Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 · Blitz Tiebreak

Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 — Blitz Tiebreak Round 4

Best game of the round

GM Fabiano Caruana (2738) vs GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2686), 1-0, Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit — replay the game

Critical game

GM Levon Aronian (2714) vs GM Wesley So (2745), 1-0, Queen's Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack — replay the game

Biggest upset

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612) vs GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819), 1-0, Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation — replay the game

Games

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

Standings after round 4

1. Carlsen, Magnus
2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
3. Artemiev, Vladislav
4. Erigaisi Arjun
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian
6. Caruana, Fabiano
7. Praggnanandhaa R
8. Niemann, Hans Moke
9. Giri, Anish
10. Keymer, Vincent

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