[Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2698"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "182"] [GameId "2283304704942080"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,182,21,4,13,12,29,21,23,20,23,20,16,12,32,27,37,45,50,46,47,45,50,44,40,41,53,36,39,29,38,29,41,29,35,36,38,38,34,37,25,33,66,56,56,33,69,70,76,60,64,74,86,74,32767,76,99,74,68,65,90,86,86,84,75,90,70,72,75,92,82,96,79,75,77,75,69,74,84,77,64,63,87,85,83,78,95,101,80,84,88,102,103,32767,100,101,71,84,83,62,75,100,125,116,32767,32767,32767,97,122,78,148,80,75,79,57,86,96,65,85,64,68,79,79,83,69,93,61,73,58,57,62,32767,32767,61,71,61,62,59,57,63,50,27,20,49,32767,32767,1,3,54,7,1,1,37,39,31,27,49,41,32767,78,40,68,56,59,61,79,58,77,88,69,76,32767,74,123,95,58,71,60,57,59,60,60,58,70,50]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d4 17. Bxc6 dxe3 18. Qxe3 bxc6 19. Qc3 h6 20. Rac1 c5 21. b3 Qa6 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qb6 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rc4 a5 26. g3 h5 27. h4 g6 28. Qc3 Kh7 29. Qe5 Qc7 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Qc3 Qb6 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. Qe2 Kg8 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Ra4 Kg8 37. Re4 Kg7 38. Rf4 Qc7 39. Ra4 Kg8 40. Qc3 Qb6 41. Rxa5 c4 42. Kg1 Qc6 43. Re5 cxb3 44. Qxc6 Rxc6 45. axb3 Rb6 46. Re3 f6 47. f4 Kf7 48. Kf2 g5 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. hxg5 Kg6 51. Ke2 Kxg5 52. Kd2 Rb8 53. Kc3 Rc8+ 54. Kb2 Rb8 55. Re7 Kg4 56. Rg7+ Kf5 57. Ka2 Ra8+ 58. Kb1 Rc8 59. Kb2 Rb8 60. Rd7 Kg4 61. Rd5 Rh8 62. Rd3 Rb8 63. Kc3 Rc8+ 64. Kd2 Rb8 65. Ke2 Rb4 66. Rc3 Rb8 67. Kf2 Kg5 68. Rd3 Rb7 69. Kf3 Rb8 70. Ke4 Kg4 71. Rc3 Re8+ 72. Kd5 Rd8+ 73. Ke5 Rb8 74. Kd6 Kh3 75. Kd5 Kg4 76. Re3 Kh3 77. Kc4 Rc8+ 78. Kd3 Rb8 79. Kc3 Rc8+ 80. Kb2 Rb8 81. Re5 Kg4 82. Rc5 Rh8 83. Rc3 Rb8 84. Rd3 Kh3 85. Kc3 Rc8+ 86. Kd2 Rb8 87. Ke2 Kg4 88. Kf2 Kg5 89. Kg2 Rb7 90. Kf3 Rb8 91. Rc3 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2753"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2290253302509568"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,84,14,23,22,21,24,8,10,13,24,22,7,9,8,32767,4,11,16,17,17,11,32767,8,0,8,23,9,32767,-9,-8,-9,5,-14,32767,-13,-11,-24,-21,-17,32767,-4,-12,0,-4,-11,-27,-38,-32,-71,-44,-85,32767,-57,-64,-62,-76,-58,-77,-74,-70,-79,-63,-99,-57,-69,-32,-87,-54,-72,32767,-109,-120,-123,32767,32767,32767,-135,-112,-128,-120,32767,32767,-139,-153,-213,-1025]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. Ng3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 a4 16. d5 Bd7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 b5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Qb8 22. c4 Qb6 23. Nf5 Rfe8 24. N3h4 b4 25. Kh2 Ra3 26. Rab1 Ra2 27. Qd1 Nxh4 28. Nxh4 Rea8 29. Re2 Qa7 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Nf3 h6 32. Ne1 Kh7 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. Nc2 Be8 35. Qd3 Bg6 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Nxa1 c5 38. Kg3 $2 (38. dxc6 Qxc6 39. Nc2 Qb6 40. Qd5 Qa7 41. Qd3 Qb8 42. Qd2 Bxe4 43. Nxb4) 38... Qa7 