Videos
Round highlights, the Total Chess Highlight show, best moments from the Pilot, player interviews, format explainers and stories from the tour, all in one place.
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Total Chess Highlight show
The biggest moments, storylines and interviews from the pilot, presented by GothamChess.
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Round highlights
From the group stage to the knockout finals of the Total Chess Pilot 2026 in Budapest.
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Best moments
Saves, blunders and Armageddon drama from Budapest.
Caruana reaches 2800.3 (play video)
Magnus’ impossible save against Abhimanyu Mishra (play video)
Bibisara Assaubayeva beats Arjun Erigaisi (play video)
Caruana beats Praggnanandhaa twice (play video)
Praggnanandhaa’s blunder against Caruana (play video)
Liem Le vs Artemiev, almost checkmate (play video)
Giri’s checkmate in 26 moves (play video)
Mishra’s save against Nepomniachtchi (play video)
Firouzja beats Abdusattorov (play video)
Magnus plays the Dutch against Giri (play video)
Gukesh’s endgame against Wesley So (play video)
Wesley So vs Keymer Armageddon (play video)
Praggnanandhaa beats Magnus twice (play video)
Magnus loses on time in Armageddon (play video)
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Player interviews
The players on their games, the format and the pressure.
Haik M. Martirosyan: “It’s a dream to beat Magnus” (play video)
Magnus Carlsen: “You can even make bad openings work” (play video)
Magnus Carlsen: “What do I know”: (play video)
Haik M. Martirosyan on beating Shakhriyar (play video)
Levon Aronian’s first confession (play video)
Jorden van Foreest’s first confession (play video)
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Total Chess explained
The format, the schedule and the time controls.
