[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. b4
Bxb4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Qb3 Ba5 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qa4 b6 15.
Rae1 Bd7 16. Qd1 c5 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Re4 Bxd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd5 Bb4 25. h4 a5 26. d3 Qf6 27. Kg2 Qe5
28. Qf3 Qf6 29. Qg4 Bc5 30. h5 h6 31. Rh1 Qg5 32. Qd1 Qe7 33. Bc6 Rc8 34. Re1
Qc7 35. Bd5 Kf8 36. Qg4 Rd8 37. Qe4 Kg8 38. Qf5 Qd7 39. Qf3 Rf8 40. Re5 Bd6 41.
Rf5 Qe7 42. Qg4 Be5 43. Rf3 Bf6 44. Rf4 Qd8 45. Be4 Re8 46. Rf5 Qd7 47. Qf4 Bg5
48. Qf3 Qc7 49. Rxf7 Qxf7 50. Bd5 Re6 51. Qg4 Kf8 52. Bxe6 Qe8 53. Bd7 Qa8+ 54.
Kg1 Bf6 55. Qe6 Qd8 56. Bc6 Qe7 57. Qc8+ Qd8 58. Qb7 Be5 59. Bd5 Qc7 60. Qa8+
Ke7 61. Qg8 Kd6 62. Be4 Ke7 63. Bg6 Bf6 64. Qf7+ Kd6 65. Qd5+ Ke7 66. Bf5 Be5
67. f4 Bf6 68. Kg2 Qd6 69. Qb7+ Kf8 70. Kf3 Qe7 71. Qe4 Qxe4+ 72. dxe4 Be7 73.
e5 Bb4 74. Bd3 Be1 75. g4 Ke7 76. Ke4 Bg3 77. f5 Kd7 78. Kd5 Bh4 79. f6 gxf6 80.
e6+ Ke7 81. Kc6 Kxe6 82. Kxb6 Be1 83. c5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bc4 e6
9. d3 Nge7 10. f5 exf5 11. Qe1 Be6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15.
Qc4 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Rae1 Ng6 18. Nd5 Kb8 19. Nf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rhf8 21.
Bc3 f4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qe6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Kc7 26. Ng5 Kd7 27. Re4
Rf5 28. Nxh7 d5 29. Re2 d4 30. Be1 Nce5 31. Re4 Ng4 32. h3 Ne3 33. c3 Nd5 34. h4
dxc3 35. bxc3 Rh5 36. Ng5 Nf6 37. Re6 Rxg5 38. Rxf6 Rg4 39. h5 Ne5 40. h6 Nf3+
41. Kf1 Nxe1 42. Kxe1 Rxg2 43. Rxf4 Rh2 44. Rf6 Rh3 45. Kd2 Rh2+ 46. Ke3 Rh3+
47. Ke4 c4 48. dxc4 Rxc3 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Rb6 Rxc4 51. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Bb5 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Ba4 Nc6 13. Qd3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. O-O Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qe5 Rc4 18. Bb3 Re4 19. Qc3 Bg4 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Qd7 22. fxe4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 f5 13. Be5 Be6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Ne2
b5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qd8 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Re3 Rae8 20. h4 h6 21. g3 a6 22.
Kg2 Bf7 23. Qd2 Bb4 24. Qe2 Bh5 25. a4 Ba5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd1 Bxf3+ 28. Qxf3
Bb6 29. Ra6 Nxd4 30. Qh5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc6 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Ba4 Qc5 34. Qg6 Ba7
35. Re8 Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Bd7 c3 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qg6+ Kg8 41.
Re6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6
9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 b6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rae1 Bd6 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. Be2 Ra7 17. Bf3 Raf7 18. f5 c4 19. Bg5 Bb4 20. Qe2 Bxc3 21. fxe6 Re7
22. bxc3 Rxe6 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxe4 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Be5 Qg6
28. Qf4 Rf7 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Kg1 Bf5 32. Kf2 Bxc2 33. Bc7 b5 34.
a3 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5 36. h3 h5 37. g3 g5 38. Bd8 Bd3 39. h4 Kg4 40. Bxg5 Kxg3 41.
Bd8 Be4 42. Be7 Kg2 43. Bd8 Kf1 44. Kd2 Kf2 45. Be7 Kf3 46. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 c6 7. f3 Nf6 8. d4
Bf5 9. c3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 h5 11. Na3 Na6 12. Nc4 Nc7 13. Ne3 Bh7 14. h4 Kd7 15.
Kf2 Re8 16. g3 Ne6 17. Nh3 d5 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. Bf1 Nh7 20. Bh3 Nxg5 21. hxg5 Kc7
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 g6 24. Bc2 Bd6 25. Be3 Re7 26. Rae1 Rhe8 27. f4 Ng7 28.
Kf3 Kd7 29. Bf2 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Rf8 31. g4 f5 32. gxh5 Nxh5 33. Bd2 Rh8 34. Bd3
Rh7 35. Bxf5+ gxf5 36. g6 Rg7 37. Rxh5 Ke6 38. Rh6 Kf6 39. Be1 Rxg6 40. Rh7 Rg7
41. Rh6+ Rg6 42. Rh7 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. a4 b6 7. Nfd2 a5 8. Nxc4
Ba6 9. Nba3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 axb4 14. Bxb4 c5
15. Bc3 Nf5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Rad1 Qxd4
21. Rxd4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Kf8 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Rc6 Rd8 26. f4 Rd6 27.
