[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther, Mark"]
[ECO "D37"]
[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 (9. Be5 {is a definite alternative. Sindarov hinted that he forgot this was his intention. But he knew the other line too.} Rg8 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qe7 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bd3 f6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nd2 f5 17. a3 Ba5 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Kg7 20. O-O Kh8 21. Ne5 c6 22. Na4 Raf8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. e4 f4 25. b4 Bc7 26. Qc3 Qg7 27. Ra2 Rd8 28. Ncd3 Rd6 29. Rc2 Bb6 30. Nc5 Bd8 31. Rd2 Bf6 32. Nf3 Be7 33. Ne5 b6 34. Ncd3 Ba6 35. Rfd1 h5 36. Nf2 Rh6 37. Qb3 Kh7 38. Qf7 Qxf7 {0-1 Anton Guijarro,D (2666)-Gukesh,D (2754) Prague Masters 8th 2026 (9)}) 9... h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4+ Kf8 $1 13. Be5 f6 14. Nxg5 (14. d5 $2 Qe7 15. h3 (15. d6 $2 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 cxd6 $19) 15... Nxe5 $19 (15... fxe5 $2 16. Qc4 $19)) 14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 fxg5 17. f4 $40 h3 {The players have been taking their time but this is all well known.} 18. Rd1 $146 (18. g3 Qd7 19. f5 Qc6 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Ke2 Ke7 22. e4 Ba6+ 23. Kf3 Bd3 24. Ke3 Rhd8 25. Rhd1 Bc2 26. Rdc1 Ba4 27. Rab1 c5 28. Rf1 a5 29. Rb7 Rd7 30. Rf2 Rad8 31. Rfb2 Bd1 32. e6 Rd3+ 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. R7b5 Rxc3 35. Rd2 Bh5 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rh7 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Re2+ 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Rd7 Rxd7+ 41. exd7 Ke7 {0-1 Schulenberg,H (2174)-Luca,A (2203) Mostert mem WS op-4 email ICCF email 2006}) (18. O-O hxg2 19. Rf2 Kg7 {was being treated as a main line in commentary.}) 18... Qe7 {After 30 minutes thought.} (18... Qe8 {was the move that concerned Sindarov.} 19. f5 $1 hxg2 20. Rg1 Bd7 21. Qb4+ c5 22. Qxc5+ Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 19. g3 gxf4 20. O-O $1 Rh6 21. Rxf4+ Kg8 (21... Kg7 {Seemed to be Sindarov's main line.}) 22. Rdf1 $1 Bd7 $2 {[%eval 221,14] [%wdl 999,1,0] White is suddenly close to winning.} (22... Be6 $14 {[%eval 50,20] [%wdl 41,959,0]} 23. Rf6 Qh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxh6+ Kxh6 26. Rf6+ Kg5 27. Rxe6 Rd8 {with a two result game according to Sindarov.}) 23. Rf7 $1 $18 Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf4+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Qxd7 Rf8 29. Qg4+ {White is winning and in fact wraps things up very quickly.} (29. Qxc7 Rb6 30. Qc4+ Rf7 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ (33. Qxh3 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rb2+ 35. Kg1 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kh1 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 $11) 33... Ke8 34. Qc8+ Ke7 35. Qc5+ Ke8 36. Qc8+ Ke7 $11) 29... Kh8 30. a4 a5 31. Qg5 Rh7 32. e6 Re8 33. Qxa5 b6 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Rg7 36. Qf5 Rge7 37. Qg4+ (37. Qxh3 Rxe6 38. Kf2 Re4 $18) 37... Kf8 38. Qxh3 Rxe6 39. Kf2 (39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qd4 Rd6 41. Qe4+ Kd8 $16) 39... 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 (49... Ke6 50. h5) 50. h5 c5 {[%eval 719,16] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (50... Rg5 $142 {[%eval 460,15] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 51. Qh6 Ree5) 51. h6 Rg5 52. Qd8 Rg8 53. Qd5+ {There is nothing left to hope for.