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.
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
Tournament Format
In the first stage, the 16 participants are divided into four groups of four, with each group competing in a double round-robin mini-tournament. Each pool’s top four finishers progress to the next round.
In the second stage, the four pool winners compete in a knockout tournament including semi-finals and a final. There will be two standard time limit games in both the semi-finals and finals, 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 4 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 will progress to the knockout round.
On the fourth day of Belgrade Grand Prix, seven out of eight matches ended as a tie. Meanwhile, Pool D finally saw one of the players taking lead as Lagrave won his match and moved ahead of the pack.
In Pool D, one game was settled but Pool A, B, and C saw both games tied on Day-4. Hence, there is no player across four pools who has strong chances of qualifying for the knockouts.
Belgrade Grand Prix Day-4 Results
Pool A
Sam Shankland 0.5-0.5 Étienne Bacrot
Alexander Grischuk 0.5-0.5 Dmitry Andreikin
Pool B
Nikita Vitiugov 0.5-0.5 Pentala Harikrishna
Amin Tabatabaei 0.5-0.5 Anish Giri
Pool C
Vladimir Fedoseev 0.5-0.5 Richárd Rapport
Alexei Shirov 0.5-0.5 Vidit Gujrathi
Pool D
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Alexandr Predke
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 0.5-0.5 Yu Yangyi
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) 2.5 Points
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 2.5 Points
Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 2 Points
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 1 Points
Pool B
Anish Giri (NED) 3 Points
Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 2 Points
Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 1.5 Points
Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) 1.5 Points
Pool C
Richárd Rapport (HUN) 2.5 Points
Vidit Gujrathi (IND) 2.5 Points
Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) 2 Points
Alexei Shirov (ESP) 1 Points
Pool D
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2.5 Points
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2 Points
Yu Yangyi (CHN) 2 Points
Alexandr Predke (RUS) 1.5 Points
Belgrade Grand Prix Prize Money Pool Distribution
The Belgrade Grand Prix competition will provide €150,000 in 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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