[Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.03.29"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Andrey Esipenko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Nh5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 f5 13. Be5 Be6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Ne2 b5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qd8 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Re3 Rae8 20. h4 h6 21. g3 a6 22. Kg2 Bf7 23. Qd2 Bb4 24. Qe2 Bh5 25. a4 Ba5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd1 Bxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Bb6 29. Ra6 Nxd4 30. Qh5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc6 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Ba4 Qc5 34. Qg6 Ba7 35. Re8 Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kh7 37. Qg6+ Kg8 38. Bd7 c3 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qg6+ Kg8 41. Re6 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.03.30"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 c6 7. f3 Nf6 8. d4 Bf5 9. c3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 h5 11. Na3 Na6 12. Nc4 Nc7 13. Ne3 Bh7 14. h4 Kd7 15. Kf2 Re8 16. g3 Ne6 17. Nh3 d5 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. Bf1 Nh7 20. Bh3 Nhxg5 21. hxg5 Kc7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 g6 24. Bc2 Bd6 25. Be3 Re7 26. Rae1 Rhe8 27. f4 Ng7 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Bf2 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Rf8 31. g4 f5 32. gxh5 Nxh5 33. Bd2 Rh8 34. Bd3 Rh7 35. Bxf5+ gxf5 36. g6 Rg7 37. Rxh5 Ke6 38. Rh6 Kf6 39. Be1 Rxg6 40. Rh7 Rg7 41. Rh6+ Rg6 42. Rh7 Rg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Praggnanandhaa R"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4+ 15. Kd1 dxe3 16. Bd3 Qg6 17. fxe3 f5 18. Ng3 Bc5 19. Qc3 e5 20. Bc2 e4 21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Kc1 Qg5 23. Re1 Qe7 24. Re2 Bb4 25. Qb2 a5 26. Nb3 Ra6 27. Nd4 Qg5 28. Kb1 h5 29. Ka2 h4 30. Nf1 Bd7 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Nd2 Rb6 33. c5 Rxc5 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Rxc2+ 36. Kb1 Rxd2 37. Rdxd2 Bxd2+ 38. Ka2 Bxe3 39. Qxd7 Bxd4 40. Qxd4 Qf6 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D28"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Na5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. dxc5 Nb3 14. c6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rg8 17. g3 f5 18. Bc4 Rg4 19. Be3 Bd5 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Bxa6 Kf8 22. Bb5 Bf6 23. Rfd1 Kg7 24. Bc6 Ra5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc5 Rd7 27. d5 exd5 28. Qf3 Bxb2 29. Rcxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe8 31. Rxf5 Rg6 32. h4 Bc3 33. h5 Ra6 34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Bd4+ f6 36. Rc5 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg5 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. h4 Qa5+ 14. b4 Nxb4 15. O-O Re8 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rad1 Nf5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Qf4 Nc6 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bd5 Be6 23. Bxb7 Ne2 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Nxg1 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Kxg1 Rd8 28. Bf4 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Bxc4 30. Be3 Bxa2 31. Bxc5 a5 32. f4 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ba3 Ke6 35. Bf8 a4 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Bb4 h6 38. Kf2 g5 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Ba3 Be4 41. Bc1 gxh4+ 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.04"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. a3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qd3 Be6 9. Bg5 a5 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 Rg8 13. O-O a4 14. b4 axb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. b4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bd4 18. Bxf6 Qd7 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. h3 Qxc4 21. Rd3 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Rg6 23. Bh4 Kf8 24. Qh5 Kg8 25. Kh1 c5 26. f4 exf4 27. Qf3 Re8 28. Bf2 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 Qxe4 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qe3 32. Qf3 c4 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Rd1 c3 35. Qg5 f3 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.05"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "170"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Ba5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc5 Be8 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Nxe7 19. Nxb7 Rdb8 20. Nxa5 Rxb5 21. Nb3 a5 22. Rd2 a4 23. Nbd4 Rb7 24. h3 Rab8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 f6 27. g4 h5 28. Ne1 hxg4 29. hxg4 Ng6 30. f3 Ne5 31. Kf2 g5 32. Nd3 Bd7 33. Kg3 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 Rb6 35. Rd2 Kf7 36. Rc5 R8b7 37. Rh2 Rd6 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Ra5 Rb4 40. Ke3 Rdb6 41. Rxd5 Be6 42. Rd8 Rxb3+ 43. