[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2741"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2283304810475520"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,92,12,1,13,0,12,14,12,9,17,19,36,19,41,49,84,65,79,50,80,85,32767,28,65,16,23,60,39,23,12,35,15,33,21,18,26,8,19,11,22,-1,5,-50,-40,-51,-57,-58,-58,32767,32767,-46,-57,-54,-31,-74,-31,32767,-24,-1,-8,-14,-25,-22,-46,-39,-11,-21,-36,-42,-30,-47,-67,-66,-77,-66,19,-24,14,-1,2,9,1,-37,-1,1,0,-29,-7,1,0,-30,-21,1,-20]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nh6 6. e3 g6 7. b4 dxe3 8. Bb2 exf2+ 9. Rxf2 f6 10. b5 Na5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Ng5 Bc5 13. Ne4 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Ng4 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Rf8 17. Bxd8 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Kxd8 19. Na3 axb5 20. cxb5 Ra7 21. b6 cxb6 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Rb1 Kc7 25. Rb4 Rf8+ 26. Ke3 Bc6 27. Be4 Kd6 28. Bd3 Kc5 29. a3 e5 30. Ne4+ Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Nc6 32. a4 Kd6 33. Rc4 Rd8 34. h4 Rf8 35. Rc1 Nb4 36. Be4 Ra8 37. Rf1 Rxa4 38. Rf7 Ra3+ 39. d3 Nc2+ 40. Kf3 Nb4 41. Rxh7 Nxd3 42. Kg2 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2795"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2290254344011776"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nb6 11. Be2 g6 12. Nd2 Ng7 13. Bg3 c6 14. h3 Nf5 15. Bh2 Bd6 16. O-O Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Nd6 18. b4 Bf5 19. Qb3 Kg7 20. b5 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Rf7 23. Rfc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7+ Qxc7+ 25. Kg1 Rc8 26. Qb4 Kf7 27. Nb3 Nc4 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Qa4 Nd6 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Be2 b6 32. Bf3 Qb7 33. Nc1 Bf5 34. Ne2 Be4 35. Nc3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Nf5 37. Qb3 Ne7 38. e4 Qd7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. a4 g5 41. Qc2 f5 42. Qb3 fxe4 43. fxe4 Kf6 44. Nxd5+ Nxd5 45. exd5 g4 46. Qc4 gxh3+ 47. Kh2 Qf5 48. Qc6+ Kg5 49. d6 Qxf2+ 50. Kxh3 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kg3 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2810"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2290254343467008"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 a5 13. Qxc4 Ba6 14. Qc5 Qxc5 15. dxc5 Rfd8 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Be3 a4 19. f3 f6 20. Kf2 c6 21. Red1 Bc4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 24. Bc3 h5 25. Ke1 e5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bxa2 28. e4 Bb3+ 29. Kd2 Bc4 30. Ba5 Bb3 31. Bc3 Bc4 32. Ba5 Bb3 33. Bc3 Bc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2753"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "153"] [GameId "2290254342008832"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,153,18,19,22,16,16,1,7,2,2,-32,13,8,-22,0,13,-16,-12,-13,-7,-10,-27,-17,2,-28,-7,-32,-21,-38,-36,-27,-22,-22,-7,-33,3,-31,-44,-40,-24,-55,-55,-54,-17,-33,-13,12,-9,-23,-23,-50,-3,-91,-57,-136,32767,-1,1,-22,-36,1,-72,-83,-81,-94,-86,-89,-82,-124,-102,-128,-122,-159,-111,-115,-128,-153,32767,-139,-151,-135,-131,-124,-165,-121,-158,-112,-101,-132,-92,-104,-105,-103,-98,-108,-128,-132,-120,-130,-107,-125,-113,-106,-104,-116,-125,-99,-116,-172,-148,-144,-159,-129,-149,-191,-110,-213,-193,-208,-204,-170,-112,-110,-127,-99,-107,-115,-117,-112,-121,-138,-93,-116,-110,-107,-104,-95,-98,-87,-86,-101,-105,-106,-95,-98,-97,-85,-81,-82,-74,-89,-98,-95,-101,-92]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 O-O 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 c6 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nge2 Nxe4 9. O-O d5 10. Nxe4 dxc4 11. c3 Be7 12. N2g3 Na6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Bd2 a5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 g6 18. Rf3 f5 19. Nc5 b5 20. Qf1 Bxc5 21. dxc5 a4 22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Re8 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Rb8 26. Bh6 Qf6 27. Rd1 g5 28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30. Qd2 f4 31. c6 $4 Qa7+ $19 32. Kh1 Qc5 $2 (32... Qe3 $19 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Bg7+ (34. h3 f3 35. Bxg5 fxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qe4+ 38. Qg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Bf4 Rxc6 42. Ke2) 34... Kxg7 35. Qxg5+ Kf7 36. Qf5+ Ke7 37. h4 Re8 38. Qxh7+ Kd6 39. Qd7+ Kc5 40. Qa7+ Kxc6) 33. c7 Re8 34. h3 Qxc7 35. Bxg5 f3 36. gxf3 Qc4 37. Kg1 Qxa2 38. Kf2 Qe6 39. h4 Rb8 40. Bf4 Qb6+ 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Qe2 Qc6 43. h5 Kf7 44. Qe5 Qd5 45. Qc7+ Rd7 46. Qc2 Qxh5 47. Qc4+ Kf8 48. Qb4+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Rf7 50. Qc8+ Rf8 51. Qc4+ Qf7 52. Qxa4 Qg6+ 53. Kh2 h6 54. Qb3+ Kh7 55. Bg3 Rg8 56. Qb7+ Rg7 57. Qb8 Qc2+ 58. Kh3 Qf5+ 59. Kg2 Qc2+ 60. Kh3 Qd1 61. Qf4 Qh1+ 62. Bh2 Qf1+ 63. Kh4 Qe1+ 64. Bg3 Qh1+ 65. Bh2 Qb1 66. Bg3 Re7 67. b4 Qh1+ 68. Bh2 Qe1+ 69. Bg3 Qb1 70. Kh3 Qf1+ 71. Kh4 Qb5 72. Kh3 Qd5 73. Kg2 Re2+ 74. Bf2 Re7 75. Bg3 Qa2+ 76. Kh3 Qd5 77. Kg2 1/2-1/2