Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 · Blitz Tiebreak
Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 — Blitz Tiebreak Round 6
Best game of the round
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612) vs GM Wesley So (2745), 0-1, English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6 — replay the game
Critical game
GM Erigaisi Arjun (2766) vs GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2734), 1-0, English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Wimpy System — replay the game
Biggest upset
GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2541) vs GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704), 1-0, Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Exchange Variation — replay the game
Games
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2766) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2734) 1-0 game
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (2712) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2765) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2424) – GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819) 0-1 game
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2860) – GM Anish Giri (2636) 1-0 game
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2738) – GM Vincent Keymer (2628) 1-0 game
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2797) – GM Levon Aronian (2714) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Andrew Hong (2537) – GM Quang Liem Le (2675) 1-0 game
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612) – GM Wesley So (2745) 0-1 game
- GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2541) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704) 1-0 game
- GM Praggnanandhaa R (2712) – GM Hans Moke Niemann (2711) 0-1 game
- GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2345) – GM Richard Rapport (2616) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Jorden Van Foreest (2659) – GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2686) 0-1 game
Standings after round 6
- Carlsen, Magnus
- Erigaisi Arjun
- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
- Caruana, Fabiano
- Niemann, Hans Moke
- Firouzja, Alireza
- Nepomniachtchi, Ian
- Aronian, Levon
- Artemiev, Vladislav
- Martirosyan, Haik M.