The International Chess Forum Moscow Open 2022 kicked off yesterday and will be played from the 14th to the 20th of July in the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Center. The program includes open tournaments for men and women, stages of the Cup of Russia, as well as stages of the Children’s Cup of Russia.

The top seeds of the Open A (Men stage of the Russian Cup) are: GM Vladislav Artemiev, GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov and GM Pavel Ponkratov, while WGM Olga Girya, WGM Leya Garifullina and WGM Marina Guseva headline the field of the Open B (Women stage of the Russian Cup). Scroll down for starting list of participants

The main event of the Chess Forum Moscow Open 2022 will be a closed double round robin with Sergey Karjakin, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Grischuk, and Alexander Morozevich, being played from 17-20 July. This will be the first event for Krajakin after he received a 6 months ban from participating in FIDE events. All four players have in higher or lesser extent supported the Russian invasion in Ukraine. The commentary of the event will be done by Sergey Shipov, who is also penalized by the FIDE Ethics Commission.

Related: Grischuk comments on Karjakin’s ban / Kremlin’s reaction to Karjakin’s ban / Vladimir Putin grants Sergey Karjakin medal “For Merit to the Fatherland”

Starting rank list – Open A (Men stage of the Russian Cup):

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Starting rank list – Open B (Women stage of the Russian Cup):