[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2283304504541184"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 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 Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2290250763112448"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,53,19,20,32767,32767,32,19,32767,32767,6,5,32767,32767,8,25,32767,32767,3,10,12,32767,10,-2,13,32767,12,-4,-23,32767,6,0,32767,32767,35,48,50,32767,60,48,96,32767,114,65,94,32767,321,32767,32767,32767,362,416,32767,32767,29997,29998]} 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 $4 20. cxd5 $18 (20. Nxd5 $1 $18 cxd5 21. Bxg5 Bd4 (21... Qxa2 22. Qxe4) 22. cxd5 Re8 23. Rxd4 Qxa2 24. c4 Bd7 25. Qa3 Qxa3 26. bxa3) 20... 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 Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2745"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "82"] [GameId "2290250761859072"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,82,11,19,24,17,23,32767,36,10,36,45,46,32767,-2,19,7,-26,32767,32767,-22,2,7,-34,-43,-60,-56,-32,-49,-80,32767,32767,-57,-132,-102,-97,32767,32767,-145,-180,-202,-150,-144,32767,-173,-188,-194,-194,32767,32767,-266,-239,-254,-237,-231,32767,-249,-266,-265,-240,-222,32767,-370,-350,-374,-364,32767,32767,-299,-343,-290,-341,-324,-341,-376,-359,-377,-356,-390,32767,-357,-393,-367,-360,-278]} 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 (13. Ne4 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rg1 f6 16. Qc2 e5 17. Rd1 Nf5 18. b5 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 cxb5 22. Nxf6+ Kh8 23. Nd7 Bxd7 24. Bxb7 Nc5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. Kd2 Bc4 29. Rxe5 Bxa2 30. Ke3 Ne6 31. Ra5 Bb3 32. Rxa7 Re8 33. Rga1 Bd5 34. Rd1 Nc5+ 35. Kd4 Bf3 36. Rg1 Ne6+ 37. Ke3 Bd5 38. Rd1 Nf8+ 39. Kd4 Bf3 40. Rd3 Ne6+ 41. Kc3 Bg4 42. Re3 Bf5 43. Re5 g6 44. Rb5 Rc8+ 45. Kd2 Rd8+ 46. Kc3 Rc8+ 47. Kd2 Nd4 48. Rbb7 g5 49. Ke3 Ne6 50. Ra5 Re8 51. Re5 Ng7 52. Rxe8+ Nxe8 53. Rb5 Bg6 54. Rxg5 Kg7 55. Ra5 Nd6 56. Kf3 Nf7 57. Kg3 Bd3 58. Ra3 Bc4 59. Ra4 Be6 60. Ra6 Kf6 61. Rb6 Ne5 62. Rb7 Nf7 63. f3 Ng5 64. h4 Nf7 65. Kf4 h6 66. Rb6 Ne5 67. Rb5 Ng6+ 68. Kg3 Ne7 69. Ra5 Nf5+ 70. Kg4 Ng7+ 71. Kf4 Nf5 72. Kg4 {½-½ Venkatesan,K (2202)-Smeets,K (2322) EU-ch U16 Prague 2024 (6)}) 13... 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 $19 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 (39. fxg5 fxg5 40. hxg5 hxg5) 39... Bd5 40. Ba3 Be4 41. Bc1 gxh4+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2754"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2290250763538432"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 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