Total Chess

Total Chess World Championship Tour
♟️ Fast Classic, Rapid & Blitz
🗓️ Pilot: 10-20 November 2026
🤝 Founded by @NorwayChess | FIDE approved

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The Total Chess Pilot line-up is now complete 🔥♟️

Who are you rooting for? 👀

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 Pilot will take place November 10–20 in Budapest, with the full tour launching in 2027.

📷 Tor Nilssen & Kjetil V. Tveito, Lennart Ootes, Anna Shtourman and Michal Walusza / FIDE and Norway Chess

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We’re officially underway!
24 players, 3 times controls, 1 winner 🏆

Who’s your pick to take it all? 👀

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A fight till the very end 🔥

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What a game! Beautiful defence from Anish 🔥

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One win and one draw are enough to sit at the top of the standings after today’s round!

Fabiano, Alireza, Ian, and Maxime are leading their respective groups after Day 1! 🔥

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Day 1 is in the books! 📚

The second game of Round 1 was a little more peaceful, with only four decisive games 🔥

Also, no player is sitting on 0 points! Everyone has secured at least a draw in their first two games 👏

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Bibisara Assaubayeva draws Wesley So twice! 🔥

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave stepped into the confessional booth… and it turns out he’s a little jealous of us 😎

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Rivals during the game, but always down to analyze it together 🤗

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Look who’s here… 🤫

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Can Nodirbek 🇺🇿 bounce back after his first-round loss to Alireza 🇫🇷?

Round 2 is up next, with players facing the same opponents again, this time with reversed colours! 👀

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Just some players arriving to their games 🤩
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A nice win for Alireza after a long game! ⏰

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What a first round! 🔥 Four players scored wins with the black pieces: Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian.

Alireza Firouzja and Ian Nepomniachtchi also got off to a winning start with White!

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What a start! Fabiano Caruana scores a win with the black pieces against Richard Rapport.

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Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri draw their first game 🔥

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A great start for Levon Aronian in Round 1 of the Total Chess Pilot! ✨

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Meet Group C at the Total Chess Pilot! 🔥
Who are you rooting for?
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The booth is open. Jordan went first 🎤

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What time did the players arrive for Round 1 of the Total Chess Pilot? 🤔

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The first round of Total Chess Pilot has started 👀

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