A new chess tournament, the Total Chess Championship, is underway in Budapest, Hungary, featuring 24 of the world's top players, including Magnus Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. The tournament, sponsored by Norway Chess, combines classical, rapid, and blitz formats with a unique scoring system designed to encourage aggressive play. The competition begins with three rounds of blitz, followed by a group stage with fast classical games, and concludes with a knockout stage featuring a combination of blitz, rapid, and fast classical games, with progressively higher points at stake.