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FIDE Candidates 2026: Open

29 Mar to 15 Apr 2026 · Pegeia, Cyprus · 8-player double round-robin · 120 min / 40 moves + 30 min, + 30 sec / move from move 41 Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Javokhir Sindarov ★: No. 1, 10/14, performance 2907 (+31)
GM Anish Giri ★: No. 2, 8½/14, performance 2828 (+14)
GM Fabiano Caruana ★: No. 3, 7½/14, performance 2771 (-5)
GM Yi Wei ★: No. 4, 7/14, performance 2748 (-1)
GM Hikaru Nakamura ★: No. 5, 6½/14, performance 2711 (-18)
GM Matthias Bluebaum ★: No. 6, 6/14, performance 2706 (+1)
GM Praggnanandhaa R ★: No. 7, 6/14, performance 2700 (-8)
GM Andrey Esipenko ★: No. 8, 4½/14, performance 2623 (-14)

Standings

Standings, FIDE Candidates 2026: Open
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Javokhir Sindarov ★	UZB	2745	10	14	2907	+31
2	GM Anish Giri ★	NED	2753	8½	14	2828	+14
3	GM Fabiano Caruana ★	USA	2795	7½	14	2771	-5
4	GM Yi Wei ★	CHN	2754	7	14	2748	-1
5	GM Hikaru Nakamura ★	USA	2810	6½	14	2711	-18
6	GM Matthias Bluebaum ★	GER	2698	6	14	2706	+1
7	GM Praggnanandhaa R ★	IND	2741	6	14	2700	-8
8	GM Andrey Esipenko ★	FID	2698	4½	14	2623	-14

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura	1-0
1.2	Praggnanandhaa R – Anish Giri	1-0
1.3	Matthias Bluebaum – Yi Wei	½-½
1.4	Javokhir Sindarov – Andrey Esipenko	1-0
2.1	Yi Wei – Praggnanandhaa R	½-½
2.2	Javokhir Sindarov – Matthias Bluebaum	½-½
2.3	Anish Giri – Fabiano Caruana	½-½
2.4	Andrey Esipenko – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½
3.1	Praggnanandhaa R – Javokhir Sindarov	0-1
3.2	Fabiano Caruana – Yi Wei	1-0
3.3	Hikaru Nakamura – Anish Giri	½-½
3.4	Matthias Bluebaum – Andrey Esipenko	½-½
4.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Fabiano Caruana	1-0
4.2	Matthias Bluebaum – Praggnanandhaa R	½-½
4.3	Andrey Esipenko – Anish Giri	0-1
4.4	Yi Wei – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½
5.1	Hikaru Nakamura – Javokhir Sindarov	0-1
5.2	Fabiano Caruana – Matthias Bluebaum	1-0
5.3	Praggnanandhaa R – Andrey Esipenko	½-½
5.4	Anish Giri – Yi Wei	½-½
6.1	Yi Wei – Javokhir Sindarov	0-1
6.2	Fabiano Caruana – Andrey Esipenko	½-½
6.3	Anish Giri – Matthias Bluebaum	½-½
6.4	Hikaru Nakamura – Praggnanandhaa R	½-½
7.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Anish Giri	½-½
7.2	Praggnanandhaa R – Fabiano Caruana	½-½
7.3	Matthias Bluebaum – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½
7.4	Andrey Esipenko – Yi Wei	0-1
8.1	Andrey Esipenko – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
8.2	Hikaru Nakamura – Fabiano Caruana	1-0
8.3	Anish Giri – Praggnanandhaa R	1-0
8.4	Yi Wei – Matthias Bluebaum	½-½
9.1	Matthias Bluebaum – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
9.2	Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri	0-1
9.3	Praggnanandhaa R – Yi Wei	½-½
9.4	Hikaru Nakamura – Andrey Esipenko	½-½
10.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Praggnanandhaa R	1-0
10.2	Anish Giri – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½
10.3	Andrey Esipenko – Matthias Bluebaum	½-½
10.4	Yi Wei – Fabiano Caruana	½-½
11.1	Fabiano Caruana – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
11.2	Anish Giri – Andrey Esipenko	½-½
11.3	Hikaru Nakamura – Yi Wei	½-½
11.4	Praggnanandhaa R – Matthias Bluebaum	½-½
12.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½
12.2	Yi Wei – Anish Giri	½-½
12.3	Matthias Bluebaum – Fabiano Caruana	½-½
12.4	Andrey Esipenko – Praggnanandhaa R	½-½
13.1	Anish Giri – Javokhir Sindarov	½-½
13.2	Fabiano Caruana – Praggnanandhaa R	½-½
13.3	Hikaru Nakamura – Matthias Bluebaum	½-½
13.4	Yi Wei – Andrey Esipenko	1-0
14.1	Javokhir Sindarov – Yi Wei	½-½
14.2	Matthias Bluebaum – Anish Giri	0-1
14.3	Andrey Esipenko – Fabiano Caruana	0-1
14.4	Praggnanandhaa R – Hikaru Nakamura	½-½

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