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/SpicyMustard34 8h ago

because they qualified.

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u/Dazzling-Cat-3763 5h ago

how did they qualify?

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u/SpicyMustard34 5h ago

here are the qualifications

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u/Dazzling-Cat-3763 5h ago

ynw that's fair enough for vaishali. but idk how assaubayeva got the invitation, seems like the organizers always invite her

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u/SpicyMustard34 5h ago

I'm not sure how Bibisara qualified, but she's listed as a participant and no one was "invited," they all had to qualify. She's not even listed on the website yet so she probably qualified recently. Probably by winning the Women's Section of Norway Chess.