[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"] [White "Sindarov,Javokhir"] [Black "Caruana,Fabiano"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "4.1"] [Annotator ""] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "71"] {} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 5. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:0:31]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:1:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:1:26] D28: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nc6.} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:29]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:11:36]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:0:54]} b4 {[%emt 0:9:47]} 11. Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Na5 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 12. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:0:19]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:8:11]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:17:42][#]} 14. c6 $1 {[%emt 0:1:10]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:1:55]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:15:31]} 16. exd4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 17. g3 $1 {[%emt 0:26:5]} ({ Not} 17. Bxa6 Rxg2+ 18. Kh1 Qd6 )f5 {[%emt 0:17:11]} 18. Bc4 {[%emt 0:11:0]} (18. Bxf5 $2 Qd5 $0 $19 (18... Qxd4 $2 { too greedy.} 19. Bxe6 Qe4 20. Qxe4 $0 $18 ))Rg4 {[%emt 0:18:1][#]} 19. Be3 $1 {[%emt 0:4:23]} (19. Bxe6 Re4 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $0 $19 )Bd5 {[%emt 0:4:45]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:4:47]} Be7 {[%emt 0:5:17]} 21. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:1:46]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 22. Bb5 {[%emt 0:3:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 23. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:5:3]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 24. Bc6 {[%emt 0:1:37]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:1:55]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:2:44]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:1:52]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 27. d5 {[%emt 0:2:50]} exd5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 28. Qf3 {[%emt 0:2:0]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:0:42]} 29. Rcxd5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} (29. Qxf5 Rg6 30. Rcxd5 (30. Rdxd5 $2 Rdd6 $0 $18 )Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qe8 )Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 30. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:0:55]} 31. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:0:50]} 33. h5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 34. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:1:52]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 35. Bd4+ {[%emt 0:0:32]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 36. Rc5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 1-0