List of title norm candidates before round 9:
| IM Balazs Csonka (HUN): | Needs a win as white against GM Raja Rithvik R (IND) for a GM-norm. |
| IM Arystanbek Urazayev (KAZ): | Needs a win as white against GM Diptayan Ghosh (IND) for a GM-norm. |
| FM Eivind G. Kreken (NOR): | Has already secured his second IM-norm even if he loses the last round. |
| CM Indy Southcott-Moyers (ENG): | Needs a win as white against IM Lukas Dotzer (AUT) for an IM-norm. |
