The Aimchess Rapid is the 8th of 9 events on the $1.6 million 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and takes place on chess24 from October 14-21. The 16-player field was cut in half by the 4-day round-robin Prelims and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Gukesh D, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Arjun Erigaisi, Magnus Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Richard Rapport and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi advanced to the Knockout stage.
The Knockout phase of the event will start with the semi-finals matches:
S1: Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
S2: Gukesh D vs Richard Rapport
S3: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov
S4: Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen
