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The FIDE Grand Prix Leg 2 took place in Belgrade Tuesday 1st to Monday 14th Mar 2022. There are group stages 4 players 6 rounds, the winners of each group then play the knockout phase. Players: Grischuk, Andreikin, Shankland, Bacrot, Rapport, Vidit, Fedoseev, Shirov, Giri, Vitiugov, Harikrishna, Tabatabaei, Mamedyarov, MVL, Yu Yangyi and Predke. This is the second of three such events. Nakamura won the first, the final leg is back in Berlin Mon 21st Mar to Mon 4th Apr 2022. Richard Rapport beat Dmitry Andreikin in the final to all but confirm a Candidates place. He reached the semifinals in the first event and will have to wait on the results of the final leg.

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FIDE Grand Prix 2 Playoff Belgrade SRB Wed 9th Mar 2022 - Mon 14th Mar 2022 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts	TB1
	Final
1	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2763	=	1	1.5
2	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2724	=	0	0.5
	Semifinal
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2724	=	=	2.5	1.5
2	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2772	=	=	1.5	0.5
1	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2763	1	=	1.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2761	0	=	0.5
4 players

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FIDE Grand Prix 2 Pool A Belgrade (SRB), 1-7 iii 2022											cat. XIX (2710)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2724	*	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	4	2829
2.	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2708	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	3½	2767
3.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2642	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	2½	2675
4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2764	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	*	2	2566

Round 1 (March 1, 2022)
Bacrot, Etienne	- Shankland, Sam	½-½	46	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Grischuk, Alexander	- Andreikin, Dmitry	0-1	35	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Round 2 (March 2, 2022)
Shankland, Sam	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	39	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Bacrot, Etienne	- Andreikin, Dmitry	½-½	41	C72	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Round 3 (March 3, 2022)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Shankland, Sam	½-½	30	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	32	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (March 4, 2022)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	32	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Shankland, Sam	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	44	D20	QGA
Round 5 (March 6, 2022)
Shankland, Sam	- Andreikin, Dmitry	½-½	24	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	23	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 6 (March 7, 2022)
Andreikin, Dmitry	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	42	D27	QGA
Grischuk, Alexander	- Shankland, Sam	½-½	30	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo

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FIDE Grand Prix 2 Pool C Belgrade (SRB), 1-7 iii 2022											cat. XIX (2725)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2763	*	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	4	2836
2.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2727	0	0	*	*	1	½	1	½	3	2723
3.	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2704	½	½	0	½	*	*	1	0	2½	2674
4.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2704	½	½	0	½	0	1	*	*	2½	2674

Round 1 (March 1, 2022)
Rapport, Richard	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	½-½	38	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	30	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (March 2, 2022)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	55	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shirov, Alexei	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	30	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (March 3, 2022)
Rapport, Richard	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1-0	40	E48	Nimzo Indian
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	31	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 4 (March 4, 2022)
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	42	C42	Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	57	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Round 5 (March 6, 2022)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Rapport, Richard	0-1	61	C02	French Advance
Shirov, Alexei	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	32	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 6 (March 7, 2022)
Rapport, Richard	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	30	A33	English Symmetrical
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	59	C42	Petroff's Defence

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FIDE Grand Prix 2 Pool B Belgrade (SRB), 1-7 iii 2022											cat. XIX (2710)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2772	*	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	4	2814
2.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2726	0	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	3	2704
3.	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	g	IRI	2623	0	½	½	½	*	*	½	1	3	2739
4.	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2719	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	*	2	2582

Round 1 (March 1, 2022)
Giri, Anish	- Tabatabaei, M. Amin	1-0	58	C50	Giuoco Piano
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Vitiugov, Nikita	0-1	24	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (March 2, 2022)
Giri, Anish	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	32	C50	Giuoco Piano
Tabatabaei, M. Amin	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	36	B15	Caro Kann
Round 3 (March 3, 2022)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Tabatabaei, M. Amin	½-½	40	D35	QGD Exchange
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Giri, Anish	½-½	35	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Round 4 (March 4, 2022)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	31	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Tabatabaei, M. Amin	- Giri, Anish	½-½	31	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 5 (March 6, 2022)
Giri, Anish	- Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	31	D38	QGD Ragozin
Tabatabaei, M. Amin	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	58	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 6 (March 7, 2022)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Giri, Anish	½-½	31	D33	Tarrasch Defence
Harikrishna, Pentala	- Tabatabaei, M. Amin	0-1	62	C80	Ruy Lopez Open

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FIDE Grand Prix 2 Pool D Belgrade (SRB), 1-7 iii 2022											cat. XX (2731)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2761	*	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	3½	2777
2.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2767	½	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	3	2718
3.	Predke, Alexandr	g	RUS	2682	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	1	3	2747
4.	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2713	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	*	2½	2679

Round 1 (March 1, 2022)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Predke, Alexandr	½-½	53	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Yu, Yangyi	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	36	C45	Scotch Game
Round 2 (March 2, 2022)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	32	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Predke, Alexandr	- Yu, Yangyi	½-½	35	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 3 (March 3, 2022)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Predke, Alexandr	½-½	55	D38	QGD Ragozin
Yu, Yangyi	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	38	D87	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Round 4 (March 4, 2022)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Yu, Yangyi	½-½	30	D38	QGD Ragozin
Predke, Alexandr	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	44	B95	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Round 5 (March 6, 2022)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Yu, Yangyi	½-½	56	C43	Petroff's Defence
Predke, Alexandr	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	58	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 6 (March 7, 2022)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	35	D35	QGD Exchange
Yu, Yangyi	- Predke, Alexandr	0-1	83	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin

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