Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026

Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 · Group Stage | B

Dates: 10–15 Nov 2026
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Format: 6-player double round-robin
Time control: 45+30
Next round: Round 5 · 13 Nov

After Round 1

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMFabiano Caruana	2783	–	1/1
2	GMPraggnanandhaa R	2763	–	½/1
2	GMVincent Keymer	2761	–	½/1
2	GMLe Quang Liem	2732	–	½/1
2	GMVladislav Artemiev	2653	–	½/1
6	GMRichard Rapport	2718	–	0/1

After Round 2

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMFabiano Caruana	2783	–	1½/2
1	GMLe Quang Liem	2732	–	1½/2
3	GMPraggnanandhaa R	2763	–	1/2
3	GMVincent Keymer	2761	–	1/2
5	GMRichard Rapport	2718	–	½/2
5	GMVladislav Artemiev	2653	–	½/2

After Round 3

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMFabiano Caruana	2783	–	2½/3
1	GMLe Quang Liem	2732	–	2½/3
3	GMPraggnanandhaa R	2763	–	1/3
3	GMVincent Keymer	2761	–	1/3
3	GMRichard Rapport	2718	–	1/3
3	GMVladislav Artemiev	2653	–	1/3

After Round 4

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMFabiano Caruana	2783	3076	10/4
2	GMLe Quang Liem	2732	2900	8/4
3	GMVincent Keymer	2761	2660	3/4
4	GMRichard Rapport	2718	2631	3/4
5	GMVladislav Artemiev	2653	2638	3/4
6	GMPraggnanandhaa R	2763	2579	2/4

Crosstable

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts
1	Caruana				1½		11	10
2	Le			1½		½1		8
3	Keymer		0½				½½	3
4	Rapport	0½				½½		3
5	Artemiev		½0		½½			3
6	Pragg.	00		½½				2

Round 5 · 13 Nov

GMRapport2718vsGMLe2732–GMPragg.2763vsGMArtemiev2653–GMKeymer2761vsGMCaruana2783–

Top 3 boards from each round.

FavouriteAlireza Firouzja30%to win · Wins group 83% · 26.1 pts

Second favouriteFabiano Caruana23%to win · Wins group 91% · 29.2 pts

Dark horse · seed 6Magnus Carlsen13%to win · Wins group 23% · 18.4 pts

#	Player	Luft	Win	Group	Pts
1	GMAlireza Firouzja	2836	30%	83%	26.1
2	GMFabiano Caruana	2799	23%	91%	29.2
3	GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave	2717	15%	57%	24.9
4	GMMagnus Carlsen	2786	13%	23%	18.4
5	GMIan Nepomniachtchi	2730	6%	35%	19.8
6	GMHans Moke Niemann	2676	5%	37%	24.2
7	GMLevon Aronian	2748	2%	5%	18.2
8	GMArjun Erigaisi	2745	2%	5%	20.2
9	GMAnish Giri	2762	1%	17%	18.5
10	GMJan-Krzysztof Duda	2746	1%	11%	21.1
11	GMHaik M. Martirosyan	2678	1%	19%	18.7
12	GMLe Quang Liem	2762	<1%	9%	23.0
13	GMAbhimanyu Mishra	2673	<1%	1%	13.6
14	GMNodirbek Abdusattorov	2798	<1%	1%	17.6
15	GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov	2697	<1%	5%	16.7
16	GMWesley So	2793	<1%	<1%	16.3
17	GMBibisara Assaubayeva	2605	0%	1%	16.9
18	GMJorden van Foreest	2712	0%	<1%	15.4
19	GMPraggnanandhaa R	2788	0%	0%	13.7
20	GMVincent Keymer	2757	0%	0%	13.9
21	GMRichard Rapport	2680	0%	0%	13.0
22	GMVladislav Artemiev	2653	0%	0%	12.8
23	GMAndrew Hong	2629	0%	0%	11.5
24	GMRameshbabu Vaishali	2449	0%	0%	5.8

The groups' 2 rounds left, played (3 for a win, 1 a draw), and the group winners' knockout played out 4,000 times on Luft ratings, at each stage's time controls and points.

Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026

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