[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"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C48"]
[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+ $1 Qe6 10. O-O Qxe2 11. Bxe2 d5 12. Bf4 (12. c4 Be6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Re1+ Kd7 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Bd2 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. a4 g6 21. Kf1 Bd6 22. g3 c5 23. b3 Ke7 24. Ke2 b6 25. h4 h5 26. Be3 Ke6 27. Ba6 Be5 28. Kd3 Bg2 29. Ke2 Bd5 30. Kd3 Bg2 31. Ke2 Bd5 32. Kd3 Bg2 {½-½ Liang,A (2719)-Aronian,L (2729) USA-ch Cup Elim Saint Louis rapid 2026 (3.2)}) 12... c6 13. c4 {[#]} dxc4 $146 (13... Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. a4 a5 18. Bd2 b6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 g6 22. Kf1 f5 23. c4 Be6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Ke2 Bd4 26. b4 axb4 27. Bxb4 c5 28. Bd2 Bd7 29. a5 bxa5 30. Bxa5 Bc6 {½-½ Baidetsky,V (2497)-Bluebaum,M (2658) Mitropa Cup Apolda 2024 (2.1)}) 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 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"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D38"]
[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 (7... Re8 8. a3 Bf8 9. Rd1 h6 10. h3 a6 11. Qc2 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Bd6 15. b4 Nb8 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. a4 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Nc6 19. Nxd5 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd5 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qh4 23. Rc1 Re4 24. Qc6 Ree8 25. Nf5 Qxb4 26. Rd4 Qa5 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Qxd6 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb1 Red8 31. Qe5 Rxd4 32. exd4 Rd8 33. Qxb5 Qxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxd4 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. g3 g6 37. Kg2 {½-½ Vidit,S (2720)-Caruana,F (2776) Chess.com Classic Play In Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (8)}) 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Ng5 a6 10. Qc2 h6 {[#]} 11. h4 $146 (11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Rd1 Kh8 14. O-O Qe8 15. f4 Bd7 16. a3 Rd8 17. b4 Nb8 18. Rc1 Bc6 19. Nf2 Bd6 20. e4 f5 21. Be3 Nd7 22. e5 Be7 23. Bxe6 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Qxe6 26. Qxc7 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 g5 28. Qc4 Qf3 29. Nd1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 gxf4 31. Bxf4 Bg5 32. Ne3 Qh3 33. Qe2 Nb6 34. Rcd1 Rc8 35. e6 Rc3 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. e7 Re8 38. Nxf5 Qh7 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh8 {1-0 Mirzoev,A (2565)-Tsatsalashvili,K (2271) Balaguer op 13th 2008 (6)}) 11... Re8 (11... Nb4 $5 12. Qb1 b5 $11 (12... hxg5 $2 13. hxg5 Re8 14. gxf6 $18)) 12. a3 $1 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 $1 14. O-O-O $2 {[%eval -243,17] [%wdl 0,3,997] Really very bad.} b4 $1 $19 15. d5 Nd4 $1 16. exd4 bxc3 17. dxe6 cxd2+ 18. Qxd2 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Qc8 20. Qa5 Bd5 $1 {White could just resign.} 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"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B90"]
