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• Candidates Round 4 - Live!

  The Candidates Tournaments form the final qualifying stage of the FIDE World Championship cycle. Each tournament features eight of the world's strongest players competing in a double round-robin format over fourteen rounds of classical chess. In Wednesday's round four, co-leaders Javokhir Sindarov and Fabiano Caruana face off ahead of the tournemant's first rest day. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 14.30 CEST (8.30 ET, 18.00 IST) | Photo: Yoav Nis

• Britain's No.1 female player is just eleven years old!

  British chess phenom Bodhana Sivanandan has made history by shooting to the top of the UK chess rankings after a sensational start to 2026, the English Chess Federation is pleased to report. At ten, she was the youngest female chess player to beat a grandmaster, and the youngest ever to secure a WGM norm. She is really going places. We predict there will be a Netflix documentary about her in a few years' time.

• Candidates R3: Caruana pounces on Wei's blunders, Sindarov beats Pragg

  Two players have already established a clear lead after three rounds of the Candidates Tournament in Cyprus. Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov both secured their second wins to move a full point ahead of the field. Caruana defeated Wei Yi following an uncharacteristic pair of errors by the Chinese grandmaster, while Sindarov overcame Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in a double-edged struggle. | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza