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Magnus Carlsen holding a trophy

MAGNUS CARLSEN – SCHEDULE (last updated 17.06.2022)

24-16

November-December, 2021

World Chess Championship match

Dubai, UAE

The World Chess Championship 2021 will be a best-of-14 chess match (with a potential playoff) between reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi to determine the World Chess Champion. Prize fund: €2,000,000.

FIDE

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25-31

December, 2021

World Rapid and Blitz Championship

Warsaw, Poland

FIDE

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14-30

January, 2022

Tata Steel Chess Masters

Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

The players: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sergey Karjakin, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Daniil Dubov, Andrey Esipenko, Sam Shankland, Jorden Van Foreest, Nils Grandelius, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Tata Steel

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19-26

February, 2022

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022, Airthings Masters

The most prestigious event in online chess will return for its 2022 edition on February 19. The world’s top chess players will compete in 9 tournaments running from February until November with the winner crowned the strongest online player on the planet.

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19-26

March, 2022

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022, Charity Cup

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20-28

April, 2022

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022, Oslo Esports Cup

The lineup: Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Anish Giri, Le Quang Liem, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden van Foreest, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Eric Hansen.

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19-26

May, 2022

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022, Chessable Masters

16 world-class players participating

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31-10

May-June, 2022

Norway Chess

Stavanger

The lineup: Magnus Carlsen, Aryan Tari, Wesley So, Shakhryar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Veselin Topalov, Wang Hao

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18-25

July, 2022

Grand Chess Tour, Rapid & Blitz

Zagreb, Croatia

The lineup: Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So, Shakhryar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Leinier Dominguez, Jorden Van Foreest, Ivan Saric, Veselin Topalov

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28-10

July - August, 2022

44th Chess Olympiad

Chennai, India

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12-20

August, 2022

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, Major

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1-13

September

Sinquefield Cup

Saint Louis, USA

Round robin, 10 players. $350k prize fund.

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3-9

October

European Chess Club Cup

Europahaus Mayrhofen – Congress Zillertal, Austria

Magnus Carlsen plays for the Offerspill Chess Club.

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14-21

October

Aimchess Rapid

Eighth leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour

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25-30

October

FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022

Reykjavik, Iceland

Participants: Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladimir Fedoseev, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Matthias Blübaum, Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson

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14-20

November

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals

Oslo, Norway

Participants: Carlsen, So, Le Quang Liem, Duda, Erigaisi, Pragg, Mamedyarov, Giri

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26-30

December

World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Participants: Carlsen, Nakamura, Duda, MVL, Nepo, Grischuk, Caruana, et al.

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