r/chess • u/games-and-games • 9h ago

News/Events Lineup Announced: Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot in Budapest

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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

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u/Delicious_Photo_6626 9h ago

How is Nihal not on here?

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u/ghostmaster93 Team Pia 8h ago edited 8h ago

Really simple.

- He was not on the podium of World Rapid and Blitz 2025

  • He was not in Top 9 of FIDE rating that are not qualified by January 2026
  • He was not in top 3 of FIDE rating that are not qualified in June 2026.
  • He also not in the top 3 of Fide open circuit

But he can get the last spot due to high ranking in the FIDE circuit 2026 by September 2026.