Rc7+ Rd7 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rc7+ Rd7 30. Rc6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 Nf6 12. h3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qc3 Qb6 17. Nd2 c5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 e5 21.
Rac1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 a5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. h4 h6 26. Rc2 g6 27. Qe3 Qd8
28. Rd2 Qb6 29. Bf1 Kg7 30. a4 Rc6 31. Rc2 c4 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Bxc4 Nxe4 34.
Re2 f5 35. f3 Nd6 36. Rxe5 Nxc4 37. bxc4 Rb4 38. Rxa5 Rxc4 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. a5
Rc3 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rg2 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Kd4 Rxg3
47. Ke5 Rxf3 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. a6 Ra3 50. Ke6 Kd8 51. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4+
15. Kd1 dxe3 16. Bd3 Qg6 17. fxe3 f5 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bc2 e4 21. Nd2
Rd8 22. Kc1 Qg5 23. Re1 Qe7 24. Re2 Bb4 25. Qb2 a5 26. Nb3 Ra6 27. Nd4 Qg5 28.
Kb1 h5 29. Ka2 h4 30. Nf1 Bd7 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Nd2 Rb6 33. c5 Rxc5 34. Qb3+ Kh8
35. Qf7 Rxc2+ 36. Kb1 Rxd2 37. Rdxd2 Bxd2+ 38. Ka2 Bxe3 39. Qxd7 Bxd4 40. Qxd4
Qf6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Ng5 Nb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qxc5 h6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qa5 Bh3 14. Qb5+
Nd7 15. Rg1 O-O 16. g4 Rc5 17. Qb3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Nd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Be3
Qd7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. g3 Bc5 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Na4 Rfd8 15.
a3 h6 16. Re1 Rac8 17. h3 Ne6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bf1 c5 20. Qe2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4
22. Rc4 Qd7 23. b4 Ne8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb2 Nd6 26. Rcc1 Re8 27. Rb1 b5 28.
Rec1 Qe6 29. Qb3 c4 30. Qb4 Rc7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Qxa4 Qe7 33. Rc3 Rec8 34. Bg2
cxd3 35. Rxd3 Ne8 36. Qa3 Qxa3 37. Rxa3 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Bf1 Nf6 40. Kg2
g6 41. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.03.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 h6 13. h3 a6 14. Bb1 Qe7 15. Re1
Rfd8 16. Re2 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Rd2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Rd8 21. Be3
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Kf8 23. a3 Bd7 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Re1+ Be6 26. Ne4 b6 27. Rc1 Rd4
28. Nc3 Bc4 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Nd5 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 g5 33. g3 Kd6 34.
Kf2 Ke5 35. h4 f6 36. Bc2 a5 37. Kf3 Be6 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Bc2 Bc8 40. Bd3 Bd7 41.
Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Na5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. dxc5 Nb3 14. c6 Bxc6 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rg8 17. g3 f5 18. Bc4 Rg4 19. Be3 Bd5 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Bxa6
Kf8 22. Bb5 Bf6 23. Rfd1 Kg7 24. Bc6 Ra5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc5 Rd7 27. d5 exd5
28. Qf3 Bxb2 29. Rcxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe8 31. Rxf5 Rg6 32. h4 Bc3 33. h5 Ra6 34.
Qg4+ Kh8 35. Bd4+ f6 36. Rc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rac1 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qb1 Qd6 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Be5 Qd7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1
f6 22. Bb2 Nd6 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qc1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. e4 f5
28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 g6 31. Kd4 Bd3 32. Ke5 Bf1 33. g3 Bh3 34. Kd5
Bf1 35. Ke5 Bh3 36. Kd5 Bf1 37. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxg5 10. Nf5 Be7 11. Nxg7+ Kd7 12. O-O Nc6 13. c4 Kc7 14. Nh5 Bd7
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Rab1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba4 19. Rd2 Kb8 20. Rdb2 Bc6 21.
c5 dxc5 22. Qxa6 Qd5 23. f3 Rc7 24. Nhg3 Rd8 25. Nf2 c4 26. Nge4 f5 27. Nc3 Qc5
28. Re2 Bf6 29. Na4 Bxa4 30. Qxa4 c3 31. Qc2 Bg5 32. Kf1 Qc4 33. Rd1 Rd2 34.
Rxd2 cxd2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. f3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Bxa4 Bg7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Na5 O-O 14. Bxd7 Nxd7
15. Bd4 Bh6 16. O-O e6 17. Qe1 Rab8 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf2 Bc8 21.
Nd1 Nf6 22. c4 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e5 Ng8 25. Nc3 Ne7 26. Rfc1 Qd8 27. Rd1 Be6
28. Nc4 Nf5 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. exd6 Qxd6 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qb6+
34. Qd4 Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Rxb2 36. Rxa6 Rc8 37. h4 Rcc2 38. Rg4 h5 39. Rg5 Rc4 40.
Kh2 Rxh4+ 41. Kg1 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rhh1 43. Ra2 Kg7 44. Re5 Kh6 45. Ree2 Rhf1+ 46.
