[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"] [White "Giri,Anish"] [Black "Esipenko,Andrey"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "11.2"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2026.04.11"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "85"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 19,84,37,34,17,30,37,32,30,22,29,28,23,29,25,32,15,19,35,33,24,50,50,58,58,61,41,47,42,52,48,57,58,67,67,75,68,79,67,70,78,73,77,74,50,57,33,28,33,37,44,32,37,39,20,27,21,21,22,20,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:0:20]} exd5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:0:12]} O-O {[%emt 0:0:26]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:29]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:0:55]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:0:7]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 11. Qa4 {[%emt 0:1:12] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} h6 {[%emt 0:17:52]} 12. Rfd1 $146 {[%emt 0:2:9]} ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Qb1 Nc4 17. Nd4 b5 18. Bf3 {1-0 Cadena Montoya,G (2051)-Mateus,M (2144) Pan American Continental 2010 (9)} )Qb6 {[%emt 0:7:14]} 13. Qb5 {[%emt 0:9:14] White is slightly better.} a6 {[%emt 0:8:31]} 14. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:1:30]} Bxb6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 15. Na4 {[%emt 0:16:10]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:1:11]} 16. Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:1:6]} 17. Bc5 {[%emt 0:3:3]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:11:12]} 18. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:1:6]} 19. Rac1 {[%emt 0:12:26]} Ned7 {[%emt 0:7:15]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0:12:22]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:1:15]} 21. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:46]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:54]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:3:43] White is more active.} Ne8 {[%emt 0:2:35][%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:8:56]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:2:45]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:4:9]} g5 {[%emt 0:13:25] [#]} 25. h4 $1 {[%emt 0:0:48]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:16:34]} (25... Rab8 26. hxg5 )26. Rh1 {[%emt 0:5:36]} Nce5 {[%emt 0:0:45]} 27. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:3:5]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 28. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:5:31]} 29. Kg3 {[%emt 0:7:38]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:2:28]} 30. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:3:15]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:3:8]} 31. f4 {[%emt 0:2:41]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:3:27]} 32. fxg5 {[%emt 0:3:16]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 33. hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 34. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:7:49]} Rxh8 $14 {[%emt 0:0:2][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. White is a pawn up.} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 36. Rd4 {[%emt 0:1:18]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:0:59]} 37. Rb4 {[%emt 0:1:0]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:44] The position is equal.} 38. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:0:41]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:0:45]} 39. a4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:0:46]} 40. axb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} axb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41. Rd4 {[%emt 0:3:40]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:0:49]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:1:15]} 43. Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:21] Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless) Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=7 Black=9} 1/2-1/2