[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"] [White "Nakamura,Hikaru"] [Black "Wei,Yi"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "11.3"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2026.04.11"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "44"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 23,43,16,17,10,26,25,15,25,43,43,40,21,45,0,14,-18,0,0,18,-8,0,0]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:0:6]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:5]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:13][%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6d5,Bd5e4,Be4d3][%mdl 32]} 9. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Be4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 12. Qc1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nc6 $1 {[%emt 0:0:48][%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 4] now scores much better than the old 12...h6.} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:1:7] E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} h6 {[%emt 0:1:0]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:1:1]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 15. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:32]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:43] A strong pair of Bishops.} 16. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:52]} 17. Qc3 {[%emt 0:1:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:6][%cal Oc7c5]} 18. Nb3 $146 {[%emt 0:0:4]} ({Predecessor:} 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 c6 20. h4 Rc8 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Nh2 h5 23. b3 b6 24. e4 {½-½ Chan,K (2274)-Eggleston,D (2345) Rilton Cup 52nd 2024 (4)} )Be4 {[%emt 0:2:31] The position is equal.} 19. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:36:13]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:21:14]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:7:58]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 21. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:5:34]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:29:39]} Nb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise) Inaccurate: White=3 Black=1 OK: White=3 Black=1 Best: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2