Total Chess. Hayk Martirosyan defeats Magnus Carlsen

In the 5th round of the group stage at the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026, currently taking place in Budapest, Hungary, Armenia’s leading grandmaster Haik Martirosyan (2669), playing with the white pieces, faced the 16th World Champion and world number one, Magnus Carlsen (2823) of Norway, and secured a victory on the 41st move.

This marks Haik Martirosyan’s third win in the group stage, placing him at the top of Group C with 9 points.

Haik Martirosyan and Magnus Carlsen will face each other again in the 6th round.

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