[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 $6 {[%eval -32,18] [%wdl 5,936,59]} (10. Qe3 $11 {[%eval 4,17] [%wdl 20,966,14]}) 10... Be6 11. Qe3 $146 (11. f4 a5 12. f5 Bd7 13. h4 a4 14. Nd2 a3 15. b3 Ne5 16. Qg3 Rc8 17. h5) 11... Rc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. h3 $2 {[%eval -98,16] [%wdl 0,525,475]} (13. Bxf6 $15 {[%eval -52,18] [%wdl 2,874,124]} Bxf6 14. f4) 13... Rxc3 $1 $17 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Nxe4 15. Qe3 Nxg5 16. f4 Nc6 17. fxg5) 14... Qc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Rd4 b5 17. g4 $2 {[%eval -171,15] [%wdl 0,28,972]} (17. f5 $17 {[%eval -120,17] [%wdl 0,268,732]} gxf5 (17... Bc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 $14) 18. Nd2 (18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 $11)) 17... Nb6 $1 $19 18. f5 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qe1 $2 {[%eval -221,18] [%wdl 0,1,999]} (20. Qg3 $142 {[%eval -184,18] [%wdl 0,9,991]}) 20... a5 21. Bc1 Nd7 22. h4 Rc8 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. h5 a4 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. e5 (26. Nd2 Na3+ 27. Bxa3 Qxc3 $19) 26... Ncxe5 27. Na1 Qc6 28. Rh3 Nf6 29. g5 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rf8 31. Rdh4 Rf3 32. Kc1 (32. Rxf3 $2 Nxf3 33. Qe6+ Kf8 $19) 32... Qd7 33. Qh1 Qf5 34. Rh8+ Bxh8 35. Rxh8+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Ke6 37. Qg8+ Qf7 38. Qc8+ Nd7 39. Rh2 {[%eval -880,11] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} (39. Nb3 $142 {[%eval -471,17] [%wdl 0,0,1000]} N5b6 40. Nd4+ Ke5 41. Nc6+ (41. Nxf3+ $2 Qxf3 42. Qg8 Qf1+ 43. Kb2 Nc4+ $19) 41... Kf5 42. Qg8 (42. Nd4+ $2 Kg4 $19) 42... Rf1+ 43. Be1 Rxe1+ 44. Kd2 Qxg8 45. Rxg8) 39... Rf1+ 40. Kb2 N5b6 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"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rab8 14. a4 c6 15. a5 g6 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. Qa3 Ne8 18. a6 b5 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. b3 b4 22. Na4 Rb5 23. Ne1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Rcxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Nd3 Rb5 28. f3 Nc4 29. Kf2 Na5 30. Rc1 Nxb3 31. Rc7 d4 32. Rxa7 Nc5 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. exd4 Rc6 {1-0 Abdusattorov,N (2751)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2758) Tata Steel-A 88th Wijk aan Zee 2026 (2)}) 5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nc6 {[#]} 8. Nxc6 $146 (8. O-O Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. Qd4 Ng6 12. Rd1 e5 13. Qc4 Bd6 14. e4 a6 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qd6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Nb1 Rac8 21. Nd2 Be8 22. Nc4 Qf6 23. Qa7 Rb8 24. Ne3 Qe7 25. Bh3 Kh8 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Qd7 29. Qc5 Rbc8 30. h4 Nf8 31. Qe7 Ng6 32. Qc5 Re8 33. Qb4 Rb8 34. Rc3 c6 35. Rcd3 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Qc6 37. Rd6 Qc2 {½-½ Theodorou,N (2564)-Nogerbek,K (2529) Wch