[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B95"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2753"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2283304462753792"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,68,12,20,30,19,26,26,10,26,19,9,18,8,13,-2,32767,-5,25,15,-6,32767,54,40,21,31,20,8,21,20,33,32,5,16,3,-10,8,24,40,96,-64,-99,-126,-191,-202,-161,-188,-180,-171,-237,-241,-243,-218,-367,-320,-392,-306,-483,-496,-450,-295,-285,-323,-327,-377,-547,-451,-437,-773,-769,-783]} 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 (10... exf5 11. Nxg5+ Kf8 12. h4 h6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. Bc4 Re8 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Nd4 d5 19. Bb3 Qf6 20. Qe3 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 g5 22. Qd2 gxh4 23. Qb4+ Qe7 24. Rxh4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Rd7 26. g3 Rg8 27. Rh1 Rg6 28. c3 Kg7 29. Rd4 Rg4 30. Rh4 Kg6 31. Kd2 Kg5 32. Bd1 Rxh4 33. gxh4+ Kf6 34. Bf3 Ke5 35. Ke3 Rd8 36. Rb4 b5 37. a4 bxa4 38. Be2 a5 39. f4+ Kd6 40. Rxa4 Rb8 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Bd7 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. b5 Bxb5 45. Bxb5 Rxb5 46. Rxh6 Rb4 47. Ra6 Re4+ 48. Kf3 d4 49. h5 d3 50. Ra1 Kf6 51. Rd1 Rd4 52. Ke3 Re4+ 53. Kf3 Re2 54. Rxd3 Rh2 55. Rd6+ Kg7 56. Rd5 Rxh5 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Ra6+ f6 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Ra7 Rg1+ 61. Kf2 {½-½ Hausner,I (2480)-Ftacnik,L (2565) CZE-chT 9394 Czech Republic 1994 (8)}) 11. Nxg7+ Kd7 12. O-O Nc6 13. c4 Kc7 14. Nh5 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Rab1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 $2 (18. Rxd3 Bc6 19. c5 d5 20. Ng5 Qg8 21. Qe5+ Kd7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6) 18... Ba4 19. Rd2 Kb8 20. Rdb2 Bc6 $19 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. Rdxd2 cxd2 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2810"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "123"] [GameId "2290250263080960"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,123,22,17,21,17,17,19,14,5,13,5,9,9,14,21,26,11,17,2,30,20,16,4,2,-20,0,-8,5,-30,-12,-15,10,2,19,14,12,10,-1,11,8,10,18,12,11,-17,19,-38,-45,-44,-36,-44,-40,9,16,4,22,-14,-1,-51,-34,-36,-28,-55,-39,-29,-59,-27,-26,-38,-20,-40,-35,-38,-29,-65,-64,-64,-52,-68,-50,-107,-117,-95,-89,-134,-108,-101,-103,-96,-115,-150,-89,-80,-103,-82,-115,-81,-20,-14,-16,-24,-19,-12,-27,-18,-23,-11,-18,-31,-14,-21,-18,-15,-5,-14,-10,-6,0,1,3,2,2,2,1,1]} 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 $2 (40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rxh4 43. Re5 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Rh1 45. Ree7 h4+ 46. Kg4 Rxg2+) (40. Ra7 Kg7 41. Re5 Rxh4 42. Ree7 Rf4 43. Rad7 Kf8 44. Rb7 Rc2 45. Rbd7 Rf5 46. Rc7 Ra2 47. Rb7) (40. Ra1 Kh7 41. Rga5 Rcc2 42. Rg5 Rb4 43. Rga5 Rbb2) 40... Rxh4+ 41. Kg1 Rb1+ $19 42. Kf2 Rhh1 43. Ra2 Kg7 $6 (43... h4 44. Ke3 Rhe1+ 45. Kd2 Rbd1+ 46. Kc2 Rd4 47. Kc3 Rd7 48. Ra4 Re3+ 49. Kc2 h3) 44. Re5 $2 Kh6 (44... h4) 45. Ree2 Rhf1+ $2 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 Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2795"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2290250261295104"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,70,12,20,13,12,19,19,28,18,21,26,28,32767,38,8,22,10,32767,0,20,-1,52,19,29,20,21,21,-2,-6,21,45,68,34,82,35,81,55,55,75,97,84,110,89,65,84,104,32767,32767,144,138,135,132,144,236,215,263,225,32767,287,277,229,281,288,380,266,370,363,372,327,289,348,402]} 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 (15... Nxa1 $2 16. Nxc6 $18) 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 $18 Ra5 (24... Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxa4 $2 26. d5) 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 Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2741"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2290250261024768"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 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 Bh3 1/2-1/2