Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 · Blitz Tiebreak
Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 — Blitz Tiebreak Round 8
Best game of the round
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819) vs GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704), 0-1, Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation — replay the game
Critical game
GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2424) vs GM Andrew Hong (2537), 0-1, English Opening: Neo-Catalan — replay the game
Games
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704) 0-1 game
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (2712) – GM Anish Giri (2636) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2424) – GM Andrew Hong (2537) 0-1 game
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2860) – GM Levon Aronian (2714) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2738) – GM Erigaisi Arjun (2766) 0-1 game
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2797) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2734) 0-1 game
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612) – GM Quang Liem Le (2675) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2541) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2659) 1-0 game
- GM Hans Moke Niemann (2711) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2765) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Praggnanandhaa R (2712) – GM Vincent Keymer (2628) 0-1 game
- GM Wesley So (2745) – GM Richard Rapport (2616) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2345) – GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2686) 0-1 game
Standings after round 8
- Carlsen, Magnus
- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
- Erigaisi Arjun
- Nepomniachtchi, Ian
- Aronian, Levon
- Niemann, Hans Moke
- Firouzja, Alireza
- Caruana, Fabiano
- Martirosyan, Haik M.
- Keymer, Vincent