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Tournaments / FIDE Candidates 2026 /

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

Standings

Standings, FIDE Candidates 2026: Open
#PlayerFedRatingScoreGamesPerfChange
1GM Javokhir Sindarov ★UZB274510142907+31
2GM Anish Giri ★NED27538½142828+14
3GM Fabiano Caruana ★USA27957½142771-5
4GM Yi Wei ★CHN27547142748-1
5GM Hikaru Nakamura ★USA28106½142711-18
6GM Matthias Bluebaum ★GER26986142706+1
7GM Praggnanandhaa R ★IND27416142700-8
8GM Andrey Esipenko ★FID26984½142623-14

Games

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Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.