The 2022 Chess.com Global Championship (CGC) events started this May determining 64 players of the knockout phase. The knockout phase starts on September 14 and ends on October 9 featuring 32 players who qualified from the Play-in chess.com tournaments and 32 invited players. 64 players are divided in eight groups, and the Winners of each group will move on to the CGC Finals which will take place from 2-9 November in Toronto, Canada, while the remaining 56 players share the total prize fund of $440,000 for the CGC Knockout.