by far the largest prize of his career to date, but despite having various opportunities against the three-time US Champion in the penultimate game, he was unable to score any blows. On his path to the Chess.com Global Championship final, Nihal Sarin defeated Rauf Mamedov, Vladimir Kramnik, Ding Liren, Sam Sevian, and Anish Giri. Wesley So, however, was the final great name he was unable to defeat.
Wesley understood that to win the match, he would need three draws, or one win plus one draw, as the score was 3-1 in his favor going into the second day of the championship match. With win his sight, So played cautiously and allowed Nihal to corner him in first match of Sunday before settling for draw. However, Nihal’s anxious play allowed So to dominate sixth game and seal victory by score of 4.5-1.5. Next for So will be Meltwater Champions Chess Tour’s final leg, where he will play against some of the elite GMs like Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri.
Chess.com Global Championship Quarterfinal Results (2nd-3rd November)
Wesley So 4.5-1.5 Dmitry Andreikin
Anish Giri 5-4 Teimour Radjabov
Hikaru Nakamura 5-2 Jan-Krzystof Duda
Samuel Sevian 3.5-4.5 Nihal Sarin
Chess.com Global Championship Semi-Final Results (4th-5th November)
Hikaru Nakamura 3-5 Wesley So
Anish Giri 4-5 Nihal Sarin
Chess.com Global Championship Final Results (6th-7th November)
Wesley So 4.5-1.5 Nihal Sarin
2022 Chess.com Global Championship Finals Prize Money
Wesley So would take home $200,000 as the 2022 Chess.com Global Championship champion. Nihal Sarin, who came in second, will receive $100,000 in prize money. Elsewhere, semi-finalists Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura received $50,000 apiece.
| Position | No. of Players | Prize Money | Total |
| 1st | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 |
| 2nd | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 3rd-4th | 2 | $50,000 | $100,000 |
| 5th-8th | 4 | $25,000 | $100,000 |
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