Blitz op Doha 2025 (13)}) 8... bxc6 9. c5 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qd4 f6 $1 12. f4 (12. Nxd5 Kh8 13. f4 fxe5 (13... cxd5 14. h3 $15) 14. fxe5 cxd5 $19) 12... Rb8 13. h3 $1 fxe5 14. fxe5 Nf2 15. Rh2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be3 (17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. b3 Bf5 19. Be3) 17... Bf5 18. O-O-O (18. Bxe4 $2 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxe4 $19) 18... Bg5 $1 $11 19. Qc4+ (19. Bxe4 $2 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxe3+ 21. Kc2 Bxd4 $19) 19... Kh8 20. Rxd8 Bxe3+ 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Qc3 Bxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Rxb2+ $11 25. Ke3 Kg8 26. Bxe4 Be6 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. h4 Rxa2 (28... Ke7 $5) 29. Rb1 Ra3+ 30. Kd4 Ra4+ 31. Ke3 Ra3+ 32. Kd4 Ra4+ 33. Ke3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bc4 Be6 $2 {[%eval 86,20] [%wdl 341,659,0] Lagno's opening preparation has left a lot to be desired throughout the tournament, she's already in major trouble.} (11... e6 $14 {[%eval 36,18] [%wdl 45,953,2]}) (11... Bb7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qc5 Qb7 17. Bd4 Rfc8 18. Qa5 Qc6 19. c3 Qc4 20. Bxg7 Rc5 21. Qa3 Kxg7 22. Rhe1 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Re5 24. c4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qxc4 26. Qxe7 Qd3+ 27. Ka1 Rc8 28. Qxa7 Rc2 29. Qg1 h5 30. a3 Rd2 31. Rb1 h4 32. h3 Qd6 33. Qe1 g5 34. Qe3 Rxg2 35. Rg1 Rxg1+ 36. Qxg1 Qg3 37. Qd4+ Kg6 38. Qe4+ Kf6 39. Qd4+ Kg6 40. Qe4+ {½-½ Hovhannisyan,R (2629)-Van Foreest,J (2697) FIDE Grand Swiss Samarkand 2025 (5)}) 12. exd5 $16 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 {[%eval 117,21] [%wdl 728,272,0]} (14... Qb8 {[%eval 81,17] [%wdl 259,741,0]} 15. Bd4 Rd8 16. Bxg7 Rxd5) 15. Bb3 $1 (15. Bxa7 $2 Bxb2+ 16. Kb1 Bc3+ 17. Bxb8 Bxd2 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $19) 15... Qc8 16. Kb1 $1 {[#]} (16. Bxa7 Bxb3 17. axb3 (17. Bxb8 $2 Bh6 $19) 17... Qa6 $19 (17... Rxb3 18. Bd4 $11)) 16... Bxb3 $146 {[%eval 171,17] [%wdl 985,15,0]} (16... Rb5 $16 {[%eval 117,19] [%wdl 725,275,0]}) (16... a5 17. Bd4 Rd8 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Bxd4 20. Bxd7 Bxe3 21. c4 e6 22. Rhe1 Bf4 23. g3 Bc7 24. Ba4 Kf8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Kc2 Ke7 27. a3 Bd6 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Bb5 Ra8 30. Kb3 g5 31. Ka4 h5 32. Rc1 h4 33. gxh4 gxh4 34. Rc2 h3 35. c5 Bc7 36. Bf1 Rh8 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Rh4 39. Kb5 Be5 40. Re2 Rh5 41. Bxh3 Rxh3 42. Rxe5 Rxf3 43. Kb6 Rb3 44. b5 f5 45. c6 f4 46. c7 {1-0 Elias Reyes,J (2489)-Perez Marimon,J (2342) CUB-ch 61st Ciego de Avila 2025 (9)}) 17. axb3 {[%eval 134,20] [%wdl 889,111,0]} (17. cxb3 $18 {[%eval 171,17] [%wdl 985,15,0]} Rb7 18. h3) 17... a5 18. Bd4 (18. Qxa5 Ra8 19. Qb5 Ra1+ 20. Kxa1 Qxc2 $17) 18... e5 {[%eval 177,17] [%wdl 991,9,0]} (18... Bxd4 $16 {[%eval 132,20] [%wdl 874,126,0]} 19. Qxd4 Rb4) 19. Bc3 $18 a4 20. bxa4 {[%eval 122,21] [%wdl 797,203,0] Second best.