[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.07"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2745"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "48"] [GameId "2283304610824192"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nc6 7. e3 Re8 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b3 a4 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 axb3 13. Qxb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rfc1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bc6 17. Nxa5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Kg1 Rxa5 20. Qxc7 h5 21. Qe5 Qd8 22. Qc7 Qd5 23. Qe5 Qd8 24. Qc7 Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.07"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2290252608905216"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,103,11,18,22,16,16,1,10,-20,11,17,2,20,18,0,22,32767,8,14,4,13,6,-3,12,8,49,27,23,32,39,36,14,24,44,63,11,15,-12,-24,32767,32767,-4,51,44,57,85,64,77,32767,76,100,88,17,-1,-1,56,42,70,60,64,77,62,87,73,1,1,44,1,1,33,1,1,15,1,1,32767,32767,3,8,22,1,49,1,25,18,1,1,32767,32767,32767,32767,1,1,-1,1,1,-1,-1,1,1,-1,-1,1,1,-1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bg4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bd2 Bh5 11. a4 Kh8 12. a5 Rb8 13. Bb5 Nde7 14. Ra4 Qd5 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Bc1 f6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Bb5 Rfd8 19. Rh4 Bf7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. d4 Bg6 22. a6 Qd6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 h6 25. axb7 Rxb7 26. g4 Kg8 27. Rh5 Qd7 28. h3 Qf7 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Qe2 Re8 31. c4 Qf7 32. Qe4 Qxc4 33. Rxh6 gxh6 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Ng5 Nxd4 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ Ke7 47. Rxe5+ Kd8 48. Qf6+ Kd7 49. Qg7+ Kd8 50. Qf6+ Kd7 51. Qg7+ Kd8 52. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.02.07"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2741"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2290252609433600"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,87,15,18,11,15,13,15,24,9,30,22,43,37,50,41,39,39,53,36,35,32767,32767,5,21,40,3,3,60,65,47,53,101,54,65,74,66,69,72,61,72,63,58,43,93,72,64,50,61,58,63,54,107,65,63,44,68,43,43,40,57,83,82,76,72,84,82,88,115,152,116,130,173,144,179,147,149,149,211,251,337,368,545,526,554,573,633,276,291,258]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Ba6 11. Na3 c5 12. a5 Nd5 13. Bxc4 Qxa5 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Ncd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bc8 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Rec1 Qb6 25. b3 Bd7 26. h3 Rfc8 27. Rd1 Rc5 28. Kh2 a5 29. f4 f6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Re2 fxe5 32. fxe5 Qc7 33. Rae1 a4 34. bxa4 Bxa4 35. Kh1 Qf7 (35... Bb5 36. Re3 Ba4 37. Ra1 (37. e6 Bc2) 37... Bc2 38. Nxc2 Rxc2 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41. Qxa8+ Qc8) 36. e6 Qg6 37. Rf2 Rc4 38. Rf4 h5 $4 39. Qf2 $18 Bc2 40. e7 Be4 41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Rxe8 Qxe8 43. Rxe4 dxe4 44. Qf5+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.07"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2795"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "133"] [GameId "2290252607778816"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,132,21,4,20,15,19,19,19,2,25,20,10,9,1,-10,-2,0,10,0,2,-4,0,19,18,5,17,2,-3,-4,28,7,6,4,20,14,11,14,26,39,13,28,25,1,34,29,35,34,34,22,37,31,28,39,74,36,62,72,34,63,7,48,27,71,42,66,45,36,1,1,1,1,141,82,68,130,103,123,137,147,175,172,180,103,183,179,179,167,183,173,145,163,155,164,150,167,164,157,155,176,166,173,158,195,190,167,171,180,159,185,21,188,159,148,151,152,153,32767,202,158,175,192,179,193,183,182,188,202,177,198,182,209,188,240,258]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Qa4 a5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. O-O Qb5 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. c4 Qb7 20. Be5 Qe7 21. Qd3 f6 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rb8 25. Rxe6 Rb2 26. Re7 Rab6 27. Ra7 Rxa2 28. h3 h5 $2 (28... Rab2 29. Rxa5 Rb7 30. e5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Rc2 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Re4 g6) 29. Rd1 $18 Rbb2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rdd7 Rxf2 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Rag7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rhg7+ Kh8 37. Rg6 Rf4 38. Rfxf6 Rxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg7 40. Rxc6 Rc2 41. Rc5 Kg6 42. Rxa5 Rxc4 43. Re5 h4 44. Kf2 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc3+ 46. Kg4 Rg3+ 47. Kxh4 Rxg2 48. Rf5 Rg1 49. Rf4 Ra1 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kd4 Ra1 54. Rf5 Rh1 55. Rf3 Ra1 56. h4 Ra4+ 57. Ke5 Ra5+ 58. Kf4 Rh5 59. Kg4 Re5 60. Rf4 Kh6 61. Kf3 Kg6 62. Ke3 Ra5 63. Rg4+ Kf6 64. Rg5 Ra1 65. Rf5+ Kg6 66. h5+ Kh6 67. e5 1-0