} 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"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Ne5 Re8 15. f3 Nef6 16. f4 Ne4 17. Ng3 Ndf6 18. Nf5 Bc8 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Qe2 Bb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. a3 Qd7 24. Rc2 Ng4 25. Re1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. h3 Ng3 28. Qd3 Nf6 29. Rc1 Re8 30. Bc3 Nf5 31. Bd2 Ne4 32. Bb4 Nf6 33. Re1 Ne4 {1-0 Erigaisi,A (2775)-Murzin,V (2652) Tata Steel India Blitz Kolkata 2026 (1)}) 4... exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 {[#]} 7. Nge2 $146 (7. Bg3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Nf4 Nh5 12. Nxh5 Bxh5 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rc1 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Bg4 16. Ne2 Qd6 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Nf4 Nd7 19. O-O c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Qc2 Qe5 22. b3 a5 23. Qc3 Be6 24. Bb5 Qd6 25. Rfd1 Nf6 26. Nd3 Qb6 27. a4 Ne4 28. Qe5 Nd6 29. Nf4 Nxb5 30. axb5 Rab8 31. Rc3 c4 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Rb1 Rc5 34. Qd4 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Qxb5 36. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 Sevian,S (2694)-Svane,R (2625) Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Apr Late Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (5)}) 7... 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 (19... Qf4 20. Re3 Ng5 21. Rde1 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qd6) 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Re3 Kh8 22. a3 Re7 23. Nc5 Rxe3 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. fxe3 c5 26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 bxc5 $11 28. Ba2 Qxb2 29. Bxf7 Qxa3 30. Qd6 Qxe3+ 31. Kh2 Nd7 32. Qxd7 Qe5+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kg1 $5 Qe1+ $8 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 $11) 33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 (35. Kg1 $5 Qe1+ $8 36. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 35... 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"]
[Annotator "Crowther, Mark"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d4 (6. Ne3 Be6 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Ncd5 Qd8 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. g3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bf6 14. dxc6 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bd4 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Bg2 d5 18. Qb5 Qd6 19. O-O c5 20. Nc2 a6 21. Qd3 Bf6 22. Ne3 Rfd8 23. f4 Rxb7 24. f5 Bc8 25. Nxd5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rbd7 27. f6 gxf6 28. Rbe1 Be5 29. Qc4 Bb7 30. Ne3 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxd2+ 32. Re2 Qd4 33. Ng4 Qxc4 34. bxc4 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2+ {0-1 Aronian,L (2747)-Fedoseev,V (2739) Warsaw Superbet Blitz 2025 (8)}) 6... Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Ne3 Be6 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 11. f3 $146 (11. Qb5 Qd6 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. b4 Qf4 16. Qc2 Qh4 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bd2 Rf3 20. Qf1 Raf8 21. Qxh3 Bxh3 22. Nd1 h6 23. Rb1 a6 24. Be3 R3f6 25. Nb2 Bg2 26. Rg1 Bf3 27. Na4 Rb8 28. Kd2 Rff8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 Bg4 31. h4 Kf7 32. Rb3 Rb5 33. Rgb1 Ke7 34. a4 Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Bc8 36. a5 Kd7 37. Rb1 Kd8 38. Bf4 Kd7 39. Rg1 Rf7 40. Rg2 Kd8 {½-½ Kroencke,M (2034)-Welsch,D (1794) Erfurt op Seniors 29th 2019 (2)}) 11... 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 $11 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"]
[Annotator "Crowther, Mark"]
