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FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 (Pegeia CYP)
Sun 29th Mar 2026 - Thu 16th Apr 2026 - Official Site

FIDE Candidates 2026 (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 120m:30m+30spm(41)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

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FIDE Candidates 2026 Pegeia CYP (CYP), 29 iii-16 iv 2026 cat. XX (2749)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Sindarov, Javokhir g UZB 2745 * * 1 . ½ . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . 3069
2. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2795 0 . * * . . . . ½ . 1 . 1 . . . 2860
3. Bluebaum, Matthias g GER 2698 ½ . . . * * ½ . . . ½ . . . ½ . 2 2734
4. Praggnanandhaa, R g IND 2741 0 . . . ½ . * * 1 . ½ . . . . . 2 2737
5. Giri, Anish g NED 2753 . . ½ . . . 0 . * * . . ½ . 1 . 2 2761
6. Wei, Yi g CHN 2754 . . 0 . ½ . ½ . . . * * ½ . . . 2674
7. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2810 . . 0 . . . . . ½ . ½ . * * ½ . 2663
8. Esipenko, Andrey g RUS 2698 0 . . . ½ . . . 0 . . . ½ . * * 1 2558
Round 1 (March 29, 2026)
Sindarov, Javokhir - Esipenko, Andrey 1-0 41 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 83 A13 Reti Opening
Bluebaum, Matthias - Wei, Yi ½-½ 26 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Praggnanandhaa, R - Giri, Anish 1-0 51 B23 Sicilian Closed
Round 2 (March 30, 2026)
Sindarov, Javokhir - Bluebaum, Matthias ½-½ 42 C42 Petroff's Defence
Giri, Anish - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 30 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Wei, Yi - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 46 C11 French Defence
Esipenko, Andrey - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 51 A13 Reti Opening
Round 3 (March 31, 2026)
Caruana, Fabiano - Wei, Yi 1-0 19 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Bluebaum, Matthias - Esipenko, Andrey ½-½ 41 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Praggnanandhaa, R - Sindarov, Javokhir 0-1 40 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru - Giri, Anish ½-½ 41 A28 English Four Knights
Round 4 (April 1, 2026)
Sindarov, Javokhir - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 36 D26 QGA
Bluebaum, Matthias - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 37 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Wei, Yi - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 62 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Esipenko, Andrey - Giri, Anish 0-1 34 B95 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5

FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 (Pegeia CYP)
Sun 29th Mar 2026 - Thu 16th Apr 2026 - Official Site

FIDE Women Candidates (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

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FIDE Women Candidates Pegeia CYP (CYP), 29 iii-16 iv 2026 cat. XI (2520)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Assaubayeva, Bibisara g KAZ 2516 * * . . ½ . ½ . . . 1 . ½ . . . 2624
2. Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2522 . . * * ½ . . . 1 . . . ½ . ½ . 2597
3. Vaishali, Rameshbabu g IND 2470 ½ . ½ . * * ½ . . . . . . . ½ . 2 2517
4. Goryachkina, Aleksandra g FID 2534 ½ . . . ½ . * * ½ . . . . . ½ . 2 2497
5. Lagno, Kateryna g RUS 2508 . . 0 . . . ½ . * * ½ . 1 . . . 2 2542
6. Zhu, Jiner g CHN 2578 0 . . . . . . . ½ . * * ½ . 1 . 2 2514
7. Tan, Zhongyi g CHN 2535 ½ . ½ . . . . . 0 . ½ . * * . . 2444
8. Divya, Deshmukh g IND 2497 . . ½ . ½ . ½ . . . 0 . . . * * 2439
Round 1 (March 29, 2026)
Vaishali, Rameshbabu - Assaubayeva, Bibisara ½-½ 41 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Lagno, Kateryna ½-½ 73 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Zhu, Jiner - Tan, Zhongyi ½-½ 41 C55 Two Knights Defence
Divya, Deshmukh - Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ 35 C45 Scotch Game
Round 2 (March 30, 2026)
Assaubayeva, Bibisara - Goryachkina, Aleksandra ½-½ 40 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Muzychuk, Anna - Tan, Zhongyi ½-½ 32 C42 Petroff's Defence
Lagno, Kateryna - Zhu, Jiner ½-½ 34 C07 French Tarrasch
Divya, Deshmukh - Vaishali, Rameshbabu ½-½ 44 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 3 (March 31, 2026)
Vaishali, Rameshbabu - Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ 41 C55 Two Knights Defence
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Divya, Deshmukh ½-½ 81 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Zhu, Jiner - Assaubayeva, Bibisara 0-1 43 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Tan, Zhongyi - Lagno, Kateryna 0-1 54 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 4 (April 1, 2026)
Assaubayeva, Bibisara - Tan, Zhongyi ½-½ 46 D34 Tarrasch Defence, Main Line
Muzychuk, Anna - Lagno, Kateryna 1-0 32 C85 Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Vaishali, Rameshbabu - Goryachkina, Aleksandra ½-½ 27 C55 Two Knights Defence
Divya, Deshmukh - Zhu, Jiner 0-1 36 A21 English Opening

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