Graph of the computer evaluation which shows black had an advantage in multiple occasions. Wei Yi made 2 blunders while Anish Giri made 3 blunders.
Heartbreaking that Anish Giri wasn't able to beat Wei Yi today to keep at least some pressure on Javokhir Sindarov going into the last two rounds of the candidates tournament. It was never easy, but it was especially unfortunate that he made an accidental […]
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Picture of Vaishali sitting at the board with the black pieces in round 10 of the candidates. Photo by: Niki Riga (FIDE)
Vaishali Rameshbabu 🇮🇳 is now in the sole lead and in position to vie for the Women's World Chess Championship title! Amazing what she has achieved so far. It is still tense as there are two players just half a point behind.
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There's a 5-way tie for first place in the Women's Candidates tournament: Anna Muzychuk, Divya Deshmukh, Zhu Jiner and Kataryna Lagno. This can be anyone's tournament with 6 rounds to go.
In the open section Javokhir Sindarov's lead is now a full 2 points as Fabiano Caruana loses and Anish Giri […]
🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov and 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana both won in the open section. Both of them are having a great tournament, but only Sindarov is having a spectacular tournament with a score of 4.5/5.
In the women's it is super close with three players in the lead by half a point: ♟️ Катерина Лагно […]
🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov is now in the sole lead by a full point after defeating 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana in round 4 of the open section. 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk joins 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva in the lead after defeating ♟️ Kataryna Lagno in the women's section.
All games can be found on Lichess […]
Picture of Divya and Vaishali shaking hands before the chess game with Divya playing the white pieces. Photo by: Michal Walusza (FIDE).
All games were drawn in Round 2 of the Candidates Tournament. However, it was not a boring round: 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu and ♟️ Kateryna Lagno saved positions in which they were significantly worse.
For all the games visit Lichess […]
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We have 3 winners in the first round of the candidates tournament:
🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov
🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R
🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana
Absolutely crazy to see so many decisive results in the open section and such accurate play in the women's section. This is going to be an amazing event!
All games […]
I can't wait! Only one day until the first round of the FIDE candidates tournament starts:
lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidate...
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The FIDE Candidates tournament which decides who will challenge the world chess champion is starting in a week!
Round 1 pairings are as follows:
🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov – ♟️ Andrey Esipenko
🇩🇪 Matthias Bluebaum – 🇨🇳 Wei Yi
🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R – 🇳🇱 Anish Giri
🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana – 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura […]
FIDE has published the pairings for the Candidates tournament that will determine who will challenge the world chess championship crowns!
candidates2026.fide.com/tpost/vgsvdk34p1-fide-ca...
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朱锦尔 (Zhu Jiner) wins the FIDE Grand Prix and a spot in the Women's Candidates tournament 2026.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_Women%27s_Gran...
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