[ECO "C15"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nbc6 7. Bf4 dxe4 8. Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 (10. Kxd2 Ng6 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Re1 O-O-O+ 13. Kc1 Rd4 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Nxe4 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. h4 Nd4 18. c3 Ne6 19. Nd2 Rg4 20. Kc2 Ne7 21. Re5 g6 22. h5 Rf8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Rh7 Nc6 27. Nd2 f4 28. Bh2 Kd8 29. f3 Ne5 30. Bg1 Rf7 31. Rh6 c5 32. Rh8+ Kc7 33. Ne4 b6 34. Bf2 Rf8 35. Rh7+ Rf7 36. Rh6 Rg7 37. Rh8 g5 38. a4 g4 39. Rh5 g3 {1-0 Christiansen,J (2659)-Gomez,J (2365) Manny Pacquiao op General Santos City 2026 (2)}) 10... Bf5 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Nxe4 f6 14. Ng3 Bg6 $1 {[#]} 15. f4 $146 (15. b4 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bc4 Rhe8 20. Be6+ Kb8 21. f4 Re7 22. f5 Bf7 23. b5 Ne5 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 b6 27. Rhe1 Rd4 28. h3 h5 29. R1e4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kc8 32. Re6 Rd7 33. c3 Kb7 34. Kc2 a6 35. a4 axb5 36. axb5 Kc8 37. Re4 Kb7 38. Rd4 Rf7 39. Kd3 c6 40. bxc6+ Kxc6 41. Ke4 b5 42. Kf4 g6 43. Ke5 gxf5 44. Ke6 Rf8 {1-0 Kolla,B (1966)-Bivor,A (2140) Bhubaneswar op 16th 2025 (6)}) 15... N5c6 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Rhf1 h5 18. f5 Bf7 19. Ne4 h4 20. g4 hxg3 $11 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 $11 36. Kb1 Bg2 37. Kc1 Bh1 38. Kb1 Bg2 39. Kc1 Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C55"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g6 (6... g5 7. d4 g4 8. dxe5 gxf3 9. exf6 Ne5 10. Nd2 Qxf6 11. gxf3 Rg8+ 12. Kh1 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bh3 14. Ne3 h5 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. Qe2 d5 17. Rg1 Rxg1+ 18. Rxg1 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qxb2 20. Qxh5 Be6 21. Rg8 f6 22. Rh8 Qd4 23. Qa5 Qxe4+ 24. Kg1 a6 25. Bc3 Bd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxf8+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Ke8 29. Re7+ Kxe7 30. Qxc7+ Rd7 31. Qc5+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ Qg6+ 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. Bb4 Rc7 35. c3 b6 {0-1 Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis Rapid 2018 (6)}) 7. d4 Bg4 {[#]} 8. dxe5 $146 (8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5 Kf8 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd2 f6 17. f4 Bf7 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nf2 a5 22. Bc3 Kh7 23. a4 Qf8 24. Re3 Qh6 25. Rae1 Qg7 26. g4 hxg4 27. Nxg4 Kg8 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rf8 32. Re7 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 Rad8 34. Rxc7 Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rxc2 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2760)-Short,N (2678) Wch Blitz Riadh 2017 (3)}) 8... Nxe5 9. Be2 Qd7 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd7+ Bxd7 13. Be3) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ng4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Nd5 f5 {Quite double edged.} 18. Qc4 Kh7 19. c3 {A bit too quiet. The position is now level.} (19. f4) 19... Rae8 20. f4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 b5 22. Qe2 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Qd3 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 $11 a6 28. b3 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 h5 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Kf3 Bd4 34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 c6 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Kf4 d5 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Ba5 Kf6 41. Bd8+ Kf7 42. Bc7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther, Mark"]
