Belgrade FIDE Grand Prix 2022 leg 2 second tournament started from 1st March, 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.
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.
- March 1-7 – Group stage (with a rest day on Saturday, March 5)
- March 8 – Group stage tiebreaks
- March 9-11 – Semifinals
- March 12-14 – Final
Tournament Format
The 16 players are sorted into four groups of four in the first stage, and each group competes 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. Both the semi-finals and final will feature two traditional 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 1 Results, Pool, Players, And Standings
On March 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, the double round-robin stage will feature six rounds of regular time control games, followed by tie-breaks on March 8. Winners will advance to the knockout stage.
On the first day of Belgrade Grand Prix, Anish Giri and Nikita Vitiugov both secured a win in Pool B and heated up the race to semi-final spot. Meanwhile, Pool D saw both games tied and all the players will be targeting semi-final berth now.
In Pool A, Dimitry Andreikin won his match and is holding on to the top spot. On the other hand, Vidit Gujrathi is holding onto the top spot in Pool C.
Following are the latest standings from the Belgrade Grand Prix. All the latest results can be found here.
Pool A
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 1 Points
Sam Shankland (USA) 0.5 Points
Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 0.5 Points
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 0 Points
Pool B
Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 1 Points
Anish Giri (NED) 1 Points
Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 0 Points
Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 0 Points
Pool C
Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 1 Points
Richárd Rapport (HUN) 0.5 Points
Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) 0.56 Points
Alexei Shirov (ESP) 0 Points
Pool D
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 0.5 Points
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 0.5 Points
Yu Yangyi (CHN) 0.5 Points
Alexandr Predke (RUS) 0.5 Points
Belgrade Grand Prix Prize Money Pool Distribution
The prize money for the Belgrade Grand Prix tournament will be €150,000 and it will be distributed in the following manner:
| 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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