[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2283304737927168"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,79,26,17,31,24,30,30,25,1,11,6,11,1,17,0,13,8,-33,-32,19,4,24,32767,32767,32767,8,31,31,36,48,32767,46,31,36,49,42,32767,49,52,49,46,42,39,53,9,12,13,12,32767,12,21,16,29,10,32767,12,11,29,21,21,32767,19,-15,-11,10,12,32767,1,-1,5,1,1,1,1,1,-1,1,7,1,1,1]} 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 Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2741"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "105"] [GameId "2290253733974016"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,105,16,14,20,18,17,22,23,22,26,-7,14,33,20,41,34,24,41,56,62,63,12,-18,-28,-40,-45,-57,-45,-78,-54,-61,-70,32767,-69,-124,-55,-90,-130,-115,-97,32767,-34,-1,-153,-1,221,67,32767,32767,231,235,228,230,250,218,217,216,222,235,203,213,271,32767,32767,32767,222,237,228,236,218,32767,32767,230,235,234,227,228,32767,32767,239,285,276,277,262,258,274,259,252,268,247,269,285,236,249,293,329,304,379,369,357,381,599,670,812,660,594,702]} 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 (17. O-O Kg7 18. f4 Qe7 (18... h3 19. f5 Rh4 20. Qf3 Qd2 21. gxh3 Qxc3 22. Qg3 Kh6 23. Rac1 Qa3 24. Rxc7 Re4 25. h4 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. hxg5+ Kxg5 28. Rg7+ Kh6 29. Rg6+ Kh7 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Re8 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. h4 b5 37. Kf4 Rh8 38. Rh1 Rh5 39. Kg4 Rxf5 40. h5 Rc5 41. h6 Rc8 42. Kh5 Rc5+ 43. Kg4 Rc8 {½-½ Agdestein,S (2563)-Tari,A (2631) NOR-chT Elite 2324 Norway 2023 (9.12)}) 19. f5 Kh6 20. Rad1 Rb8 21. g3 Re8 22. e6 b6 23. gxh4 Bb7 24. Qe5 gxh4 25. Rd4 Rg8+ 26. Kf2 Rbf8 27. Ke1 Qg5 28. e7 Re8 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. f6 Rg6 31. Rd8 Qc5 32. Rd3 Kh6 33. Rf4 Qh5 34. Kd2 Ba6 35. c4 Bc8 36. Qe4 Qa5+ 37. Ke2 Bg4+ 38. Rxg4 {1-0 Sarana,A (2668)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) Titled Tuesday intern op 21st Feb Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (6)}) 17... h3 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. g3 gxf4 20. O-O Rh6 21. Rxf4+ Kg8 22. Rdf1 Bd7 23. Rf7 $1 $18 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 (52. Qh7+ Kf8 53. Qxe7+ Kxe7 54. h7) 52... Rg8 53. Qd5+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "10.3"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2795"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "78"] [GameId "2290253736173568"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 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 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 Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2810"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2290253735645184"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 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