Leg 1 of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 will take place from the 4th to 17th February 2022, it is held in the city centre at Under den Linden in Berlin, Germany. The event is organised by World Chess, live video is available on the official website.
The players are divided into four pools of four, the players in each pool play a double round-robin mini-tournament. The four winners of the pools progress to the knockout stage. Games 1 & 2 will be group A, 3 & 4 group B, 5 & 6 group C and 7 & 8 group D.
Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 30 minutes for the rest of game, with a 30-second increment from move one.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Alexander Grischuk
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h4 Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 10. h5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qa5 12. h6 Bh8 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rb1 Na4 15. Qd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. g4 Bc8 18. Nh3 Nd7 19. Nf2 Bf6 20. O-O Be7 21. Kh2 Nc5 22. Nd3 b6 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bd7 26. c4 Rab8 27. Qc3 f6 28. Rb3 Rb6 29. g5 Rf7 30. Bc1 Qd8 31. Bb2 Qf8 32. Kg2 Bd8 33. Qf3 Bc8 34. Qe3 Rxb3 35. axb3 fxg5 36. Qc3 Rxf1 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qxh7+ Ke8 39. Qxg6+ Ke7 40. Qxg5+ Rf6 41. h7 Kd7 42. Qg8 1-0
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