[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"] [White "Caruana,Fabiano"] [Black "Sindarov,Javokhir"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "11.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2026.04.11"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "115"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 19,114,39,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,4,0,0,0,3,-13,-2,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,10,75,75,67,76,74,74,68,68,64,58,63,72,92,72,95,94,96,107,98,103,119,82,137,114,117,110,111,121,130,130,131,126,117,76,109,8,18,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,13,64,64,74,161,8,25,8,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,69,69,69,69,69,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:0:6]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:6]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 8. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 10. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:26] E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:54]} 12. Qc1 {[%emt 0:0:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:1:24]} 14. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 15. Rab1 $146 {[%emt 0:0:14]} ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Nd5 Rxb1+ 17. Rxb1 Qd6 18. Nc3 h6 19. Rb5 Rd8 20. Rc5 Bb7 21. f3 {0-1 Theodorou,N (2646)-Eljanov,P (2682) Bundesliga 2526 2025 (6.1)} )Rxb1 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 16. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:0:5][%cal Bf1b1,Bb1b7,Bb7c7,Bc7c5][%mdl 32]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:5:47]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:14:4]} 18. Kf2 {[%emt 0:7:59]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 19. d5 {[%emt 0:8:39]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 20. Rb7 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:6:0]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:6:52]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:5:53]} 22. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:0:21]} e5 {[%emt 0:14:43]} 23. Qc5 {[%emt 0:11:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:3:11]} (23... Qxc5+ $11 24. Nxc5 Bc8 )24. Qxd5 $16 {[%emt 0:5:17]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:0:10][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. Black is a pawn up.} 25. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:5] White is more active.} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:4:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:1:52]} 27. Rc6 {[%emt 0:0:13][%csl LRa6,LRe6]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 28. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 29. Ra7+ {[%emt 0:0:25]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:13:3]} 30. Re7 {[%emt 0:2:17]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:2:24]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:5:14][%cal Bg3g4,Bg4h5][%mdl 32]} h5 {[%emt 0:2:0]} 32. gxh5+ {[%emt 0:1:4]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 33. Ke1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:9:34]} 34. Rc7 {[%emt 0:6:23]} Be6 {[%emt 0:12:16]} (34... Ra6 $142 )35. Kd2 {[%emt 0:3:45]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:0:52]} 36. Kc2 {[%emt 0:4:4]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:1:29]} 37. Rc6 {[%emt 0:3:57]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 38. a4 {[%emt 0:11:51]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 39. Kb2 {[%emt 0:5:1]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:8:17]} 40. Ka3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41. Nb5 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:7:58]} 42. Rc5 {[%emt 0:38:57]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:2:38]} 43. a5 {[%emt 0:0:6][%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:1:31]} 44. a6 {[%emt 0:2:54]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 45. a7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ra6+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 46. Kb4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Be8 {[%emt 0:0:9] Repels Rc6} 47. Rc7 {[%emt 0:0:54]} (47. Rxc4 Bxb5 (47... Kxe2 48. Rc7 $16 )48. Re4+ Kf2 49. Kxb5 Rxa7 $19 )Kxe2 {[%emt 0:6:11]} (47... Bxb5 $16 {was necessary.} 48. Kxb5 Ra1 )48. Nc3+ $2 {[%emt 0:0:55] [#]} (48. Rxc4 $2 {loses.} Bxb5 49. Kxb5 Rxa7 $19 )({Worse is} 48. Kxc4 Ra4+ 49. Kc5 Ra5 $14 (49... Kxf3 50. Nd6 $16 ))({Better is} 48. Rxg7 $18 Bxb5 49. Kxb5 )Kxf3 $11 {[%emt 0:3:56]} 49. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e4 {[%emt 0:5:20]} (49... f5 $11 )50. Re7 $14 {[%emt 0:7:45]} f5 {[%emt 0:2:9]} 51. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:0:6] KRN-KR} 52. Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:0:57]} 53. Rxf5+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 54. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Kxh2 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 55. Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 56. Rc5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} (56. Nd5 $14 Rb7+ 57. Kxc4 )Rxc5 $11 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 57. Kxc5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} c3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 58. Ng4+ {[%emt 0:0:3] Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise) Mistake: White=2 Black=4 Inaccurate: White=3 Black=1 OK: White=6 Black=9 Best: White=3 ---} 1/2-1/2