Kg3 Kg5 47. Ra4 Rh1 48. Ree4 Rb2 49. Rab4 Rxb4 50. Rxb4 h4+ 51. Kf2 f5 52. Ra4
Rb1 53. Rc4 Ra1 54. Rb4 Rd1 55. Ra4 Rb1 56. Rc4 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 h3 58. gxh3 f4 59.
h4+ Kxh4 60. Rxf4+ Kg3 61. Rg4+ Kxf3 62. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Marshall gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.
Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg5 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. h4 Qa5+ 14. b4 Nxb4
15. O-O Re8 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rad1 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Qf4 Nc6 20. Kh1 Nd4 21.
Rg1 g6 22. Bd5 Be6 23. Bxb7 Ne2 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Nxg1 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27.
Kxg1 Rd8 28. Bf4 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Bxc4 30. Be3 Bxa2 31. Bxc5 a5 32. f4 f6 33. Kf2
Kf7 34. Ba3 Ke6 35. Bf8 a4 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Bb4 h6 38. Kf2 g5 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Ba3
Be4 41. Bc1 gxh4+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d5 7. Ne3 c6 8.
Bd2 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Qf3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. f5 O-O 13. g4 Ne4 14. Bd3 Re8 15.
Bxe4 Rxe4 16. h4 Be5 17. c4 Qb6 18. c3 Qa5 19. h5 g5 20. cxd5 Rf4 21. Qe2 cxd5
22. Kb1 Ra4 23. c4 Qa6 24. Nxd5 f6 25. Bc3 Qxc4 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28.
h6# 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Be6 11. d4 Nd7 12. Ba6 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Ne5 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. f4 Qe7 21. Qf3 Rc7
22. Rd2 Bc8 23. Rdc2 Bb7 24. Qg3 h6 25. h3 Qe6 26. Kh1 Rfc8 27. Kh2 Re8 28. Kh1
Rec8 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Kh1 Rec8 31. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Bc6 11. Nc3 a5 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Nxc5
15. Nxc5 Qc7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. N3e4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxc5 19. Rac1 b6 20. Rfd1 Qe7
21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd7 g6 24. b3 Qc3 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. exf3 Rc8 27.
Rd6 b5 28. axb5 Rb8 29. b6 Kf8 30. Rc6 Rb7 31. g4 Ke8 32. h4 Kd7 33. Rc5 Rxb6
34. Rxa5 Ke7 35. h5 h6 36. f4 Rxb3 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Rh7 h5 40.
gxh5 gxh5 41. Rxh5 Rd3 42. f3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. a3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qd3
Be6 9. Bg5 a5 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 Rg8 13. O-O a4 14. b4 axb3 15.
cxb3 Bg4 16. b4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bd4 18. Bxf6 Qd7 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. h3 Qxc4 21. Rd3
Qe6 22. Rfd1 Rg6 23. Bh4 Kf8 24. Qh5 Kg8 25. Kh1 c5 26. f4 exf4 27. Qf3 Re8 28.
Bf2 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Qxe4 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qe3 32. Qf3 c4 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34.
Rd1 c3 35. Qg5 f3 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc8 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Rfc8 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. Rdd1 f6 21.
Nb5 a6 22. Bb2 axb5 23. Rxd7 Bf8 24. Bd4 b4 25. Bxb6 Ra6 26. Bd8 Rd6 27. Rxd6
Bxd6 28. Bb6 Rc6 29. Ba7 Rc2 30. Bd4 e5 31. Ba7 Kf7 32. e4 Ke6 33. g4 g6 34. Be3
Be7 35. h3 f5 36. gxf5+ gxf5 37. Rc1 Rxa2 38. Rc6+ Kd7 39. Rc4 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4
Rb2 41. Kxe5 Rxb3 42. Kd5 Ra3 43. Re4 Ra5+ 44. Kc4 Rh5 45. Bd2 Rxh3 46. Bxb4
Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 h5 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. g3 Nd7 13. Bg2 Kf8 14. O-O Kg7 15.
a3 a5 16. b3 Rhe8 17. Rfc1 Ra7 18. Na4 Bf5 19. Bf3 Kh6 20. Nb2 Ra6 21. Nc3 Ra7
22. Kg2 Bg6 23. Be2 Rea8 24. Nd3 Bf5 25. Na4 Be4+ 26. Kf1 Bf5 27. Nac5 Nb6 28.
Nb2 Be7 29. Nba4 Nc8 30. Nd3 Nd6 31. Nc3 Bg6 32. Nf4 Ne8 33. Na4 Nd6 34. Nc5 Ne8
35. Ra2 Bd6 36. Nfd3 Be7 37. Na4 Nd6 38. Nf4 Ne8 39. Nb6 Rd8 40. Nd3 Nd6 41. Nf4
Re8 42. Kg1 Bd8 43. Na4 Be7 44. Bf1 Bf5 45. Nc5 Rea8 46. Kh2 Ne8 47. Na4 Nd6 48.
Nc3 Ne8 49. Bd3 Bxd3 50. Nxd3 f5 51. Kg2 Nf6 52. Na4 Bd6 53. Nac5 Kg7 54. Rcc2
Ne4 55. Na4 Nf6 56. Nc3 Ne4 57. Ne2 Nf6 58. Nb2 Ne4 59. Na4 Nf6 60. Nac3 Ne4 61.