} (20. b4 $18 {[%eval 166,19] [%wdl 982,18,0]}) 20... Qc4 $16 21. b3 $1 Qxa4 22. Rhe1 $1 Rb5 23. Re4 Qa7 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Bb2 Ra5 27. Bc3 Ra6 28. Qe3 (28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rfa8 $11) 28... Qc6 29. Rc4 (29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rfa8 $17) 29... Qe6 30. Qe4 Rfa8 $2 {[%eval 214,17] [%wdl 999,1,0]} (30... Qb6 $16 {[%eval 119,21] [%wdl 763,237,0]}) 31. Rc5 h5 32. g4 $1 {[%eval 98,22] [%wdl 470,530,0]} (32. Bxe5 $2 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 R8a2+ 34. Kc3 Rxd1 $19) (32. Rc7 $1 $18 {[%eval 174,19] [%wdl 990,10,0] Is much better.}) 32... hxg4 33. fxg4 (33. Bxe5 $2 Ra1+ 34. Kb2 R8a2+ 35. Kc3 Rxd1 $19) 33... Kh7 34. Rcd5 (34. Bxe5 $2 Ra1+ 35. Kb2 R8a2+ 36. Kc3 Rxd1 $19) 34... Qc6 35. Bb2 (35. Bxe5 Ra1+ 36. Bxa1 Rxa1#) 35... Ra2 $2 {[%eval 251,15] [%wdl 1000,0,0] After this it's all over.} (35... Qf6 $16 {[%eval 142,20] [%wdl 934,66,0]} 36. Rxe5 (36. Qxe5 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 $11) 36... Qb6) 36. g5 $18 (36. Bxe5 Ra1+ 37. Bxa1 Rxa1#) 36... Qb6 37. Qh4+ (37. Bxe5 $2 Ra1+ 38. Kb2 R8a2+ 39. Kc3 Rxd1 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. Bxg7 Qc7+ 42. Qc4 Qxc4+ 43. bxc4 Rxd5 $19) 37... Kg8 38. Qe4 $1 (38. Bxe5 $2 Ra1+ 39. Kb2 Bxe5+ 40. Rxe5 Rxd1 $19) 38... R8a4 $2 {[%eval 482,16] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (38... R2a6 {[%eval 203,20] [%wdl 999,1,0]} 39. Rd7 (39. Bxe5 $2 Ra1+ 40. Kb2 R8a2+ 41. Kc3 Rxd1 $19) 39... Rf8 (39... Qa5 $2 40. Rf1 $18) 40. Bxe5 Qe6) 39. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 40. c4 Rxc4 {[%eval 676,15] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (40... Rxb2+ $142 {[%eval 457,14] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 41. Kxb2 Qf2+ 42. R8d2 (42. R1d2 $2 Qf4 $18) 42... Qf4 43. Qxf4 exf4+ 44. Kc2 Ra5) 41. Qxc4 Rxb2+ 42. Kxb2 e4+ {Black's too much material down to have any hope.} 43. Kb1 Qf2 44. R8d2 Qf5 45. Qd5 Qf3 46. Rc2 Qf4 47. Re1 e3 48. Qg2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. a4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8. O-O Rb8 9. c4 a6 10. Nec3 $146 (10. Nbc3 Ne8 11. Qc2 Nc7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. b3 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2) 10... Qc7 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bf4 {[%eval 4,20] [%wdl 20,965,15]} (13. f4 $14 {[%eval 40,17] [%wdl 79,918,3]}) 13... Ne5 $11 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rbd8 17. Qe3 a5 18. Nf3 b6 19. h4 Kh8 {[%eval 102,19] [%wdl 529,471,0]} (19... h6 $14 {[%eval 45,21] [%wdl 69,930,1]}) 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Rad1 {[%eval 17,23] [%wdl 19,977,4]} (22. Nxe5 $16 {[%eval 99,20] [%wdl 483,517,0]} Bb7 23. Bg2) 22... Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxe4 $1 24. Bg2 Bb7 25. Nxe5 Nxf2 $2 {[%eval 364,15] [%wdl 1000,0,0] This should lose although the refutation is difficult.} (25... Bxe5 $14 {[%eval 44,20] [%wdl 35,965,0]} 26. Bxe4 Ba6) 26. Rd7 $18 Qf6 27. Rxb7 $11 {[%eval -6,24] [%wdl 1,996,3]} (27. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%eval 334,21] [%wdl 1000,0,0] This is the only win.