Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 · Blitz Tiebreak

Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 — Blitz Tiebreak Round 9

Best game of the round

GM Quang Liem Le (2675) vs GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819), 1-0, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight Variation — replay the game

Critical game

GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704) vs GM Wesley So (2745), 1/2-1/2, Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense — replay the game

Biggest upset

GM Quang Liem Le (2675) vs GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819), 1-0, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight Variation — replay the game

Games

Standings after round 9

  1. Carlsen, Magnus
  2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
  3. Aronian, Levon
  4. Firouzja, Alireza
  5. Erigaisi Arjun
  6. Caruana, Fabiano
  7. Niemann, Hans Moke
  8. Rapport, Richard
  9. Nepomniachtchi, Ian
  10. Giri, Anish

Round 8