Kf3 Nf6 62. Nf4 Kh6 63. Nd3 Ne4 64. Ne2 Kg7 65. Rc1 Nf6 66. Kg2 Ne4 67. Ne1 Nf6
68. Rd1 Ne4 69. Rd3 Nf6 70. Nc2 Ne4 71. Rb2 Ra6 72. Kf1 Nf6 73. Ra2 Ne4 74. Kg2
R6a7 75. Ne1 Nf6 76. Nf3 Ne4 77. Nd2 Nf6 78. Nb1 Ne4 79. Rb2 Ra6 80. Rd1 Rb6 81.
Rc1 Rba6 82. Nec3 Rb6 83. Na4 Rba6 84. Nac3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5 exd5
9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ba6 12. Ng3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 d6 14. h4 Nd7 15.
e4 Qf6 16. Re1 g6 17. h5 Ne5 18. Rh3 b5 19. Kg1 c4 20. Qh6 Ng4 21. Qd2 Ne5 22.
Qh6 Ng4 23. Qd2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Ba5
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc5 Be8 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxb7 Rdb8 20. Nxa5 Rxb5
21. Nb3 a5 22. Rd2 a4 23. Nbd4 Rb7 24. h3 Rab8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 f6 27. g4 h5
28. Ne1 hxg4 29. hxg4 Ng6 30. f3 Ne5 31. Kf2 g5 32. Nd3 Bd7 33. Kg3 Nxd3 34.
Rxd3 Rb6 35. Rd2 Kf7 36. Rc5 R8b7 37. Rh2 Rd6 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Ra5 Rb4 40. Ke3
Rdb6 41. Rxd5 Be6 42. Rd8 Rxb3+ 43. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 Rxh2 46.
Kxh2 Kf7 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Ra8 Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Kf2 Ke8 51. Ke3 Kf8 52. Kd4
Ke8 53. Kc5 Kf8 54. Rb7 Ba2 55. Rc7 Bb3 56. Kd6 Ba2 57. Rc2 Bb3 58. Rb2 Bc4 59.
Rb4 Ba2 60. Rb5 Kf7 61. Rb7+ Kf8 62. Rb2 Bc4 63. Rf2 Bb3 64. Rf1 Bc4 65. Ra1 Bb3
66. Ra3 Bc4 67. Ra5 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Kd7 Kf7 70. Rc7 Bb3 71. Rc5 Be6+ 72.
Kc6 Bb3 73. Rf5 Be6 74. Kd6 Bb3 75. Rb5 Ba2 76. Rb4 Kf8 77. f4 gxf4 78. Rxf4 Kg7
79. Ke7 Kg6 80. Rxf6+ Kg5 81. Rf2 Bb3 82. Rg2 Bd1 83. Ke6 Bxg4+ 84. Ke5 Kh5 85.
Rxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Nxc4 Na6 8. f3
Rd8 9. e4 Be6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. Be3 a5 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Bxe6 Nxe5 14. O-O fxe6 15.
Bf4 Nbd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd3 17. Bxc7 Rxd4 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Bxa5 g6 20. Ne2 Bg7 21.
Bc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Kf7 23. a5 Rhd8 24. a6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rd6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Rd2 h6
28. Nd1 g5 29. h5 Ne5 30. Rxd6 exd6 31. Ra7+ Kf8 32. Kf1 d5 33. exd5 cxd5 34.
Ra6 Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Ra6 Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. a3 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4
9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Re1 exd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15.
Qe4 Nxf3+ 16. Kh1 g6 17. Qxf3 Qh4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bxa7
Qxc4 22. Bb6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc2 24. Bxc7 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Be5 Qb1+ 27.
Kh2 Qf5 28. Qe3 Qe6 29. Qd4 g5 30. Bh8 Kf8 31. f4 gxf4 32. Qxf4 Ke7 33. Bg7 h5
34. Bc3 Kd7 35. Kh1 b5 36. Ba5 Qd5 37. Qb8 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Qxd6+ Kxd6 40.
Kg3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. f3 Nd6 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. Qf2
O-O 9. Bf4 f6 10. Nd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bd2 Qe8 15.
Kd1 Qa4+ 16. Kc1 b5 17. Nf4 c5 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Bc2 Qa6 20. cxd4 Bd7 21. Kb1
Rac8 22. Bd3 Rc4 23. Ne2 Ne7 24. g4 Rfc8 25. h4 b4 26. b3 Bb5 27. bxc4 Bxc4 28.
Bc2 Bd3 29. Bc3 bxc3 30. Nc1 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nc6 7. e3 Re8 8. Nbd2
a5 9. b3 a4 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 axb3 13. Qxb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15.
Rfc1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc6 17. Nxa5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Rxa5 20. Qxc7 h5 21.
Qe5 Qd8 22. Qc7 Qd5 23. Qe5 Qd8 24. Qc7 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qa4 a5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Bf4 Ba6
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. O-O Qb5 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. c4 Qb7 20. Be5 Qe7 21. Qd3
f6 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rb8 25. Rxe6 Rb2 26. Re7 Rab6 27. Ra7
Rxa2 28. h3 h5 29. Rd1 Rbb2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rdd7 Rxf2 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Rh7+
Kg8 34. Rag7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rhg7+ Kh8 37. Rg6 Rf4 38. Rfxf6 Rxf6 39. Rxf6
Kg7 40. Rxc6 Rc2 41. Rc5 Kg6 42. Rxa5 Rxc4 43. Re5 h4 44. Kf2 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc3+
46. Kg4 Rg3+ 47. Kxh4 Rxg2 48. Rf5 Rg1 49. Rf4 Ra1 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52.
Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kd4 Ra1 54. Rf5 Rh1 55. Rf3 Ra1 56. h4 Ra4+ 57. Ke5 Ra5+ 58. Kf4
Rh5 59. Kg4 Re5 60. Rf4 Kh6 61. Kf3 Kg6 62. Ke3 Ra5 63. Rg4+ Kf6 64. Rg5 Ra1 65.
