16 February 2022

Pools for Second Leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022 Determined

The tournament will start on 28 February in Belgrade.


The pools for the second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 were determined. The event will be held from 28 February to 14 March. The drawing ceremony, held over Zoom and chaired by the Chief Arbiter, identified the pools of players for the tournament.

Pool A:

Alexander Grischuk (Russia), 2764
Dmitry Andreikin (Russia), 2724
Sam Shankland (USA), 2708
Etienne Bacrot (France), 2642

Pool B:

Anish Giri (Netherlands), 2772
Nikita Vitiugov, (Russia), 2726
Pentala Harikrishna (India), 2719
Amin Tabatabaei (Iran), 2623

Pool C:

Richard Rapport (Hungary), 2763
Vidit Gujrathi (India), 2727
Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia), 2704
Alexei Shirov (Spain), 2704

Pool D:

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), 2767
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), 2761
Yu Yangyi (China), 2713
Alexandr Predke (Russia), 2682.


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