Nodirbek Abdusattorov retains a narrow lead over Javokhir Sindarov in the FIDE Circuit 2026–2027 race after the May tournaments. Abdusattorov earned 7.25 points at TePe Sigeman, while Sindarov collected 8.53 points at the Super Chess Classic Romania, further closing the gap.
Fabiano Caruana remains in third position following his runner-up finishes in Super Rapid and Blitz Poland and the Super Chess Classic Romania. These results brought him 28.93 points in total. The winner of the latter tournament, Vincent Keymer, broke into the top 10, climbing to fourth place.
The top finishers of the recently concluded point-heavy Norway Chess 2026, Praggnanandhaa R and Wesley So, have also joined the upper echelon of the race.
Haik Martirosyan and Ian Nepomniachtchi round out the top 10, following their solid performances at the Sardinia World Chess Festival.
The Norway Chess Women, one of two events counted towards the FIDE Circuit Women in May–June, considerably reshaped the leaderboard. Bibisara Assaubayeva‘s triumph in this competition earned her 29.7 circuit points, propelling her to the top position. She is followed by Zhu Jiner, who gained 21.6 points in this competition and moved to second position in the race. Both overtook the former leader, Vaishali R, who dropped to third.
Another notable change in the leading group is the surge of Savitha Shri B and Afruza Khamdamova, the winner and runner-up, respectively, of the recently concluded Asian Women’s Individual Chess Championship. They picked up valuable circuit points to enter the top 10.
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