Rf5+ Kg6 66. h5+ Kh6 67. e5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Ba6 11. Na3 c5 12. a5 Nd5 13. Bxc4 Qxa5 14. Nc2 Qb6 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21.
Ncd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bc8 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Rec1 Qb6 25. b3 Bd7 26. h3 Rfc8 27. Rd1
Rc5 28. Kh2 a5 29. f4 f6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Re2 fxe5 32. fxe5 Qc7 33. Rae1 a4 34.
bxa4 Bxa4 35. Kh1 Qf7 36. e6 Qg6 37. Rf2 Rc4 38. Rf4 h5 39. Qf2 Bc2 40. e7 Be4
41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Rxe8 Qxe8 43. Rxe4 dxe4 44. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Bg4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bd2 Bh5 11. a4 Kh8 12. a5 Rb8 13. Bb5 Nde7 14. Ra4 Qd5
15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Bc1 f6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Bb5 Rfd8 19. Rh4 Bf7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. d4
Bg6 22. a6 Qd6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 h6 25. axb7 Rxb7 26. g4 Kg8 27. Rh5 Qd7 28.
h3 Qf7 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Qe2 Re8 31. c4 Qf7 32. Qe4 Qxc4 33. Rxh6 gxh6 34. Qg6+
Kf8 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+
Kf8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Ng5 Nxd4 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qh6+
Ke7 47. Rxe5+ Kd8 48. Qf6+ Kd7 49. Qg7+ Kd8 50. Qf6+ Kd7 51. Qg7+ Kd8 52. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. f4 Nbd7
15. g4 Nc5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Bb3 Nd6 18. Bc2 a5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rfb8 21. Qd4
Bc6 22. b3 a4 23. Nxa4 Nxa4 24. bxa4 Bxa4 25. Qxb6 cxb6 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3
Ra2 28. Kb1 Rba8 29. f5 exf5 30. exf5 R2a5 31. Rhf1 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. h4 Ra2
34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Kxa2 Rd4 36. Rh1 b5 37. Kb2 b4 38. Kc2 Kg7 39. Rh2 f5 40.
gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rh1 Kf7 42. Rh2 Kg8 43. h5 g5 44. h6 Rh4 45. Rg2 g4 46. Kd3 Kh7
47. Ke4 Kxh6 48. Kf5 Rh5+ 49. Kf4 Rh3 50. Kxg4 Rxb3 51. Kf4 Rc3 52. Rb2 b3 53.
Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Kd3 Rb4 55. Kc3 Rb8 56. Rb1 b2 57. Kc2 Rc8+ 58. Kxb2 Rb8+ 59. Kc2
Rxb1 60. Kxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 8. h3
Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Ng3 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 a4 16. d5 Bd7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Qb8
22. c4 Qb6 23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. N3h4 b4 25. Kh2 Ra3 26. Rab1 Ra2 27. Qd1 Nxh4 28.
Nxh4 Rea8 29. Re2 Qa7 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Nf3 h6 32. Ne1 Kh7 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. Nc2
Be8 35. Qd3 Bg6 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Nxa1 c5 38. Kg3 Qa7 39. Qb1 h5 40. Kf3 h4 41.
Kg4 Qe7 42. Qd3 f5+ 43. exf5 Kh6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence, Pillsbury variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Ng4 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Bd6 Re8
15. Rad1 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Kh1 Rcd8 20. Qh5 Nc6
21. e5 Qb4 22. Rd3 Qf4 23. Rf3 Qxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. h3 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Rg8 28. Re3 Qd6 29. Nc3 Nd4 30. Ne4 Qe5 31. f4 Qf5 32. Nd6 Qc5 33. Qe7 Qc1+
34. Kh2 h6 35. Re4 Nxb3 36. axb3 Kh7 37. Rc4 Qd2 38. Qc7 b5 39. Re4 Qd3 40. Re1
Qd2 41. Rf1 Ba6 42. Qc6 Rd8 43. Nf7 Rd7 44. Qe4+ g6 45. f5 exf5 46. Qe8 Qd4 47.
Rf3 Rc7 48. Ne5 Rg7 49. Nf7 Rg8 50. Qe7 Qg7 51. Rd3 Bc8 52. Rc3 Rf8 53. Rc7 Kg8
54. Nd6 Qxe7 55. Rxe7 a6 56. Nxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "6.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d4 17. Bxc6 dxe3 18. Qxe3 bxc6 19. Qc3 h6 20. Rac1 c5 21.
b3 Qa6 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qb6 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rc4 a5 26. g3 h5 27. h4 g6 28.
Qc3 Kh7 29. Qe5 Qc7 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Qc3 Qb6 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Qe2 Kg8
35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Ra4 Kg8 37. Re4 Kg7 38. Rf4 Qc7 39. Ra4 Kg8 40. Qc3 Qb6 41. Rxa5
c4 42. Kg1 Qc6 43. Re5 cxb3 44. Qxc6 Rxc6 45. axb3 Rb6 46. Re3 f6 47. f4 Kf7 48.
