[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.05"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2754"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2283304574308352"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,58,15,12,12,10,22,18,12,-5,-5,32767,-2,-14,2,0,-13,-8,8,-2,32767,32767,13,6,12,23,15,25,18,-9,32767,-16,-13,-17,-26,-55,-41,-69,-59,-62,-69,-71,-2,-25,-15,-29,32767,-27,-23,-14,-2,-25,1,-40,-88,13,-320,-611,-557,-319,-909]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. f3 Nd6 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. Qf2 O-O 9. Bf4 f6 10. Nd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bd2 Qe8 15. Kd1 Qa4+ 16. Kc1 b5 17. Nf4 c5 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Bc2 Qa6 20. cxd4 Bd7 21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Bd3 Rc4 23. Ne2 Ne7 24. g4 Rfc8 25. h4 b4 26. b3 $2 Bb5 $1 $19 27. bxc4 Bxc4 28. Bc2 Bd3 29. Bc3 bxc3 30. Nc1 Rb8+ 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.05"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2753"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "170"] [GameId "2290252181188608"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Ba5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc5 Be8 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxb7 Rdb8 20. Nxa5 Rxb5 21. Nb3 a5 22. Rd2 a4 23. Nbd4 Rb7 24. h3 Rab8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 f6 27. g4 h5 28. Ne1 hxg4 29. hxg4 Ng6 30. f3 Ne5 31. Kf2 g5 32. Nd3 Bd7 33. Kg3 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 Rb6 35. Rd2 Kf7 36. Rc5 R8b7 37. Rh2 Rd6 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Ra5 Rb4 40. Ke3 Rdb6 41. Rxd5 Be6 42. Rd8 Rxb3+ 43. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 Rxh2 46. Kxh2 Kf7 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Ra8 Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Kf2 Ke8 51. Ke3 Kf8 52. Kd4 Ke8 53. Kc5 Kf8 54. Rb7 Ba2 55. Rc7 Bb3 56. Kd6 Ba2 57. Rc2 Bb3 58. Rb2 Bc4 59. Rb4 Ba2 60. Rb5 Kf7 61. Rb7+ Kf8 62. Rb2 Bc4 63. Rf2 Bb3 64. Rf1 Bc4 65. Ra1 Bb3 66. Ra3 Bc4 67. Ra5 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Kd7 Kf7 70. Rc7 Bb3 71. Rc5 Be6+ 72. Kc6 Bb3 73. Rf5 Be6 74. Kd6 Bb3 75. Rb5 Ba2 76. Rb4 Kf8 77. f4 gxf4 78. Rxf4 Kg7 79. Ke7 Kg6 80. Rxf6+ Kg5 81. Rf2 Bb3 82. Rg2 Bd1 83. Ke6 Bxg4+ 84. Ke5 Kh5 85. Rxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.05"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2810"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2290252181463040"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. a3 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Re1 exd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Qe4 Nxf3+ 16. Kh1 g6 17. Qxf3 Qh4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bxa7 Qxc4 22. Bb6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc2 24. Bxc7 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Be5 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Qf5 28. Qe3 Qe6 29. Qd4 g5 30. Bh8 Kf8 31. f4 gxf4 32. Qxf4 Ke7 33. Bg7 h5 34. Bc3 Kd7 35. Kh1 b5 36. Ba5 Qd5 37. Qb8 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6+ 39. Qxd6+ Kxd6 40. Kg3 f6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.05"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2795"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2290252181540864"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Nxc4 Na6 8. f3 Rd8 9. e4 Be6 10. Ne5 Nb4 11. Be3 a5 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Bxe6 Nxe5 14. O-O fxe6 15. Bf4 Nbd3 16. Qxd3 Nxd3 17. Bxc7 Rxd4 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Bxa5 g6 20. Ne2 Bg7 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Kf7 23. a5 Rhd8 24. a6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rd6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Rd2 h6 28. Nd1 g5 29. h5 Ne5 30. Rxd6 exd6 31. Ra7+ Kf8 32. Kf1 d5 33. exd5 cxd5 34. Ra6 Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Ra6 Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Ra6 1/2-1/2