We're a day late, but wish Irene Sukandar a very happy birthday! 🎂 🥳
Eric Rosen shared a beautiful and moving tribute to his wife. We wish both all the best and Irene a wonderful year ahead!
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Round 9 of the #2026candidates just started! 🎉♟️
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Join the Take Take Take Arena on Lichess for two hours of 3+0 Blitz with a prize pool of $3,000, starting today at 19:30 UTC!
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Sindarov extended his lead in the FIDE Candidates to 2 points after he drew against Esipenko and Caruana lost to Nakamura.
In the Women's Candidates, Anna Muzychuk lost to Divya Deshmukh and the tournament is wide-open with 5 players on 4.5/8.
➡️ Read our Round 8 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
While the candidates battle it out, Ding Liren returns this month! He joins Ju Wenjun and Yu Yangyi in the ongoing SCO team tournament, then plays for his home province Zhejiang in the Chinese Team Championship (Apr 19-27) - his first classical event since the 2024 World Championship.
The first half of the #2026candidates already had many interesting positions to offer! Can you find all the right moves? ♟️ 🎉
Round 8 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates is starting soon!
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The first half of the FIDE Candidates is over!
Sindarov still leads Caruana by 1.5 points, but his winning streak ended with a draw against Giri.
In the Women's tournament, Vaishali defeated Tan and is now only 0.5 points behind Anna Muzychuk.
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In a win for open source, Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone. Read more about it here: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Round 7 of the #2026Candidates in Cyprus just started! 🎉
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While Sindarov is continuing his legendary run of 5.5/6, Anna Muzychuk is leading the Women's Candidates with 4/6! 🎉
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Javokhir Sindarov continued the historic run with a win over Wei Yi in the 2026 Candidates and is now 1.5 points ahead of Fabiano Caruana.
In the Women's tournament, Anna Muzychuk beat Zhu Jiner to take sole 1st place.
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Check out the pairings, H2H history and win probabilities for Round 6 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates!
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Sindarov defeats Nakamura to retain his lead in the FIDE Candidates 2026 on 4.5/5, with Caruana close behind on 3.5/5.
Three players are tied for 1st place in the Women's Candidates: Lagno, Muzychuk, and Zhu, all on 3/5.
➡️ Find out what happened in our Round 5 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Watch our interview with 2026 FIDE Candidates leader Javokhir Sindarov after defeating top seed Hikaru Nakamura in Round 5!
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A historic run by Javokhir Sindarov, who is now on 4.5/5 after beating Hikaru Nakamura in Round 5!
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Check out the pairings, H2H history and win probabilities for Round 5 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates!
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Going into Round 5 today, Sindarov is leading the field of the Candidates, while Muzychuk and Assaubayeva share first in the Women's Candidates!
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On the first rest day of the FIDE Candidates 2026, Javokhir Sindarov is in sole 1st place after defeating Fabiano Caruana in Round 4.
Bibisara Assaubayeva and Anna Muzychuk are in the joint lead of the Women's tournament on 2.5/4.
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Wei Yi is doing a live review and Q&A after his Candidates games! Underpromoted has translated the streams hosted by CHESS贝蕾:
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Sindarov and Caruana will face each other in Round 4. Follow all the games in our broadcasts, starting today at 12:45 UTC: lichess.org/broadcast/fi...
Check out our FIDE Candidates Round 3 Recap: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...
Javokhir Sindarov and Fabiano Caruana are now tied for 1st place in the Open, while Bibisara Assaubayeva and Kateryna Lagno are also sharing the lead in the Women's tournament.
Check out the pairings, H2H history and win probabilities for Round 4 of the 2026 #FIDECandidates!
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We have a battle of the leaders in Round 4 of the #FIDECandidates, between Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov! What do you think the result will be?