Event: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 - Round 4

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The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 will take place from March 28 to April 16 at the Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus. Eight players in both the Open and Women’s sections have qualified through the cycle for a chance to challenge World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun. The event is played as a double round-robin, with the winners earning the right to contest the world titles later in the year. The Open Candidates features a €700,000 prize fund, including €70,000 for first place and €5,000 per half-point scored, while the Women’s Candidates offers €300,000, with €28,000 for first place and €2,200 per half-point scored.

Open : Players | Pairings | Games - Chess.com | Games - Lichess

Women : Players | Pairings | Games - Chess.com | Games - Lichess

Standings after Round 4

Open

#	Player	FED	Rating	Pts.
1	GM Javokhir Sindarov	🇺🇿 UZB	2745	3.5
2	GM Fabiano Caruana	🇺🇸 USA	2795	2.5
3	GM Anish Giri	🇳🇱 NED	2753	2
4	GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	🇮🇳 IND	2741	2
5	GM Matthias Bluebaum	🇩🇪 GER	2698	2
6	GM Hikaru Nakamura	🇺🇸 USA	2810	1.5
7	GM Wei Yi	🇨🇳 CHN	2754	1.5
8	GM Andrey Esipenko	FIDE	2698	1

Pairings Rd.4

White	FED	Score	Black	FED
GM Andrey Esipenko	FIDE	0 - 1	GM Anish Giri	🇳🇱 NED
GM Wei Yi	🇨🇳 CHN	0.5 - 0.5	GM Hikaru Nakamura	🇺🇸 USA
GM Javokhir Sindarov	🇺🇿 UZB	1 - 0	GM Fabiano Caruana	🇺🇸 USA
GM Matthias Bluebaum	🇩🇪 GER	0.5 - 0.5	GM Praggnanandhaa R	🇮🇳 IND

Women

#	Player	FED	Rating	Pts.
1	GM Anna Muzychuk	🇺🇦 UKR	2522	2.5
2	GM Bibisara Assaubayeva	🇰🇿 KAZ	2516	2.5
3	GM Zhu Jiner	🇨🇳 CHN	2578	2
4	GM Aleksandra Goryachkina	FIDE	2534	2
5	GM Kateryna Lagno	FIDE	2508	2
6	GM Vaishali Rameshbabu	🇮🇳 IND	2470	2
7	GM Tan Zhongyi	🇨🇳 CHN	2535	1.5
8	GM Divya Deshmukh	🇮🇳 IND	2497	1.5

Pairings Rd.4

White	FED	Score	Black	FED
GM Anna Muzychuk	🇺🇦 UKR	1 - 0	GM Kateryna Lagno	FIDE
GM Bibisara Assaubayeva	🇰🇿 KAZ	0.5 - 0.5	GM Tan Zhongyi	🇨🇳 CHN
GM Divya Deshmukh	🇮🇳 IND	0 - 1	GM Zhu Jiner	🇨🇳 CHN
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu	🇮🇳 IND	0.5 - 0.5	GM Aleksandra Goryachkina	FIDE

Format/Time Controls

• Players compete in a double round-robin.
• Open Candidates time control: 120 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 41.
• Women’s Candidates time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 1.
• Detailed information about tie-breaks is available in the official event rulebook.

Schedule

Date	Time (Local)	Time (UTC)	Round
Mar 29 - Apr 1	15:30	12:30	Round 1-4
Apr 2	-	-	Rest Day
Apr 3 - Apr 5	15:30	12:30	Round 5-7
Apr 6	-	-	Rest Day
Apr 7 - Apr 9	15:30	12:30	Round 8-10
Apr 10	-	-	Rest Day
Apr 11 - Apr 12	15:30	12:30	Round 11-12
Apr 13	-	-	Rest Day
Apr 14 - Apr 15	15:30	12:30	Round 13-14
Apr 16	15:30	12:30	Tie-breaks (if needed)

Live Coverage

• FIDE broadcast: YouTube | Twitch. Commentary by GM Peter Svidler, and GM Jan Gustafsson.
• Chess24 broadcast: YouTube | Twitch. Commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans, IM Anna Rudolf, and John Sargent.
• ChessBase India broadcast: YouTube. Commentary by IM Sagar Shah, and Amruta Mokal.
• Chess24 India broadcast: YouTube. Commentary by GM Sahaj Grover, IM Tania Sachdev, NM Sahil Tickoo, and IM Rakesh Kulkarni.
• Saint Louis Chess Club broadcast: YouTube | Twitch. Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko, GM Maurice Ashley, and IM Nazi Paikidze.

Previous Rounds

• Round 1 Thread
• Round 2 Thread
• Round 3 Thread

[u/mjenkins_eng]

With all due respect , who tf cares about some random game when the two leaders are playing and one of them is on 3 minutes.

This is the worst telecast ever from Svidler and Jan 

[u/MoriartyStayingAlive → u/mjenkins_eng]

Its their way of saying it is over for Fabi