FIDE Turnir kandidata 2026, u otvorenoj i u ženskoj konkurenciji, održavaju se u Cap St Georges Resort na Kipru, od nedjelje 29. marta do četvrtka 16. aprila 2026. Ovo je vrhunac čitavog ciklusa Svjetskog prvenstva FIDE.
Slaba forma aktuelnog prvaka Dommaraju Gukesh svakako predstavlja snažan motivacioni faktor za sve učesnike u otvorenoj konkurenciji.
Turnir se održava u sjenci aktuelnog rata na Bliskom Istoku, zbog čega je Humpy Koneru odlučila je da ne učestvuje na ženskom turniru (zbog procijenjenog rizika), pa je nju u posljednjem trenutku zamijenila Anna Muzychuk.
Turnir kandidata za muškarce
Turnir kandidata je počeo borbeno. Favoriti koji su pominjani prije početka turnira su počeli dobro i postigli pobjede. Caruana je savladao Nakamuru, Sindarov je pobjedio Esipenka, dok je Pragga savladao Girija.
| Rezultati 1.kola (29. mart 2026) | ||||||
| Caruana, Fabiano | – Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 83 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Praggnanandhaa, R | – Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 51 | B23 | Sicilian Closed | |
| Sindarov, Javokhir | – Esipenko, Andrey | 1-0 | 41 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Bluebaum, Matthias | – Wei, Yi | ½-½ | 26 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
Stanje posle 1.kola
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2795 | 1 |
| 2. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2741 | 1 |
| 3. | Sindarov, Javokhir | g | UZB | 2745 | 1 |
| 4. | Bluebaum, Matthias | g | GER | 2698 | ½ |
| 5. | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2754 | ½ |
| 6. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2810 | 0 |
| 7. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2753 | 0 |
| 8. | Esipenko, Andrey | g | RUS | 2698 | 0 |
Sindarov,Javokhir (2745) – Esipenko,Andrey (2698)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (1.4), 02.03.2026
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 0–0 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0–0 c4 10.Bc2 Nh5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bg3 f5 13.Be5 Be6 14.b3 Qa5 15.Ne2 b5 16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.exf4 Qd8 18.Re1 Qd7 19.Re3 Rae8 20.h4 h6 21.g3 a6 22.Kg2 Bf7 23.Qd2 Bb4 24.Qe2 Bh5 25.a4 Ba5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bd1 Bxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Bb6 29.Ra6 Nxd4
30.Qh5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Qc6 32.bxc4 bxc4
33.Ba4 Qc5 34.Qg6 Ba7 35.Re8 Rxe8 36.Qxe8+ Kh7 37.Qg6+ Kg8 38.Bd7 c3 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Qg6+ Kg8
41.Re6 1–0
Bluebaum,M (2698) – Wei,Yi [D41]
FIDE Candidates 2026 Cap St Georges CYP (1), 29.03.2026
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 0–0 9.Rd1 Be6 10.Bb5 h6 11.Bh4 a6 12.Ba4 Nc6 13.Qd3 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.0–0 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Rc8 17.Qe5 Rc4 18.Bb3 Re4 19.Qc3 Bg4 20.Rd2 Bxf3 21.gxf3
21…Qd7 22.fxe4 Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Qf3+ 24.Kg1 Qg4+ 25.Kh1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+ ½–½
Praggnanandhaa R (2741) – Giri,Anish (2753)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (1.2), 29.03.2026
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.a4 Nc6 7.0–0 a6 8.Bc4 e6 9.d3 Nge7
10.f5 exf5 11.Qe1 Be6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qxe6 Qd7 15.Qc4 0–0–0 16.Bg5 Rde8 17.Rae1 Ng6 18.Nd5 Kb8 19.Nf6 Bxf6 20.Bxf6 Rhf8 21.Bc3 f4 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Re1 Rf8 24.Qe6 Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Kc7 26.Ng5 Kd7 27.Re4 Rf5
