List of title norm candidates before round 9:
| FM Martin Holten Fiskaaen (NOR): | Needs a win as black against IM Tarun Kanyamarala (IRL) for an IM-norm. |
| FM Ritvik Krishnan (IND): | Needs a win as white against IM Nikoloz Petriashvili (GEO) for an IM-norm. |
| FM Bagwe Gaurang (IND): | Needs a win as white against IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen (NOR) for an IM-norm |
| CM Giga Goderdzishvili (GEO): | Needs a win as white against FM Evsuld Myagmarsuren (NOR) for an IM-norm. |
| FM Charvi A (IND): | Needs a win as black against Shaurya Chaudhary (IND) for a WIM-norm. |