} Kg8 (27... Qxe5 $2 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nxe5 $18) 28. Ndf7 (28. Rxb7 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 $17) (28. Ndf7 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxb7) 28... Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 (30. Qxf2 $2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ 32. Qf3 Qxc4 $18) 30... Bxe5 31. Rxb7 Bxg3 32. Rxb6) 27... Qxe5 $11 28. Qxe5 Bxe5 29. Nc7 $1 Ng4 (29... Rf7 $5 30. Rb8+ $8 (30. Nxe6 $2 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Nd3 $19) 30... Kg7 31. Nxe6+ Kh6 32. Rxb6 Bxg3 $11) 30. Nxe6 Rf6 31. Ng5 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Ng4+ 34. Kh1 (34. Kh3 $5 Nf2+ $8 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Ng4+ 38. Kh1 $11) 34... Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kh3 $5 Nf2+ $8 37. Kh2 $11) 36... Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 a6 (5... Qb6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. Nd2 b5 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2 Bh6 14. N4f3 O-O 15. O-O Bg4 16. d6 Nh5 17. dxe7 Rfe8 18. Ba3 Nf4 19. Ne4 Rc6 20. Rad1 {1-0 Aronian,L (2747)-Vidit,S (2720) Chess.com Classic Play In m Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (1.2)}) 6. Be2 Nxd5 7. Nf3 e6 8. c4 N5f6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 b6 13. b4 Bd6 14. h3 Bb7 {[#]} 15. Be3 $146 (15. Nd4 Rd8 16. f4 O-O 17. Ndb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxe4 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe4 23. Be3 f5 24. Rd6 Kf7 25. Rad1 Ke7 26. R6d2 Bc6 27. Rd3 Ba4 28. R1d2 Rc8 29. b5 Rc7 30. Rd6 Rb8 31. Bd4 g6 32. Bf2 Rbb7 33. Bh4+ Nf6 34. Rd8 Rxc4 35. Rh8 Kf7 36. Rdd8 Kg7 37. Bg5 Rf7 38. Kf2 Bxb5 39. Kg3 Bc6 40. Rc8 Bd5 41. Rb8 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rxg2+ 44. Kh4 Ra2 {0-1 Stelmaszyk,N (2403)-Bagrationi,A (2384) Uelzen Uhlenkoeper op 2024 (5)}) 15... O-O 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Na4 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Bf4 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. c5 Bd5 {[%eval 60,21] [%wdl 120,880,0]} (21... Bxa4 $11 {[%eval 15,21] [%wdl 15,982,3]} 22. Qxa4 Rxc5 (22... bxc5 23. Qxa6 Qb8 24. bxc5 $16) (22... Nxc5 $2 23. Qc2 $18) 23. Rxc5 bxc5) 22. Qb2 $1 $14 bxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 {[%eval 14,19] [%wdl 7,992,1]} (24. bxc5 $14 {[%eval 58,22] [%wdl 89,911,0]} Nd7 25. Qb4 (25. Bxa6 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 $11) 25... Qxb4 26. axb4) 24... Rxc5 $11 25. bxc5 Qc7 {[%eval 79,19] [%wdl 206,794,0]} (25... Rb8 $11 {[%eval 23,20] [%wdl 8,992,0]} 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Kf8) 26. Rc1 $1 $16 Rb8 27. Qe5 $6 {[%eval 29,20] [%wdl 11,989,0]} (27. Qd4 $16 {[%eval 76,15] [%wdl 183,817,0]}) 27... Ne8 $11 28. Qxc7 {[%eval -7,17] [%wdl 1,997,2]} (28. Bxa6 $2 Bxf3 29. Qe3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qc6+ 31. Kh2 Qxa6 $19) (28. Qa1 $14 {[%eval 36,19] [%wdl 17,983,0]}) 28... Nxc7 29. Ne5 f6 (29... Rb2 $5 30. Bc4 f6 31. Bxd5 exd5 $11) 30. Nc4 Rb3 31. a4 Kf7 32. Nb6 Rb4 33. Rd1 Ke8 34. Bf3 Bxf3 35. gxf3 e5 36. Rd6 Rd4 37. Rc6 Kd8 38. Kf1 a5 39. Kg2 h5 40. Kf1 Na6 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rc6 Ke8 43. Kg2 h4 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rc6 Kf7 46. Nc8 Nb4 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48. Rxg7 Nd5 49. Nb6 Nxb6 (49... Nf4+ 50. Kh2 $17) 50. cxb6 Rxa4 51. Rg8 Rb4 52. Ra8 Rxb6 53. Rxa5 Rb4 54. Ra8 Kf5 55. Rg8 Ra4 56. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women Candidates"]
