[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.30"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2810"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "101"] [GameId "2283304267448320"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,101,14,5,19,0,11,10,1,10,19,25,36,30,35,37,35,27,20,41,52,51,27,12,35,37,60,58,64,50,66,47,50,38,49,31,35,47,48,36,47,45,18,10,64,65,85,80,61,72,84,80,80,63,88,59,43,64,73,44,41,16,41,17,43,63,54,73,69,64,64,67,83,92,86,86,86,90,93,102,91,88,101,76,69,86,78,80,65,32767,59,59,57,1,18,8,1,1,1,-1,0,-1,-1,-4]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 Nf6 12. h3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qc3 Qb6 17. Nd2 c5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 e5 21. Rac1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 a5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. h4 h6 26. Rc2 g6 27. Qe3 Qd8 28. Rd2 Qb6 29. Bf1 Kg7 30. a4 Rc6 31. Rc2 c4 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Bxc4 Nxe4 34. Re2 f5 35. f3 Nd6 36. Rxe5 Nxc4 37. bxc4 Rb4 38. Rxa5 Rxc4 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. a5 Rc3 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd3 Rg2 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Kd4 Rxg3 47. Ke5 Rxf3 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. a6 Ra3 50. Ke6 Kd8 51. Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.30"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2795"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2290248546095104"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. a4 b6 7. Nfd2 a5 8. Nxc4 Ba6 9. Nba3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 axb4 14. Bxb4 c5 15. Bc3 Nf5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Nc5 20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Kf8 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Rc6 Rd8 26. f4 Rd6 27. Rc7+ Rd7 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rc7+ Rd7 30. Rc6 Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.30"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2741"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2290248547397632"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 b6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rae1 Bd6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Be2 Ra7 17. Bf3 Raf7 18. f5 c4 19. Bg5 Bb4 20. Qe2 Bxc3 21. fxe6 Re7 22. bxc3 Rxe6 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxe4 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Be5 Qg6 28. Qf4 Rf7 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Kg1 Bf5 32. Kf2 Bxc2 33. Bc7 b5 34. a3 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf5 36. h3 h5 37. g3 g5 38. Bd8 Bd3 39. h4 Kg4 40. Bxg5 Kxg3 41. Bd8 Be4 42. Be7 Kg2 43. Bd8 Kf1 44. Kd2 Kf2 45. Be7 Kf3 46. Bd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.30"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [GameId "2290248547307520"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 c6 7. f3 Nf6 8. d4 Bf5 9. c3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 h5 11. Na3 Na6 12. Nc4 Nc7 13. Ne3 Bh7 14. h4 Kd7 15. Kf2 Re8 16. g3 Ne6 17. Nh3 d5 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. Bf1 Nh7 20. Bh3 Nhxg5 21. hxg5 Kc7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 g6 24. Bc2 Bd6 25. Be3 Re7 26. Rae1 Rhe8 27. f4 Ng7 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Bf2 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Rf8 31. g4 f5 32. gxh5 Nxh5 33. Bd2 Rh8 34. Bd3 Rh7 35. Bxf5+ gxf5 36. g6 Rg7 37. Rxh5 Ke6 38. Rh6 Kf6 39. Be1 Rxg6 40. Rh7 Rg7 41. Rh6+ Rg6 42. Rh7 Rg7 1/2-1/2