Kf2 g5 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. hxg5 Kg6 51. Ke2 Kxg5 52. Kd2 Rb8 53. Kc3 Rc8+ 54. Kb2
Rb8 55. Re7 Kg4 56. Rg7+ Kf5 57. Ka2 Ra8+ 58. Kb1 Rc8 59. Kb2 Rb8 60. Rd7 Kg4
61. Rd5 Rh8 62. Rd3 Rb8 63. Kc3 Rc8+ 64. Kd2 Rb8 65. Ke2 Rb4 66. Rc3 Rb8 67. Kf2
Kg5 68. Rd3 Rb7 69. Kf3 Rb8 70. Ke4 Kg4 71. Rc3 Re8+ 72. Kd5 Rd8+ 73. Ke5 Rb8
74. Kd6 Kh3 75. Kd5 Kg4 76. Re3 Kh3 77. Kc4 Rc8+ 78. Kd3 Rb8 79. Kc3 Rc8+ 80.
Kb2 Rb8 81. Re5 Kg4 82. Rc5 Rh8 83. Rc3 Rb8 84. Rd3 Kh3 85. Kc3 Rc8+ 86. Kd2 Rb8
87. Ke2 Kg4 88. Kf2 Kg5 89. Kg2 Rb7 90. Kf3 Rb8 91. Rc3 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4+ Kf8 13. Be5 f6 14. Nxg5
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 fxg5 17. f4 h3 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. g3 gxf4 20. O-O Rh6
21. Rxf4+ Kg8 22. Rdf1 Bd7 23. Rf7 Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf4+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh7
27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Qxd7 Rf8 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. a4 a5 31. Qg5 Rh7 32. e6 Re8 33. Qxa5
b6 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Rg7 36. Qf5 Rge7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qxh3 Rxe6 39. Kf2
R8e7 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. g4 Re4 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Kf3 Rxa4 45. h4 Ra5
46. Qh6 Rae5 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. e4 b5 50. h5 c5 51. h6 Rg5 52. Qd8
Rg8 53. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nge2 Na6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qb3 b6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15.
Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bb1 Ne6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb8 20. Qc2 Nf8 21.
Re3 Kh8 22. a3 Re7 23. Nc5 Rxe3 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. fxe3 c5 26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27.
Qxd1 bxc5 28. Ba2 Qxb2 29. Bxf7 Qxa3 30. Qd6 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Nd7 32. Qxd7 Qe5+ 33.
Kh1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Ne3
Be6 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. O-O g6
15. Nc2 Bg7 16. Bg5 Rdf8 17. Qg3 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19. Qh4 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Bf8
21. Ne3 Qf7 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nd8 24. Bd3 Nf7 25. Bf4 Kd7 26. h4 c5 27. Nc2
c4 28. Be2 Be7 29. g3 g5 30. hxg5 Nxg5 31. Ke3 Bf5 32. Ne1 a6 33. Nf3 Nxf3 34.
Bxf3 Ke6 35. a3 b5 36. Bc7 Bg5+ 37. Bf4 Be7 38. Bc7 Bg5+ 39. Bf4 Be7 40. Bc7
Bg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nbc6 7. Bf4 dxe4 8.
Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Bf5 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Nxe4 f6 14.
Ng3 Bg6 15. f4 N5c6 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Rhf1 h5 18. f5 Bf7 19. Ne4 h4 20. g4 hxg3
21. hxg3 Ne5 22. Be2 Ne7 23. g4 Bd5 24. Nc5 N7c6 25. Bc3 Rh2 26. Nd3 Bc4 27.
Nxe5 Bxe2 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rg1 Rd5 30. g5 Rxf5 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Rg6 Bf3 33.
Rxf6 Rxf6 34. Bxf6 Rh1 35. Rxh1 Bxh1 36. Kb1 Bg2 37. Kc1 Bh1 38. Kb1 Bg2 39. Kc1
Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Qc1 Rb8 13. Nc3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Rxb2 15. Rab1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 a6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Rb7 Qd6 21.
Ne4 Qxd5 22. Rxc7 e5 23. Qc5 Be6 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Rc5 f6 27. Rc6
Kf7 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Ra7+ Kg6 30. Re7 Rb6 31. g4 h5 32. gxh5+ Kh6 33. Ke1 Bf5
34. Rc7 Be6 35. Kd2 Rd6+ 36. Kc2 Rd7 37. Rc6 Bf7 38. a4 Ra7 39. Kb2 Kxh5 40. Ka3
Rb7 41. Nb5 Kg5 42. Rc5 Kf4 43. a5 Ke3 44. a6 Rb6 45. a7 Ra6+ 46. Kb4 Be8 47.
Rc7 Kxe2 48. Nc3+ Kxf3 49. Rxg7 e4 50. Re7 f5 51. Rxe8 Rxa7 52. Rf8 Rh7 53.
Rxf5+ Kg2 54. Nxe4 Kxh2 55. Nf6 Rc7 56. Rc5 Rxc5 57. Kxc5 c3 58. Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.11"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qa4 h6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Qb5 a6 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15.
Na4 Ba7 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Ne5 19. Rac1 Ned7 20. Nd3 Kf8 21. Nd4
Ke7 22. f3 Ne8 23. Kf2 Nd6 24. g4 g5 25. h4 Nc4 26. Rh1 Nce5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28.
