Pairings of round 3 - 2026-05-02 - 16:30
| Brd. | White | Ran. | Pts. | FIDE | Fed. | Res. | Black | Ran. | Pts. | FIDE | Fed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2 | 2.0 | 2617 | USA | 1-0 | IM Firouzja, Alireza | 7 | 2.0 | 2588 | FRA |
| 2 | FM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 5 | 2.0 | 2589 | UZB | 1-0 | FM Praggnanandhaa R | 9 | 2.0 | 2554 | IND |
| 3 | FM Keymer, Vincent | 14 | 1.0 | 2482 | GER | 0-1 | GM Carlsen, Magnus | 1 | 1.0 | 2685 | NOR |
| 4 | FM Rapport, Richard | 15 | 1.0 | 2477 | HUN | 0-1 | GM Erigaisi Arjun | 3 | 1.0 | 2607 | IND |
| 5 | FM Tabatabaei, M. Amin | 16 | 1.0 | 2426 | IRI | 0-1 | IM Gukesh D | 4 | 1.0 | 2599 | IND |
| 6 | Yu, Yangyi | 17 | 1.0 | 2137 | CHN | 0-1 | GM Wei, Yi | 6 | 1.0 | 2588 | CHN |
| 7 | Bu, Xiangzhi | 18 | 1.0 | 2017 | CHN | 0-1 | IM So, Wesley | 8 | 1.0 | 2558 | USA |
| 8 | Harikrishna, Pentala | 19 | 1.0 | 2004 | IND | 0-1 | GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 10 | 1.0 | 2542 | USA |
| 9 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 20 | 1.0 | 1987 | USA | 0-1 | IM Le, Quang Liem | 11 | 1.0 | 2493 | VIE |
| 10 | Xiong, Jeffery | 22 | 1.0 | 1945 | USA | 0-1 | IM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 12 | 1.0 | 2492 | AZE |
| 11 | IM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 13 | 1.0 | 2482 | FRA | 1-0 | Urday, Henry | 26 | 1.0 | 1857 | PER |
| 12 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | 21 | 0.5 | 1972 | FID | ½-½ | Jones, Gawain C B | 23 | 0.0 | 1907 | ENG |
| 13 | Zherebukh, Yaroslav | 24 | 0.0 | 1888 | USA | 1-0 | Quesada Perez, Yuniesky | 25 | 0.0 | 1873 | USA |