[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2283304319254528"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 h6 13. h3 a6 14. Bb1 Qe7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Re2 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Rd2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Rd8 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Kf8 23. a3 Bd7 24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Re1+ Be6 26. Ne4 b6 27. Rc1 Rd4 28. Nc3 Bc4 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Nd5 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 g5 33. g3 Kd6 34. Kf2 Ke5 35. h4 f6 36. Bc2 a5 37. Kf3 Be6 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Bc2 Bc8 40. Bd3 Bd7 41. Bc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2745"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [GameId "2290249211576320"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,80,21,14,15,18,22,18,24,20,25,17,23,19,28,22,31,28,32,25,12,-2,53,-17,11,5,41,-9,38,36,29,47,50,25,55,26,22,7,40,-24,-70,-25,-39,-32,-7,-101,-60,-98,-45,-141,-126,-121,-105,-61,-41,-80,-2,-31,-5,-64,-55,-62,-69,-84,-57,-112,-61,-126,-43,-259,-247,-523,-472,-643,-645,-666,-646,-595,-661,-653,-670,-620,-665]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. b4 Nxb4 $5 14. axb4 Bxb4+ 15. Kd1 dxe3 16. Bd3 Qg6 17. fxe3 (17. Qa4 Rd8 18. Qxb4 $4 Qxe4 $19) 17... f5 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bc2 e4 21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Kc1 Qg5 23. Re1 Qe7 24. Re2 Bb4 25. Qb2 a5 26. Nb3 Ra6 27. Nd4 Qg5 28. Kb1 h5 29. Ka2 h4 30. Nf1 Bd7 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Nd2 Rb6 33. c5 $2 Rxc5 (33... Bxc5 $19 34. Bb3+ Kh7 35. Nc4 Rb4 36. Nc2 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Be6 38. Nd4 Bxd4) 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Rxc2+ 36. Kb1 Rxd2 37. Rdxd2 Bxd2+ 38. Ka2 Bxe3 39. Qxd7 Bxd4 40. Qxd4 Qf6 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2754"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "37"] [GameId "2290249210392576"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,35,12,8,16,9,8,18,10,17,15,12,32767,32767,5,-12,13,21,22,32767,22,31,30,36,24,34,31,43,60,9,-15,-14,29,42,35,53,210,230]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Ng5 Nb6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qxc5 h6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qa5 Bh3 14. Qb5+ Nd7 15. Rg1 O-O 16. g4 Rc5 17. Qb3 Ne5 $4 (17... Qc7 18. d4 Rb8 19. Qd1 Ra5 20. Rg3 h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. e4 Rxh2 24. Rg1 Bg4) 18. Nxe5 $18 Rxe5 19. Nd1 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2753"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2290249210363904"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. Be3 Qd7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. g3 Bc5 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Na4 Rfd8 15. a3 h6 16. Re1 Rac8 17. h3 Ne6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bf1 c5 20. Qe2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Rc4 Qd7 23. b4 Ne8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb2 Nd6 26. Rcc1 Re8 27. Rb1 b5 28. Rec1 Qe6 29. Qb3 c4 30. Qb4 Rc7 31. a4 bxa4 32. Qxa4 Qe7 33. Rc3 Rec8 34. Bg2 cxd3 35. Rxd3 Ne8 36. Qa3 Qxa3 37. Rxa3 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Bf1 Nf6 40. Kg2 g6 41. Ra5 1/2-1/2