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• Round 7: FIDE Candidates 2026 official video broadcast

  Candidates Chess 2026 takes place in Paphos, Cyprus, from 28 March to 16 April 2026. It is an eight-player double round-robin, meaning each participant plays every other player twice (14 rounds total). Participants include Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, R Praggnanandhaa, Anish Giri, Wei Yi, Andrey Esipenko, Javokhir Sindarov, and Matthias Blübaum. Candidates Chess 2026 start […]

• Carlsen remains the only player above 2800, but Sindarov is heading there

  20-year-old Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov won his fourth consecutive game by beating China’s Wei Yi in Round 6 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament at Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Cyprus. Sindarov now leads solely with 5.5 out of 6 points, achieving a 3150 performance rating after previous victories over Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, […]

• Candidates Chess 2026 LIVE

  Candidates Chess 2026 takes place in Paphos, Cyprus, from 28 March to 16 April 2026. It is an eight-player double round-robin, meaning each participant plays every other player twice (14 rounds total). Participants include Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, R Praggnanandhaa, Anish Giri, Wei Yi, Andrey Esipenko, Javokhir Sindarov, and Matthias Blübaum. Live games start with […]