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Morozevich replaces Grischuk at the “Chess Stars 2022” tournament

The International round-robin tournament “Chess stars 2022” will be held from 29 September – 5 October in Moscow, Russia. The main event is a 10 player round robin tournament with 10 world-known grandmasters from Russia, Azerbaijan, India and Spain: Sergey Karjakin, Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Morozevich, Francisco Vallejo, Vladislav Artemiev, Ernesto Inarkiev, Raunak Sadhwani, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Kateryna Lagno.

Morozevich replaced Grischuk just hours before the start of the tournament. Although the official reason is not yet known, many speculate that the reason might be connected with Grischuk’s anti-war sentiments and his comments regarding Karjakin’s ban

This will be Karjakin’s second tournament after he received a 6 months ban from participating in FIDE events as he competed this July at the 4-player round-robin in Moscow. This time, however, he is playing without the ban, which has just expired

Here are the full pairings of the Chess Stars 2022 tournament.


1 2756 GM Kramnik Vladimir GM Sadhwani Raunak 2533
2 2678 GM Inarkiev Ernesto GM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2473
3 2736 GM Karjakin Sergey GM Lagno Kateryna 2531
4 2682 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco GM Artemiev Vladislav 2710
5 2747 GM Radjabov Teimour GM Morozevich Alexander 2651
1 2533 GM Sadhwani Raunak GM Morozevich Alexander 2651
2 2710 GM Artemiev Vladislav GM Radjabov Teimour 2747
3 2531 GM Lagno Kateryna GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2682
4 2473 GM Goryachkina Aleksandra GM Karjakin Sergey 2736
5 2756 GM Kramnik Vladimir GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2678
1 2678 GM Inarkiev Ernesto GM Sadhwani Raunak 2533
2 2736 GM Karjakin Sergey GM Kramnik Vladimir 2756
3 2682 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco GM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2473
4 2747 GM Radjabov Teimour GM Lagno Kateryna 2531
5 2651 GM Morozevich Alexander GM Artemiev Vladislav 2710
1 2533 GM Sadhwani Raunak GM Artemiev Vladislav 2710
2 2531 GM Lagno Kateryna GM Morozevich Alexander 2651
3 2473 GM Goryachkina Aleksandra GM Radjabov Teimour 2747
4 2756 GM Kramnik Vladimir GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2682
5 2678 GM Inarkiev Ernesto GM Karjakin Sergey 2736
1 2736 GM Karjakin Sergey GM Sadhwani Raunak 2533
2 2682 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2678
3 2747 GM Radjabov Teimour GM Kramnik Vladimir 2756
4 2651 GM Morozevich Alexander GM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2473
5 2710 GM Artemiev Vladislav GM Lagno Kateryna 2531
1 2533 GM Sadhwani Raunak GM Lagno Kateryna 2531
2 2473 GM Goryachkina Aleksandra GM Artemiev Vladislav 2710
3 2756 GM Kramnik Vladimir GM Morozevich Alexander 2651
4 2678 GM Inarkiev Ernesto GM Radjabov Teimour 2747
5 2736 GM Karjakin Sergey GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2682
1 2682 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco GM Sadhwani Raunak 2533
2 2747 GM Radjabov Teimour GM Karjakin Sergey 2736
3 2651 GM Morozevich Alexander GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2678
4 2710 GM Artemiev Vladislav GM Kramnik Vladimir 2756
5 2531 GM Lagno Kateryna GM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2473
1 2533 GM Sadhwani Raunak GM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2473
2 2756 GM Kramnik Vladimir GM Lagno Kateryna 2531
3 2678 GM Inarkiev Ernesto GM Artemiev Vladislav 2710
4 2736 GM Karjakin Sergey GM Morozevich Alexander 2651
5 2682 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco GM Radjabov Teimour 2747
1 2747 GM Radjabov Teimour GM Sadhwani Raunak 2533
2 2651 GM Morozevich Alexander GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2682
3 2710 GM Artemiev Vladislav GM Karjakin Sergey 2736
4 2531 GM Lagno Kateryna GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2678
5 2473 GM Goryachkina Aleksandra GM Kramnik Vladimir 2756