[Site "Pegeia CYP"]
[Date "2026.04.15"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2026.03.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bc2 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Nb8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 $146 (13. Qb3 c6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Bf4 b6 16. Qa4 b5 17. Qd1 a5 18. Ng3 Re8 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nf8 22. Qg4 Ng6) 13... Nd7 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bf4 c6 16. Qb3 b6 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qf8 21. Qa4 Bxg3 22. Qxc6 Bxf2+ $1 23. Kxf2 Nf6 24. Kg1 {[%eval 0,21] [%wdl 2,996,2]} (24. Ne5 $14 {[%eval 38,18] [%wdl 18,982,0]}) 24... Re8 {[%eval 43,19] [%wdl 25,975,0]} (24... Rd8 $11 {[%eval 0,21] [%wdl 2,996,2]}) 25. Re5 {[%eval 0,29] [%wdl 2,996,2]} (25. Rxe8 $14 {[%eval 43,19] [%wdl 25,975,0]} Qxe8 26. Ne5) 25... Re7 26. h3 h6 27. Nh4 Qe8 {[%eval 45,19] [%wdl 28,972,0]} (27... Rd7 $11 {[%eval 8,23] [%wdl 3,996,1]}) 28. Qxe8+ $14 Rxe8 29. Nf5 Kf8 30. Kf2 h5 31. Kf3 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Nd7 {[%eval 123,21] [%wdl 821,179,0]} (32... Ng8 $142 {[%eval 82,21] [%wdl 232,768,0]}) 33. Ke3 $1 $16 (33. Kf4 Nc5 $14) 33... g6 34. Nd6 Ke7 (34... Nxe5 35. Kd4 f6 36. b4 (36. Kxd5 Nd3 $14)) 35. Kd4 {[%eval 30,25] [%wdl 10,990,0]} (35. Nc8+ $1 $16 {[%eval 109,22] [%wdl 643,357,0]} Ke6 36. Nxa7) 35... Ke6 $11 36. Nb5 Nxe5 37. Nxa7 Nc4 $2 {[%eval 199,15] [%wdl 999,1,0] This is where it starts to go wrong.} (37... f6 $14 {[%eval 42,23] [%wdl 21,979,0]}) 38. Nc8 $1 $18 b5 39. b3 Na3 40. Kc5 {[%eval 79,16] [%wdl 200,800,0]} (40. Nb6 $6 Kd6 $11) (40. g3 $1 {[%eval 116,18] [%wdl 742,258,0]}) 40... f5 $2 {[%eval 261,12] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (40... g5 $16 {[%eval 79,16] [%wdl 200,800,0]}) 41. h4 $1 f4 42. Nb6 $2 {[%eval 58,28] [%wdl 57,943,0]} (42. Nd6 $18 {[%eval 243,19] [%wdl 1000,0,0]}) 42... f3 $2 {[%eval 386,17] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 43. gxf3 (43. Nxd5 $2 f2 44. Ne3 Ke5 $19) 43... g5 44. hxg5 (44. Nxd5 gxh4 45. Nf4+ (45. Nc7+ $2 Kf5 $19) 45... Kd7 $16) 44... h4 {[%eval 481,13] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} (44... Kf5 $142 {[%eval 303,14] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 45. Kd4 (45. Kxd5 h4 $17) (45. Nxd5 Kxg5 46. c4 bxc4 $11) 45... h4) 45. Nxd5 Kf5 46. g6 Kxg6 47. Nf4+ $1 Kf5 48. Nh3 Ke5 49. Kb4 Nb1 50. f4+ Kd6 51. Ng5 Kd5 52. f5 Ke5 53. Nf3+ Kxf5 54. Nxh4+ Ke4 55. Ng6 Kd3 56. Nf4+ Kc2 57. Nd5 Nd2 58. a4 bxa4 59. bxa4 Ne4 60. a5 Nd6 61. a6 Nc8 62. Kc5 Kd3 63. Ne7 $1 {[%eval 1180,19] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 1-0

