Belgrade Grand Prix 2022 is leg 2 of FIDE Grand Prix, we take a look at the pool of players, prize money, standings, results, schedule, points table system
The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 is a chess tournament series that will take place between February 3 and April 4, 2022. Belgrade Grand Prix is the second leg out of scheduled three-leg system at FIDE Grand Prix.
FIDE Belgrade Chess Grand Prix 2022 Leg 2 Schedule And Dates
The top two finishers will go to the Candidates Tournament 2022, the last round of qualification for the World Chess Championship 2023. Two tournaments will be held in Berlin, Germany, and one will be held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Currently, the second tournament of FIDE Grand Prix is taking place at Belgrade, Serbia. This tournament is scheduled to run from 1st March to 14th March. The matches will begin at 15:00 CET (19:30 IST) every day.
- March 1-7 – Group stage (with a rest day on Saturday, March 5)
- 8th March – Group stage tiebreaks
- March 9-11 – Semifinals
- March 12-14 – Final
On 7th March, all Belgrade Grand Prix pools will conclude, thereby confirming the four players for playoffs.
Tournament Format
The 16 competitors are divided into four groups of four in the first stage, with each group competing in a double round-robin mini-tournament. The top four finishers in each pool advance to the next round.
The four pool winners compete in a knockout tournament with semi-finals and a final in the second stage. In both the semi-finals and finals, there will be two conventional time limit games, as well as tie-breaks if necessary.
FIDE Chess Belgrade Grand Prix 2022 Points Table System
The winner of the tournament will get 13 points and the runner-up of the tournament will earn 10 points. These points will be calculated towards FIDE Grand Prix 2022.
| Round | Grand Prix points |
| Winner | 13 |
| Runner-Up | 10 |
| Semi-final loser | 7 |
| 2nd in pool | 4 |
| 3rd in pool | 2 |
| 4th in pool | 0 |
Belgrade FIDE Chess Grand Prix 2022 Leg 2 Day 5 Results, Pool, Players, And Standings
The double round-robin stage will involve six rounds of regular time control games on March 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, followed by tie-breaks on March 8. The champions of each pool will progress to the knockout round.
On the fifth day of Belgrade Grand Prix, six out of eight matches ended as a tie. Rapport defeated Vidit Gujrathi in Round 5 of the Belgrade Grand Prix, taking the lead in Group C, while the rest of the standings remained unchanged.
In Pool C, both games were settled but Pool A, B, and D saw both games tied on Day-5. Anish Giri, the clear leader in Pool B with a full point advantage, is on the verge of qualifying for the semi-finals.
Belgrade Grand Prix Day-5 Results
Pool A
Étienne Bacrot 0.5-0.5 Alexander Grischuk
Sam Shankland 0.5-0.5 Dmitry Andreikin
Pool B
Anish Giri 0.5-0.5 Pentala Harikrishna
Amin Tabatabaei 0.5-0.5 Nikita Vitiugov
Pool C
Vidit Gujrathi 0-1 Richárd Rapport
Alexei Shirov 1-0 Vladimir Fedoseev
Pool D
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 0.5-0.5 Yu Yangyi
Alexandr Predke 0.5-0.5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Following are the latest standings from the Belgrade Grand Prix. All the latest results and upcoming schedule can be found here.
Latest Standings of Belgrade Grand Prix
Pool A
Sam Shankland (USA) 3 Points
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 3 Points
Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2.5 Points
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 1.5 Points
Pool B
Anish Giri (NED) 3.5 Points
Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 2.5 Points
Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 2 Points
Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 2 Points
Pool C
Richárd Rapport (HUN) 3.5 Points
Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 2.5 Points
Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) 2 Points
Alexei Shirov (ESP) 2 Points
Pool D
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 3 Points
Yu Yangyi (CHN) 2.5 Points
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2.5 Points
Alexandr Predke (RUS) 2 Points
Belgrade Grand Prix Prize Money Pool Distribution
The Belgrade Grand Prix competition will reward €150,000 as prize money, which will be allocated as follows:
| Round | Prize money |
| Winner | €24,000 |
| Runner-Up | €18,000 |
| Semi-final’s losers | €12,000 |
| 2nd in pools | €9,000 |
| 3rd in pools | €7,000 |
| 4th in pools | €5,000 |
When And Where to Watch: Live Stream
Fans worldwide can watch the live broadcast of the tournament on Chess.com/TV or their official YouTube channels.
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