39. Qb1 h5 40. Kf3 h4 41. Kg4 Qe7 42. Qd3 f5+ 43. exf5 Kh6 $1 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2754"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "111"] [GameId "2290253304868864"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,111,22,20,24,10,12,12,16,22,25,0,-16,7,28,20,12,28,8,10,23,19,38,15,22,44,47,25,31,12,23,9,31,32767,24,27,46,0,-10,-30,-35,32767,1,-16,-1,-24,100,79,85,121,74,128,116,85,87,88,83,32767,90,87,116,164,95,70,180,32767,236,195,157,241,205,209,202,206,188,294,296,92,150,108,124,86,103,82,150,41,48,49,10,48,32,90,11,107,53,69,1,11,22,22,58,34,24,-16,1,32767,14,4,1,-41,-32,-20,-37,-46]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Ng4 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Rad1 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Kh1 Rcd8 20. Qh5 Nc6 21. e5 Qb4 22. Rd3 Qf4 23. Rf3 Qxe5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rd1 Bc8 26. h3 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Rg8 28. Re3 Qd6 29. Nc3 Nd4 30. Ne4 Qe5 31. f4 Qf5 32. Nd6 Qc5 33. Qe7 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 h6 35. Re4 Nxb3 36. axb3 Kh7 37. Rc4 Qd2 38. Qc7 (38. Nxc8 $18 b5 39. Rc3 Rxc8 40. Rxc8 Qxf4+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kf1 Qd3+ 43. Ke1 Qe4+ 44. Kd1) 38... b5 39. Re4 Qd3 40. Re1 Qd2 41. Rf1 Ba6 42. Qc6 Rd8 43. Nf7 Rd7 44. Qe4+ g6 45. f5 exf5 46. Qe8 Qd4 47. Rf3 Rc7 48. Ne5 Rg7 49. Nf7 Rg8 50. Qe7 Qg7 51. Rd3 Bc8 52. Rc3 Rf8 53. Rc7 Kg8 54. Nd6 Qxe7 55. Rxe7 a6 56. Nxc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2745"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "119"] [GameId "2290253302902784"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] {[%evp 0,118,25,15,12,13,19,11,10,17,32767,29,27,22,41,27,31,21,24,32767,3,21,21,33,29,30,19,-9,0,-4,-6,2,8,1,-8,-52,-27,-31,-65,-89,-185,-131,-92,-90,-107,-179,32767,-192,-193,-171,-92,-92,-67,32767,32767,32767,-74,-62,-74,-58,-71,-76,-95,32767,32767,-67,-21,-28,-17,-29,-38,-40,-23,32767,-62,-51,-45,-44,-37,-19,-89,-94,-54,-30,-52,-32,-47,-39,-52,-31,-60,-15,0,-4,-3,0,-4,-2,1,0,0,-1,-3,-1,-2,-1,-1,0,0,0,1,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Nc3 Qxd4 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. f4 Nbd7 15. g4 Nc5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Bb3 Nd6 18. Bc2 a5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rfb8 21. Qd4 Bc6 22. b3 a4 23. Nxa4 (23. b4 Qxb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Rhe1 Rc4 26. Re3 Kf8 27. Rd2 Re8) 23... Nxa4 $19 24. bxa4 Bxa4 25. Qxb6 cxb6 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Ra2 28. Kb1 Rba8 29. f5 exf5 30. exf5 R2a5 31. Rhf1 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. h4 Ra2 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Kxa2 Rd4 36. Rh1 b5 37. Kb2 b4 38. Kc2 Kg7 39. Rh2 f5 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rh1 Kf7 42. Rh2 Kg8 43. h5 g5 44. h6 Rh4 45. Rg2 g4 46. Kd3 Kh7 47. Ke4 Kxh6 48. Kf5 Rh5+ 49. Kf4 Rh3 50. Kxg4 Rxb3 51. Kf4 Rc3 52. Rb2 b3 53. Ke4 Rc4+ 54. Kd3 Rb4 55. Kc3 Rb8 56. Rb1 b2 57. Kc2 Rc8+ 58. Kxb2 Rb8+ 59. Kc2 Rxb1 60. Kxb1 1/2-1/2