Chess in 2022: Part 1

Before we get started, I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year 2023! I hope you have some resolutions this year, and good luck in getting them. Anyway, lets get started:

2022 has been a big year in chess. A lot of crazy events happened that year, so lets explore the first 4 months of the year.

January 2022

Here, not much happened. The 84th Tata Steel Chess Tournament was hosted this month, and it was won by GM Magnus Carlsen.

This game is what I consider to be the best game of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament:

This month was slightly more eventful than the previous one. The 2022 Fide Grand Prix was hosted in Berlin, Germany, and it was won by GM Hikaru Nakamura. 

Here is what I consider the best game of the Grand Prix:

 And here are the group and knockout stages of the Grand Prix:

Fun Fact: This was the first Fide Grand Prix ever! 

It was also during this month that IM Renato Terry became the first person to reach the Legends League. 

And the 2022 Bullet Chess Championship was started this month

Also, because of the war on Ukraine, FIDE banned the Russia and Belarus flag, so any players from those countries had their flags replaced with the FIDE flag.

March 2022

During this month, we saw the second tournament of the 2022 Fide Grand Prix hosted in Belgrade, Serbia. It was won by GM Richard Rapport. 

Here is what I consider game of the event:

And here is the group and knockout stages:

Also, the 2022 Bullet Chess Championship was held this month as well as last month, and it was won by GM Hikaru Nakamura.

And because GM Sergey Karjakin was a fierce supporter of Russian president Vladimir Putin, he was banned from all fide events for 6 months.

Also, the Charity Chess Cup was held this month, and it was won by GM Magnus Carlsen.

Here is what I consider game of the event:

And here is the knockout stage:

And this pretty much wraps up the first 4 months of 2022. Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed it ! 

Part 2 coming soon.