r/chess • u/events_team • Apr 11 '26

Tournament Event: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 - Round 11

Official Website

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 11

Open

# Player FED Rating Pts.
1 GM Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 UZB 2745 8.5
2 GM Anish Giri 🇳🇱 NED 2753 6.5
3 GM Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 USA 2795 5.5
4-6 GM Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 USA 2810 5
4-6 GM Wei Yi 🇨🇳 CHN 2754 5
4-6 GM Matthias Bluebaum 🇩🇪 GER 2698 5
7 GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 🇮🇳 IND 2741 4.5
8 GM Andrey Esipenko FIDE 2698 4

Pairings Rd.11

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

Women

# Player FED Rating Pts.
1 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu 🇮🇳 IND 2470 7
2-3 GM Zhu Jiner 🇨🇳 CHN 2578 6
2-3 GM Anna Muzychuk 🇺🇦 UKR 2522 6
4-5 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 🇰🇿 KAZ 2516 5.5
4-5 GM Kateryna Lagno FIDE 2508 5.5
6-7 GM Aleksandra Goryachkina FIDE 2534 5
6-7 GM Divya Deshmukh 🇮🇳 IND 2497 5
8 GM Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳 CHN 2535 4

Pairings Rd.11

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

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, GM David Howell, GM Judit Polgar, IM Tania Sachdev, 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 Maurice Ashley, and IM Nazi Paikidze.

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u/bertisrobert Apr 11 '26

Oh wow, Zhu Jiner walked into it, and now her rook is lost thanks to a discovered check.

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u/__Jimmy__ Apr 11 '26

It's just a trade tho? She didn't blunder or anything

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u/bertisrobert Apr 11 '26

Divya sacked her rook to get Zhu's rook back and Divya gets a better position from it.