Rcd1 Rh8 29. Kg3 Nc6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f4 Rag8 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Ne5 34.
Rxh8 Rxh8 35. e4 dxe4 36. Rd4 Rg8 37. Rb4 b5 38. Rxe4 Rxg5 39. a4 Nf7 40. axb5
axb5 41. Rd4 Nd6 42. Kf2 Rc5 43. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.11"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. e3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nbd2 Bd3 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. Qc3 a5 18. Nb3 Be4 19. Rdc1 Nd3 20. Rd1 Nb4 21. Rdc1
Nd3 22. Rd1 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.11"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf4 d5 7. d4 Be7 8. Qf3
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 Na6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Nd3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Bg5 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Re3 Qxd4 18. Rae1 h6 19. Nd7 Nxd7 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21.
Rxe7 Ne5 22. Qe3 Qb4 23. Qxe5 hxg5 24. b3 Rf8 25. Rc7 Qb6 26. Na4 Qb5 27. Kh2
Qb4 28. c3 Qa3 29. Rxa7 Bb5 30. Nb6 Qxa2 31. Qe3 Qxb3 32. Nd7 Rc8 33. Ne5 Re8
34. Qf3 d4 35. Nxf7 Rf8 36. Nh6+ gxh6 37. Qe4 Bd3 38. Qe5 Rf7 39. Ra8+ Rf8 40.
Ra7 Rf7 41. Ra8+ Rf8 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.12"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 a5 13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Qc5
Qxc5 15. dxc5 Rfd8 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Be3 a4 19. f3 f6 20. Kf2 c6 21.
Red1 Bc4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Bc3 h5 25. Ke1 e5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1
Bxa2 28. e4 Bb3+ 29. Kd2 Bc4 30. Ba5 Bb3 31. Bc3 Bc4 32. Ba5 Bb3 33. Bc3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.12"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 c6 7. d4 Bb4 8. Ne2
Nxe4 9. O-O d5 10. Nxe4 dxc4 11. c3 Be7 12. N2g3 Na6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Qxc4 Nd5
15. Bd2 a5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Rf3 f5 19. Nc5 b5 20. Qf1 Bxc5 21. dxc5
a4 22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Re8 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Rb8 26. Bh6 Qf6 27. Rd1 g5 28.
Rxd5 cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30. Qd2 f4 31. c6 Qa7+ 32. Kh1 Qc5 33. c7 Re8 34. h3
Qxc7 35. Bxg5 f3 36. gxf3 Qc4 37. Kg1 Qxa2 38. Kf2 Qe6 39. h4 Rb8 40. Bf4 Qb6+
41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Qe2 Qc6 43. h5 Kf7 44. Qe5 Qd5 45. Qc7+ Rd7 46. Qc2 Qxh5 47.
Qc4+ Kf8 48. Qb4+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Rf7 50. Qc8+ Rf8 51. Qc4+ Qf7 52. Qxa4 Qg6+ 53.
Kh2 h6 54. Qb3+ Kh7 55. Bg3 Rg8 56. Qb7+ Rg7 57. Qb8 Qc2+ 58. Kh3 Qf5+ 59. Kg2
Qc2+ 60. Kh3 Qd1 61. Qf4 Qh1+ 62. Bh2 Qf1+ 63. Kh4 Qe1+ 64. Bg3 Qh1+ 65. Bh2 Qb1
66. Bg3 Re7 67. b4 Qh1+ 68. Bh2 Qe1+ 69. Bg3 Qb1 70. Kh3 Qf1+ 71. Kh4 Qb5 72.
Kh3 Qd5 73. Kg2 Re2+ 74. Bf2 Re7 75. Bg3 Qa2+ 76. Kh3 Qd5 77. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.12"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
e3 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nb6 11. Be2 g6 12. Nd2 Ng7 13. Bg3 c6 14. h3 Nf5 15.
Bh2 Bd6 16. O-O Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Nd6 18. b4 Bf5 19. Qb3 Kg7 20. b5 cxb5 21. Nxb5
Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Rf7 23. Rfc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7+ Qxc7+ 25. Kg1 Rc8 26. Qb4 Kf7 27. Nb3
Nc4 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Qa4 Nd6 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Be2 b6 32. Bf3 Qb7 33. Nc1 Bf5 34.
Ne2 Be4 35. Nc3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Nf5 37. Qb3 Ne7 38. e4 Qd7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. a4 g5
41. Qc2 f5 42. Qb3 fxe4 43. fxe4 Kf6 44. Nxd5+ Nxd5 45. exd5 g4 46. Qc4 gxh3+
47. Kh2 Qf5 48. Qc6+ Kg5 49. d6 Qxf2+ 50. Kxh3 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kg3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nh6 6. e3 g6 7. b4 dxe3 8. Bb2
exf2+ 9. Rxf2 f6 10. b5 Na5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Ng5 Bc5 13. Ne4 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Ng4
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Rf8 17. Bxd8 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Kxd8 19. Na3 axb5 20. cxb5
Ra7 21. b6 cxb6 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Rb1 Kc7 25. Rb4 Rf8+ 26. Ke3 Bc6 27.