[ECO "D43"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 dxc4 8. e3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 8.Ne5.} g6 {[%eval 69,21] [%wdl 192,808,0]} (8... b5 $11 {[%eval -11,16] [%wdl 6,978,16]}) (8... b5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Qh5 Bc7 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Na6 14. a4 O-O 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nc3 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 b4 20. Rxa6 bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb7 22. Rfa1 Qxf3 23. Qg3 Qf5 24. Rxa7 Rd5 25. h4 Qd3 26. Kg2 Rf5 27. R1a5 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Qxc3 29. Rc5 Qd3 30. Qc7 Qe4+ 31. Kg3 Qg6+ 32. Kf3 f5 33. Qg3 Qh5+ 34. Kf4 Rf6 35. Qf3 e5+ {0-1 Van Wely,L (2609)-Giri,A (2738) Chess.com Classic Play In Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (9)}) 9. Bxc4 $14 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 c5 {[#]} 12. Ne4 $146 (12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 Rd8 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. f3 Nb6 16. f4 Bd7 17. d5 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rac8 19. Qb4 g5 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Nd6 Qc2 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Qe7 gxf4 24. dxe6 {1-0 Makarian,R (2548)-Keymer,V (2717) AI Cup Play In Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (3)}) 12... Qe7 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black is at least equal.} 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qe3 a5 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Ne4 Qb8 {A valid way to play on.} 22. Rd2 Ba6 23. Rc1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Ra6 (24... e5 $1) 25. g3 Rb6 26. Qc3 Rd5 27. Nc5 h5 28. h4 e5 29. Qxa5 exd4 30. b4 Rb5 (30... Bf8 $1) 31. Qa4 Qe8 $2 {[%eval 99,19] [%wdl 481,519,0] Now black gets into trouble.} (31... Bf8 $11 {[%eval 30,21] [%wdl 14,986,0]}) 32. Qd1 Re5 (32... Rb8) 33. Kg2 (33. Rcxd4 $2 Re1+ $19) 33... Re1 34. Qf3 Rb8 35. a4 $1 Rd8 36. a5 {Black just never has an answer to the Queenside pawns.} Rd5 37. Nd3 $1 Ra1 38. Re2 (38. Rdc2 Kh7 $16) 38... Qd7 39. Rec2 Ra3 40. Rxc6 Rc3 {[%eval 460,14] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (40... Bf8 {[%eval 325,20] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 41. Rc8 Rf5) 41. R6xc3 $18 dxc3 42. Nc5 Qd8 43. a6 Rd1 44. Nb3 Rd3 45. Qe4 f5 46. Qb7 Rd7 47. Qc6 Rd6 48. Qc4+ Kh7 49. b5 Qa8+ 50. Kh2 Rd1 51. Qc6 Qa7 52. Ra2 f4 53. b6 Qe7 54. a7 fxg3+ 55. fxg3 Be5 56. Kg2 Rd3 57. a8=Q Rxg3+ 58. Kf1 Qf7+ 59. Rf2 Qxb3 60. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C90"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. h3 h6 12. d4 {is now more promising than 12.Nbd2.} cxd4 (12... Qc7 13. d5 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. a4 c4 16. axb5 cxb3 17. Bd3 axb5 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 19. Bxb5 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxb3 Rb8 22. Qc2 Nab6 23. Nbd2 Qa7 24. Bb2 Nc5 25. Ra1 Qc7 26. Ba3 Ra8 27. Qb1 Nca4 28. Bb4 Rc8 29. Ra3 Rb8 30. Qc2 Nc5 31. g3 Nbd7 32. Kg2 g6 33. Qa2 Kg7 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Qxa8 Nf6 36. Qc6 Ne6 37. Qxc7 Nxc7 38. Nxe5 Na6 39. Nc6 Bf8 40. Kf3 Nd7 41. Nc4 Nac5 42. Ke3 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2654)-Makarian,R (2544) RUS-chT Blitz Sochi 2025 (11.1)}) 13. cxd4 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15. Nf1 Nc6 16. d5 {[%eval -12,20] [%wdl 10,963,27]} (16. Be3 $14 {[%eval 57,19] [%wdl 150,848,2]}) 16... Nb4 $11 17. Bb1 a5 {[%eval 37,22] [%wdl 72,924,4]} (17... Rfc8 $11 {[%eval -19,19] [%wdl 8,956,36]}) 18. Be3 (18. a3 $5 Na6 $8 19. Bd2 $11) 18... Rfc8 19. Qd2 {[#]} Na6 $146 (19... Qd8 20. g4 Nh7 21. Ng3 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Bxg5 23. a3 {½-½ Muhari,I (2134)-Horvath,K (2117) HUN-chT1 Maroczy 2324 Hungary 2023 (8.6)}) 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. Ng3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qb7 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Ne1 Bd8 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Bb6+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Bxd6 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qd3 f5 34. Nf3 Qa8 35. Bc7 Rc4 $1 36. Rxc4 (36. Bxb6 $2 Rxc1+ 37. Ng1 a4 $19) 36... bxc4 37. Qxc4 Bxc7 38. Qxc7 Qxd5 39. b3 Bc6 40. Kh2 Qe4 41. Qd6 Bb7 42. Qe5 Bd5 43. Qxe4 Bxe4 44. Nd2 Bd5 45. a3 Kg6 46. b4 a4 47. b5 Kf6 48. b6 Ke6 49. Nc4 Kd7 50. Ne5+ Kd6 51. Nd3 g5 52. Kg3 (52. Nb2 Bb3 (52... Bc6 53. Kg1 $14) 53. Kg3 Kc6 $15) 52... Be4 53. Nb2 Bc2 54. Nc4+ Kc6 55. Kf2 f4 56. g3 $2 {[%eval -249,14] [%wdl 0,0,1000] and suddenly white is lost.