[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[White "Caruana,Fabiano"]
[Black "Wei,Yi"]
[Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Date "2026.03.31"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[TimeControl "60"]
{[%evp 11,37,27,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,2,0,20,0,0,0,17,18,49,16,355,333,329,314]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:5:11]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 7. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:21:53] A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:1:16]} 8. Ng5 {[%emt 0:1:47]} Nb6 $146 {[%emt 0:0:37]} ({Predecessor:} 8... e6 9. Nge4 Nb6 10. Qd1 Qe7 11. d3 h6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nd7 15. O-O {1-0 Artemiev,V (2701)-Raja,R (2521) Qatar Masters op-A 2024 (7)} )9. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:8:8] The position is equal.} bxc6 {[%emt 0:1:14]} 10. Qxc6+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:6] Black sacrificed a pawn A strong pair of Bishops.} 11. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:3:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:2:17]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Rc8 $132 {[%emt 0:0:9][%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c5,Bc5e5][%mdl 2080] Black puts up resistance} 13. Qa5 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Bh3 $1 {[%emt 0:0:57]} 14. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:16:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:3:57]} 15. Rg1 {[%emt 0:6:5]} O-O {[%emt 0:2:33]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:2:26]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:27:39]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:9:38]} Ne5 $2 {[%emt 0:21:20][%mdl 8192] [#]} (17... Nf6 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} )18. Nxe5 $18 {[%emt 0:6:49]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:8:0]} 19. Nd1 {[%emt 0:0:24] Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.32 Loses game: --- Black=1 Inaccurate: White=1 Black=1 OK: White=2 Black=4 Best: White=1 --- Strong: --- Black=1} 1-0