Be4 Kd6 28. Bd3 Kc5 29. a3 e5 30. Ne4+ Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Nc6 32. a4 Kd6 33. Rc4 Rd8
34. h4 Rf8 35. Rc1 Nb4 36. Be4 Ra8 37. Rf1 Rxa4 38. Rf7 Ra3+ 39. d3 Nc2+ 40. Kf3
Nb4 41. Rxh7 Nxd3 42. Kg2 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2
Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.14"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "14205483"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2
Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 d4 13. e4 Re8 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
a3 Nde5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. e5 Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Ne4
Bb6 22. Nd6 Re6 23. Nc4 f6 24. Rad1 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rd8 26. Rf4 d3+ 27. Kf1 Bc7
28. Re4 Rd5 29. Kf2 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rexe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd3 Rb5 33. b3 Kf7
34. a4 Rb7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Re3+ Kd6 37. Kd2 a5 38. Rg3 g6 39. Kc3 Rc7+ 40. Kb2
Rc5 41. h4 Re5 42. Rg4 Kc6 43. Rc4+ Kd6 44. g4 Re2+ 45. Ka3 h6 46. Rd4+ Kc6 47.
Rf4 Rh2 48. g5 hxg5 49. Rf6+ Kb7 50. hxg5 Rg2 51. Rxg6 a6 52. Rg8 Ka7 53. Rg7+
Kb6 54. g6 Kc6 55. Ra7 Kb6 56. Rg7 Kc6 57. Ra7 Kb6 58. Rg7 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.14"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. c5 Nd7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. O-O Qe7 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nc4 f4 19. exf4 h4 20. fxg5 hxg3 21. fxg3
Rc8 22. g6 Ba6 23. g7 Rg8 24. Qh5+ Kd8 25. Rf7 Bxc4 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Qg6 Nf6
28. d5 Nxd5 29. h4 Nf6 30. h5 Nxh5 31. Qxh5 Rxg7 32. Rd1 Bd5 33. Qh4+ Kd7 34.
Qa4+ Kd8 35. Rf1 Rxc3 36. Rf8+ Kc7 37. Qxa7+ Bb7 38. Qb8+ Kc6 39. Qe8+ Kc5 40.
Qxe6 Rcxg3 41. Rf5+ Kc6 42. Rf2 Kc7 43. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.14"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Qb3 c6 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Na4 Qb4 14. a3 Qe7 15.
b4 b5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. bxc5 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Nd2 g6 21. f4 Bf5 22.
Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nf3 Kh7 25. Kf2 Rae8 26. Ke2 Rg8 27. g3 Re6 28. Kd3
Rg7 29. Rg1 h5 30. h3 Kg8 31. Ref1 Bd8 32. Ne5 Bc7 33. Nf3 Bd8 34. Rf2 Rh6 35.
Rfg2 Kf8 36. Ke2 Rg8 37. Rh2 Rg7 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nd3 Ke7 40. Kf3 Rg8 41. Rhg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.14"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Kaufmann attack"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Kf1
c6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
c4 b6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Kg1 Bb7 18. f3 Rac8 19. h4 Ndc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh2 Qf2
22. Kh3 Qd4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Bg3 e3 25. Nb3 Qf6 26. c5 Ba6 27. Rac1 bxc5 28.
Qd1 Bc4 29. Na5 Qe6+ 30. Kh2 Ba6 31. Nb3 Bc4 32. Na5 Ba6 33. Nb3 Bc4 34. Re1
Rfe8 35. Na5 Ba6 36. Nb3 Bc4 37. Na5 Ba6 38. Qa4 Red8 39. Nb3 Bc4 40. Na5 Ba6
41. Nb3 Bc4 42. Rc3 e2 43. Nc1 Qa6 44. Qc2 Re8 45. Nd3 Qf6 46. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit, exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14205483"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. O-O Qxe2 11. Bxe2 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4
O-O 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Bxe8 21. f4 Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke3 f6 24. c3 Kd6 25. Bd3 h6 26. a3 c5 27. g3 b6
28. Bc2 Bd7 29. Bd3 Be8 30. Bc2 Bd7 31. Bd3 Be8 32. Bc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Ng5 a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. h4 Re8 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. O-O-O b4 15.
d5 Nd4 16. exd4 bxc3 17. dxe6 cxd2+ 18. Qxd2 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Qc8 20. Qa5 Bd5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxd5 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. g3 Rf8 26. Rd2 Ref6 27.
Rf1 Rf3 28. Kd1 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Qe3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. h3 Rxc3 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rd4 b5 17. g4 Nb6 18. f5 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qe1 a5 21.
Bc1 Nd7 22. h4 Rc8 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. h5 a4 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. e5 Ncxe5 27. Na1
Qc6 28. Rh3 Nf6 29. g5 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rf8 31. Rdh4 Rf3 32. Kc1 Qd7 33. Qh1 Qf5 34.
Rh8+ Bxh8 35. Rxh8+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Ke6 37. Qg8+ Qf7 38. Qc8+ Nd7 39. Rh2 Rf1+ 40.
Kb2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. c5 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qd4 f6 12. f4 Rb8 13. h3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Nf2 15.
Rh2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be3 Bf5 18. O-O-O Bg5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Rxd8 Bxe3+ 21.
Rd2 Rfd8 22. Qc3 Bxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 25. Ke3 Kg8 26. Bxe4 Be6 27.
Rh1 Kf7 28. h4 Rxa2 29. Rb1 Ra3+ 30. Kd4 Ra4+ 31. Ke3 Ra3+ 32. Kd4 Ra4+ 33. Ke3
Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

