Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 · Blitz Tiebreak

Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 — Blitz Tiebreak Round 1

Best game of the round

GM Wesley So (2745) vs GM Vincent Keymer (2628), 0-1, Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation — replay the game

Critical game

GM Erigaisi Arjun (2766) vs GM Jorden Van Foreest (2659), 1-0, Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation — replay the game

Biggest upset

GM Hans Moke Niemann (2711) vs GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2345), 0-1, Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal — replay the game

Games

• GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819) – GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2686) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Erigaisi Arjun (2766) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2659) 1-0 game
• GM Vladislav Artemiev (2712) – GM Andrew Hong (2537) 1-0 game
• GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2424) – GM Praggnanandhaa R (2712) 0-1 game
• GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2860) 0-1 game
• GM Anish Giri (2636) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2765) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Quang Liem Le (2675) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2797) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2541) – GM Levon Aronian (2714) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Hans Moke Niemann (2711) – GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2345) 0-1 game
• GM Richard Rapport (2616) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2738) 1-0 game
• GM Wesley So (2745) – GM Vincent Keymer (2628) 0-1 game
• GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2734) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612) 1-0 game

Standings after round 1

1. Carlsen, Magnus
2. Erigaisi Arjun
3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
4. Artemiev, Vladislav
5. Praggnanandhaa R
6. Keymer, Vincent
7. Rapport, Richard
8. Vaishali, Rameshbabu
9. Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
10. Firouzja, Alireza

Round 2