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Haik Martirosyan, the leading player of Armenia's men's chess team, has outperformed former world champion Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-ranked player and the highest-rated chess player in history, over two games.
In the first game of the third round of the group stage at the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026, currently underway in Budapest, Hungary, Martirosyan, playing with the white pieces, defeated Magnus Carlsen. The second game, in which Martirosyan played with the black pieces, ended in a draw.
The Armenian grandmaster currently leads Group C with 10 points. His opponents in the group are Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Abhimanyu Mishra.