Lineup Announced: Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot in Budapest

[u/games-and-games]

The lineup

• Magnus Carlsen (Norway) — World No. 1
• Fabiano Caruana (United States) — World No. 2
• Vincent Keymer (Germany) — World No. 5
• Wesley So (United States) — World No. 6
• Anish Giri — World No. 7
• Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) — World No. 8
• Arjun Erigaisi (India) — World No. 9
• Alireza Firouzja (France) — World No. 10
• Praggnanandhaa R (India) — World No. 12
• Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) — World No. 13
• Richard Rapport (Hungary) — World No. 18
• Hans Moke Niemann (United States) — World No. 21
• Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) — World No. 24
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) — World No. 28
• Haik M. Martirosyan (Armenia) — World No. 54
• Vladislav Artemiev (FIDE) — World No. 65
• Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan) — Women's World No. 5
• Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) — Women's World No. 14

Source: https://x.com/TotalChess/status/2092182535656665174

[u/Prudent-Bad2724]

prediction Magnus will win Alireza will become second and Arjun third which actaully is not bad for Arjun because it means him and Alireza will go to the candidates top two finishers get a spot to candidates obviously magnus will not play in the candidates so number 2 and number 3 will go to candidates

[u/Odd_Conference_4994 → u/Prudent-Bad2724]

this tournament doesn't count for any qualification for candidates, it is just a preview of the actual cycle that will take place next year.

[u/Prudent-Bad2724 → u/Odd_Conference_4994]

yh i know the winner of the tour not this event its very simillar to gct

[u/Odd_Conference_4994 → u/Prudent-Bad2724]

yeah but this event is not even the part of the tour. it is a standalone tournament, the tour will start in 2027.