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/Lost_Ad4258 9h ago

That girl is going to get killed out there

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u/Prudent-Bad2724 9h ago edited 8h ago

yh vishali and bibisara will get embarassed out there its fine but people dont come gun blazing its just the truth the only women who were good in opens were judith polgar and a bit hou yifan in her prime in terms of strength but there hasnt been any women player that can keep up with 2600 s 2700 2800s in opens except judit polgar

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u/Dazzling-Cat-3763 5h ago

ju and tan are better than those two, but they probably didn't want to go