} (56. h4 $11 {[%eval 0,26] [%wdl 1,998,1]} g4 57. h5 Bf5 58. b7 Kc7 59. Nb6 Kxb7 60. Nxa4 $11) 56... fxg3+ $1 $19 57. Kxg3 Bb3 $2 {[%eval 0,30] [%wdl 1,998,1] The game is level again.} (57... h5 $1 $17 {[%eval -136,19] [%wdl 0,86,914]} 58. Kf2 h4 (58... Bb3 59. b7 $11)) 58. Nb2 $2 {[%eval -382,14] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (58. Ne5+ $11 {[%eval 0,30] [%wdl 1,998,1]} Kxb6 59. Ng4) (58. b7 Kxb7 59. Ne5 h5 60. Nf3 h4+ 61. Kf2 Kb6 62. Nxg5 $11) 58... h5 $1 59. Kf3 Kxb6 60. Ke4 Bc2+ $1 61. Kd4 Kc7 62. Kd5 {[%eval -770,15] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (62. Ke3 $142 {[%eval -478,18] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} Kc6 63. Kd2) 62... g4 63. Kd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.09"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B28"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. cxd5 Bxf5 8. exf5 Nd4 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Be7 {10...Be7 scores better than 10...Nxd5.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. Be4 Nf6 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nb5 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Bb2 Nd6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bd5 Bf6 19. Ba3 Rcd8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxb7 a5 22. Bd5 Rb6 23. c4 Qc5 24. Re2 g6 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Rfb8 27. h4 Rb2 28. Rdd2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Qb4 30. Re2 Qb1 31. Be4 Qc1 32. Rc2 Qe1 33. Re2 Qc1 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Qg4 Rd8 36. h5 Qxc4 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Qxg6+ {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2755)-Mamedyarov,S (2733) Gashimov Memorial Blitz 10th Shusha 2024 (1)}) 14. Bxb7 Ra7 15. Be4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 {[#]} Nxf5 $146 (16... Bf6 17. Be3 Rb7 18. Rb1 Nxf5 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Rc4 Nd6 21. Rc5 e4 22. Qe2 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nb5 24. Rc4 Qe6 25. Rbc1 h6 26. b3 Rd8 27. h3 Rd3 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qg4 Re7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Bc5 Rc7 33. Bxd6 Rxc8 34. Rxc8 Nxd6 35. Rc6 {1-0 Ganerdene,S (2433)-Momunaliev,R (2070) WchT Rapid London 2025 (11.1)}) 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxe5 Bf6 19. Rd5 Rad7 20. Rxd7 (20. Rxf5 Rd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rxd1#) 20... Rxd7 21. Kf1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 $11 Rd3 $1 23. Bb2 Rd2 24. Ba3 f6 25. Bb4 Kf7 26. a4 Ne7 27. Ke1 Rb2 28. Rd1 $1 Nc6 29. Rd7+ Kg8 $4 {[%eval 170,22] [%wdl 989,11,0]} (29... Kg6 $1 $14 {[%eval 62,20] [%wdl 81,919,0]}) 30. Rd6 $2 {[%eval 10,27] [%wdl 3,996,1]} (30. Bc5 $1 $18 {[%eval 170,22] [%wdl 989,11,0] wins.}) 30... Nxb4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. Rxa6 Rb2 33. h4 h5 34. a5 Ra2 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. g3 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. f3 g4 39. f4 h4 40. gxh4 g3 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf4 43. h5 Ra4 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Kg2 Ra3 46. Kh3 Kh8 47. h6 Kg8 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Rg5 Kh7 50. Rh5 Rb3 51. Kg2 (51. Rh4 $5) 51... Ra3 52. Kh3 Rb3 53. Rg5 (53. Rh4 $5) 53... Ra3 1/2-1/2

