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Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026, Group D: Vachier-Lagrave leads after round 1
By the ChessFeed newsroom
Round 1 of Group D at the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 is over. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Rameshbabu Vaishali with Black in 49 moves. Hans Moke Niemann and Arjun Erigaisi drew, as did Bibisara Assaubayeva and Wesley So. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave leads with 3 points, 2 points ahead of four players. The board shows the final position of Vaishali–Vachier-Lagrave.