The FIDE Grand Prix 2022 is a series of three chess tournaments to be played between 3 February and 4 April 2022.[1] The top two finishers qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2022,[2] which is the final qualification stage for the World Chess Championship 2023. Two of the tournaments will be played in Berlin, Germany, and one in Belgrade, Serbia.
Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian were respectively the winner and runner-up of the first leg of the tournament.
Anish Giri vs Nikita Vitiugov:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a5 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Qd2 Qc8 14. Ng3 f6 15. d4 Qd7 16. Ba3 Rf7 17. Re4 a4 18. b4 Nf4 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rae1 Ng5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. b5 Na7 23. h4 Nxb5 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Qxg5 Nxa3 26. Rh4 Re8 27. Qh5 Rf6 28. Ne4 Rf5 29. Ng5 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 c5 31. Qg6 Bd8 32. Rh7 1-0
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