Candidates Round 10: Sindarov Widens Gap Once Again, Vaishali in Sole Lead
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The Qc7 variation of Alekhine's Defense, when White annoyingly plays Nc3
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GM Anish Giri defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the FIDE Candidates 2026, inching closer to GM Javokhir Sindarov, who is now 1.5 points ahead of Giri. GM Zhu Jiner and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu are the joint leaders of the Women's Candidates after winning against GM Kateryna Lagno and GM Divya Deshmukh, respectively. Read our FIDE Candidates Round 9 Recap and follow all the games in our broadcasts now, .
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GM Javokhir Sindarov extended his lead in the FIDE Candidates 2026 to two points after he drew his game against GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Fabiano Caruana lost to GM Hikaru Nakamura. Meanwhile, in the Women's Candidates, GM Anna Muzychuk lost to GM Divya Deshmukh and the tournament is wide-open with five players on 4.5/8. Read our FIDE Candidates Round 8 Recap!
The first half of the FIDE Candidates 2026 is over! GM Javokhir Sindarov still leads GM Fabiano Caruana by 1.5 points, but his winning streak ended with a draw against GM Anish Giri. In the Women's tournament, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu defeated GM Tan Zhongyi and is now only 0.5 points behind GM Anna Muzychuk. Read our FIDE Candidates Round 7 Recap and follow all the games in our broadcasts, continuing today, .
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GM Javokhir Sindarov continued the historic run with a win over GM Wei Yi in the FIDE Candidates 2026 and is now 1.5 points ahead of GM Fabiano Caruana. In the Women's tournament, GM Anna Muzychuk beat GM Zhu Jiner to take sole 1st place on 4/6, a full point ahead of the field. Read our FIDE Candidates Round 6 Recap and find out what else happened!
Check out our Round 5 FIDE Candidates Annotations by former top 20 women's player and four-time Armenian Women's Champion IM / WGM Lilit Mkrtchian and four-time Paraguayan Champion GM Axel Bachmann! Follow all the Round 6 games now in our broadcasts.
Open tournaments
More »| Sicilian Defense Rapid | 1h 57m | 32 | |
| Hourly Antichess | 57m | ||
| Hourly Bullet | 27m | 20 | |
| Hourly Atomic | 57m | 11 | |
| ≤1500 SuperBlitz | 57m | 32 | |
| Hourly Three-check | 57m | ||
| Hourly SuperBlitz | 57m | 28 | |
| Hourly Chess960 | 57m | ||
| ≤1700 Bullet | 27m | 14 | |
| Hourly Horde | 27m | ||
| Hourly Blitz | 57m | 43 | |
| Hourly HyperBullet | 27m | ||
| ≤1300 Blitz | 57m | 12 | |
| ≤2000 Rapid | 57m | 83 | |
| Classical Shield | 10h | 183 |