Magnus Carlsen
“Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.”
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
Official Website
25-31
December, 2021
World Rapid and Blitz Championship
Warsaw, Poland
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
Official Website
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.
Official Website
19-26
March, 2022
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022, Charity Cup
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.
Official Website
19-26
May, 2022
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022, Chessable Masters
16 world-class players participating
Official Website
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
Official Website
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
Official Website
28-10
July - August, 2022
44th Chess Olympiad
Chennai, India
12-20
August, 2022
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, Major
1-13
September
Sinquefield Cup
Saint Louis, USA
Round robin, 10 players. $350k prize fund.
Official Website
3-9
October
European Chess Club Cup
Europahaus Mayrhofen – Congress Zillertal, Austria
Magnus Carlsen plays for the Offerspill Chess Club.
Official Website
14-21
October
Aimchess Rapid
Eighth leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour
Official Website
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
Official Website
14-20
November
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals
Oslo, Norway
Participants: Carlsen, So, Le Quang Liem, Duda, Erigaisi, Pragg, Mamedyarov, Giri
Official Website
26-30
December
World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Participants: Carlsen, Nakamura, Duda, MVL, Nepo, Grischuk, Caruana, et al.
Official Website
Watch Magnus play Banter Blitz live on Twitch here.