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Total Chess Pilot line-up: 18/24 🔒🔥

18 players are confirmed, and the Total Chess Pilot is already one of the strongest fields ever:
🇳🇴 Carlsen (World #1), 🇺🇸 Caruana ( #2), 🇩🇪 Keymer ( #5), 🇺🇸 So ( #6), 🇳🇱 Giri ( #7), 🇺🇿 Abdusattorov ( #8), 🇮🇳 Erigaisi ( #9), 🇫🇷 Firouzja ( #10), 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa ( #12), 🇵🇱 Duda ( #13), 🇭🇺 Rapport ( #18), 🇺🇸 Niemann ( #21), Nepomniachtchi ( #24), 🇫🇷 Vachier-Lagrave ( #28), 🇦🇲 Martirosyan ( #54), Artemiev ( #65), 🇰🇿 Assaubayeva (Women's #5), 🇮🇳 Vaishali (Women's #14).

6 spots left. Who do you think will join them? 🤔

The Total Chess World Championship Tour will test the players across Blitz, Rapid and Fast Classic, and will crown the FIDE World Combined Champion. The Total Chess World Championship Pilot will take place November 10–21 in Budapest, with the full Tour launching in 2027 ♟️

Read more information: https://www.totalchess.com/news/chess-superstars-set-for-total-chess-world-championship-tour-pilot-in-budapest

📷 Norway Chess / Tor Nilssen & Kjetil V. Tveito

❗Semifinals of theGrand Chess Tour 2026 Finals. End of Classical Games : Pragg - Keymer: 9-3 , Caruana - So: 8-6 . Rapid games
today. Games , results, standings : https://usefulchess.com/others/grand-chess-tour-finals.html Photos :Ootes

🏆 WESLEY SO WINS THE 2026 SINQUEFIELD CUP!
Congratulations to Wesley So, who defeats Praggnanandhaa in a dramatic playoff to claim the Sinquefield Cup for the second year in a row and for the third time in his career! 🔥👏
After two draws in the rapid playoff games, it all came down to Armageddon. Wesley had Black and held the draw he needed to secure the title!
Congratulations, Wesley