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 44. Kf2 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 Rxh2 46. Kxh2 Kf7 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Ra8 Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Kf2 Ke8 51. Ke3 Kf8 52. Kd4 Ke8 53. Kc5 Kf8 54. Rb7 Ba2 55. Rc7 Bb3 56. Kd6 Ba2 57. Rc2 Bb3 58. Rb2 Bc4 59. Rb4 Ba2 60. Rb5 Kf7 61. Rb7+ Kf8 62. Rb2 Bc4 63. Rf2 Bb3 64. Rf1 Bc4 65. Ra1 Bb3 66. Ra3 Bc4 67. Ra5 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Kd7 Kf7 70. Rc7 Bb3 71. Rc5 Be6+ 72. Kc6 Bb3 73. Rf5 Be6 74. Kd6 Bb3 75. Rb5 Ba2 76. Rb4 Kf8 77. f4 gxf4 78. Rxf4 Kg7 79. Ke7 Kg6 80. Rxf6+ Kg5 81. Rf2 Bb3 82. Rg2 Bd1 83. Ke6 Bxg4+ 84. Ke5 Kh5 85. Rxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.07"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Esipenko, Andrey"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] [WhiteTeam "FID"] 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 "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 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 Nxa4 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 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "R Praggnanandhaa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4+ Kf8 13. Be5 f6 14. Nxg5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 fxg5 17. f4 h3 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. g3 gxf4 20. O-O Rh6 21. Rxf4+ Kg8 22. Rdf1 Bd7 23. Rf7 Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf4+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Qxd7 Rf8 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. a4 a5 31. Qg5 Rh7 32. e6 Re8 33. Qxa5 b6 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Rg7 36. Qf5 Rge7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qxh3 Rxe6 39. Kf2 R8e7 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. g4 Re4 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Kf3 Rxa4 45. h4 Ra5 46. Qh6 Rae5 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. e4 b5 50. h5 c5 51. h6 Rg5 52. Qd8 Rg8 53. Qd5+ 1-0 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.11"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Qc1 Rb8 13. Nc3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Rxb2 15. Rab1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 a6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Rb7 Qd6 21. Ne4 Qxd5 22. Rxc7 e5 23. Qc5 Be6 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Rc5 f6 27. Rc6 Kf7 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Ra7+ Kg6 30. Re7 Rb6 31. g4 h5 32. gxh5+ Kh6 33. Ke1 Bf5 34. Rc7 Be6 35. Kd2 Rd6+ 36. Kc2 Rd7 37. Rc6 Bf7 38. a4 Ra7 39. Kb2 Kxh5 40. Ka3 Rb7 41. Nb5 Kg5 42. Rc5 Kf4 43. a5 Ke3 44. a6 Rb6 45. a7 Ra6+ 46. Kb4 Be8 47. Rc7 Kxe2 48. Nc3+ Kxf3 49. Rxg7 e4 50. Re7 f5 51. Rxe8 Rxa7 52. Rf8 Rh7 53. Rxf5+ Kg2 54. Nxe4 Kxh2 55. Nf6 Rc7 56. Rc5 Rxc5 57. Kxc5 c3 58. Ng4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 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 "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Sindarov, Javokhir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 d4 13. e4 Re8 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. a3 Nde5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb6 19. e5 Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Ne4 Bb6 22. Nd6 Re6 23. Nc4 f6 24. Rad1 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rd8 26. Rf4 d3+ 27. Kf1 Bc7 28. Re4 Rd5 29. Kf2 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rexe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd3 Rb5 33. b3 Kf7 34. a4 Rb7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Re3+ Kd6 37. Kd2 a5 38. Rg3 g6 39. Kc3 Rc7+ 40. Kb2 Rc5 41. h4 Re5 42. Rg4 Kc6 43. Rc4+ Kd6 44. g4 Re2+ 45. Ka3 h6 46. Rd4+ Kc6 47. Rf4 Rh2 48. g5 hxg5 49. Rf6+ Kb7 50. hxg5 Rg2 51. Rxg6 a6 52. Rg8 Ka7 53. Rg7+ Kb6 54. g6 Kc6 55. Ra7 Kb6 56. Rg7 Kc6 57. Ra7 Kb6 58. Rg7 Kc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.15"] [Round "14"] [White "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Black "Wei Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. O-O Qxe2 11. Bxe2 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. f4 Kf8 22. Kf2 Ke7 23. Ke3 f6 24. c3 Kd6 25. Bd3 h6 26. a3 c5 27. g3 b6 28. Bc2 Bd7 29. Bd3 Be8 30. Bc2 Bd7 31. Bd3 Be8 32. Bc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2