Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 · Blitz Tiebreak
Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 — Blitz Tiebreak Round 3
Best game of the round
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819) vs GM Vincent Keymer (2628), 0-1, Ruy Lopez: Open Berlin Defense, Showalter Variation — replay the game
Critical game
GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2424) vs GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612), 0-1, Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation — replay the game
Biggest upset
GM Wesley So (2745) vs GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2345), 0-1, Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation — replay the game
Games
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819) – GM Vincent Keymer (2628) 0-1 game
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2766) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2712) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2424) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612) 0-1 game
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2738) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Anish Giri (2636) – GM Levon Aronian (2714) 1-0 game
- GM Andrew Hong (2537) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2659) 1-0 game
- GM Quang Liem Le (2675) – GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2541) 1-0 game
- GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2686) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2765) 0-1 game
- GM Hans Moke Niemann (2711) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2797) 1-0 game
- GM Richard Rapport (2616) – GM Praggnanandhaa R (2712) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Wesley So (2745) – GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2345) 0-1 game
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2734) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2860) 1/2-1/2 game
Standings after round 3
- Carlsen, Magnus
- Erigaisi Arjun
- Nepomniachtchi, Ian
- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
- Artemiev, Vladislav
- Niemann, Hans Moke
- Giri, Anish
- Keymer, Vincent
- Vaishali, Rameshbabu
- Caruana, Fabiano