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
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2766) – GM Levon Aronian (2714) 0-1 game
- GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2424) – GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2345) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2704) – GM Wesley So (2745) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Anish Giri (2636) – GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2541) 1-0 game
- GM Andrew Hong (2537) – GM Praggnanandhaa R (2712) 0-1 game
- GM Vincent Keymer (2628) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2797) 0-1 game
- GM Quang Liem Le (2675) – GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2819) 1-0 game
- GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2686) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2860) 0-1 game
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2765) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2738) 0-1 game
- GM Richard Rapport (2616) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2712) 1-0 game
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2734) – GM Hans Moke Niemann (2711) 1/2-1/2 game
- GM Jorden Van Foreest (2659) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2612) 0-1 game
Standings after round 9
- Carlsen, Magnus
- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
- Aronian, Levon
- Firouzja, Alireza
- Erigaisi Arjun
- Caruana, Fabiano
- Niemann, Hans Moke
- Rapport, Richard
- Nepomniachtchi, Ian
- Giri, Anish