CHALLENGERS CHESS TOUR 2022
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- 2022-08-30
- Challengers Chess Tour 2022
- 2021-10-18
- Finals
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The Challengers Chess Tour is a set of tournaments running alongside the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, and featuring some of the world’s most exciting young chess players.
$30,000 USD
Prize fund + $10,000 USD match in Tel Aviv with 2021 Champion
4 Events
Players battle it out over a full season of online tournaments
16 Players
A diverse mix of young talents from around the world compete
115m views
The Tour is followed by a global, growing fanbase with 115m live views in the 2021 Tour season
The Tour will feature two “Challenges” one Final Four and Julius Baer Challenger Championship for a total of four events. The Challenges will each be two-day, round robin tournaments, the Final Four will bring the top 4 players (Julius Baer Challenge Champion, Julius Baer Challenge Runner-Up, Magnus Academy Challenge Champion, Magnus Academy Challenge Runner-Up) together and Julius Baer Challenger Championship will be a match between Challengers Champion 2021 vs Challengers Champion 2022. All tournaments will be played in blitz format with all games played on chess24.
Meet the players
Players competing on the Tour represent the young talents of world chess
IM
Nurgyul Salimova
Nurgyul Salimova
IM
GM
Leon Luke Mendonca
Leon Luke Mendonca
GM
IM
Carissa Yip
Carissa Yip
IM
GM
Andrey Esipenko
Andrey Esipenko
GM
Tour Overview
The 2022 Challengers Chess Tour season features 4 tournaments. Two Regular events, followed by a Final. The last tournament is a live tournament in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
September
3-4
Julius Baer Challenge
$10K Prize Fund
October
8-9
Magnus Academy Challenge
$10K Prize Fund
October
29-30
Challengers 2022 Final Four
$10K Prize Fund
+ Wildcard to following Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2023
December
11-14
Julius Baer Challenger Championship
$10K Prize Fund