28.Nxh7 d5 29.Re2 d4 30.Be1 Nce5 31.Re4 Ng4 32.h3 Ne3 33.c3 Nd5 34.h4 dxc3 35.bxc3 Rh5 36.Ng5 Nf6
37.Re6 Rxg5 38.Rxf6 Rg4 39.h5 Ne5 40.h6 Nf3+ 41.Kf1 Nxe1 42.Kxe1 Rxg2 43.Rxf4 Rh2 44.Rf6 Rh3 45.Kd2 Rh2+ 46.Ke3 Rh3+ 47.Ke4 c4 48.dxc4 Rxc3 49.Kf5 Ke7 50.Rb6 Rxc4 51.h7
1–0
Caruana,Fabiano (2795) – Nakamura,Hikaru (2810)
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (1.1), 29.03.2026
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d4 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0–0 Bc5 6.e3 Nge7 7.Nxd4 Nxd4
8.b4 Bxb4 9.exd4 0–0 10.Qb3 Ba5 11.Nc3 Nf5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.d5 Nd4 14.Qa4 b6 15.Rae1 Bd7 16.Qd1 c5 17.Bb2 Rb8 18.a4 a6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Re4 Bxd5
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Bxd5 Bb4 25.h4 a5 26.d3 Qf6 27.Kg2 Qe5 28.Qf3 Qf6 29.Qg4 Bc5 30.h5 h6 31.Rh1 Qg5 32.Qd1 Qe7 33.Bc6 Rc8 34.Re1 Qc7 35.Bd5 Kf8 36.Qg4 Rd8 37.Qe4 Kg8 38.Qf5 Qd7 39.Qf3 Rf8 40.Re5 Bd6 41.Rf5 Qe7 42.Qg4 Be5 43.Rf3 Bf6 44.Rf4 Qd8 45.Be4 Re8 46.Rf5 Qd7 47.Qf4 Bg5 48.Qf3 Qc7
49.Rxf7 Qxf7 50.Bd5 Re6 51.Qg4 Kf8 52.Bxe6 Qe8 53.Bd7 Qa8+ 54.Kg1 Bf6 55.Qe6 Qd8 56.Bc6 Qe7 57.Qc8+ Qd8 58.Qb7 Be5 59.Bd5 Qc7 60.Qa8+ Ke7 61.Qg8 Kd6 62.Be4 Ke7 63.Bg6 Bf6 64.Qf7+ Kd6 65.Qd5+ Ke7 66.Bf5 Be5 67.f4 Bf6 68.Kg2 Qd6 69.Qb7+ Kf8 70.Kf3 Qe7 71.Qe4 Qxe4+ 72.dxe4 Be7 73.e5 Bb4 74.Bd3 Be1 75.g4 Ke7 76.Ke4 Bg3 77.f5 Kd7 78.Kd5 Bh4
79.f6 gxf6 80.e6+ Ke7 81.Kc6 Kxe6 82.Kxb6 Be1 83.c5 1–0
Turnir kandidata za žene
Sve partije prvog kola završene su remijem.
| Rezultati 1.kola (29. mart, 2026) | ||||||
| Goryachkina, Aleksandra | – Lagno, Kateryna | ½-½ | 73 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Divya, Deshmukh | – Muzychuk, Anna | ½-½ | 35 | C45 | Scotch Game | |
| Vaishali, Rameshbabu | – Assaubayeva, Bibisara | ½-½ | 41 | B32 | Sicilian Labourdonnais | |
| Zhu, Jiner | – Tan, Zhongyi | ½-½ | 41 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | |
Stanje posle 1.kola
| 1. | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2535 | ½ |
| 2. | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2522 | ½ |
| 3. | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | g | KAZ | 2516 | ½ |
| 4. | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | g | FID | 2534 | ½ |
| 5. | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2508 | ½ |
| 6. | Divya, Deshmukh | g | IND | 2497 | ½ |
| 7. | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | g | IND | 2470 | ½ |
| 8. | Zhu, Jiner | g | CHN | 2578 | ½ |
Divya,Deshmukh (2497) – Muzychuk,A (2522) [C45]
FIDE Women Candidates Cap St Georges CYP (1), 29.03.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.g3 g6 9.c4 Ba6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 0–0 12.Bh3 Rfe8 13.0–0 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxe5 Rxe5 16.Bxd7 Nb4 17.Nc3 Bc8 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.Kf1 Nd5 20.Bxc6 Bh3+ 21.Kg1 Nxc3 22.Bxa8 Nxd1 23.Rxd1 Re2 24.Bg2 Bf5 25.h4 Rxa2 26.b4 Rb2
27.Rd5 Rxb4 28.Rc5 Be6 29.Rxc7 Rxc4 30.Rxa7 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Rc2 32.Kg1 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Rc2 34.Kg1 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 ½–½
Vaishali,Rameshbabu (2470) – Assaubayeva,Bibisara (2516) [B32]
FIDE Women Candidates Cap St Georges CYP (1), 29.03.2026
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.Nbc3 Bc5 7.Ng3 d6 8.Na4 Bb4+ 9.c3 Ba5 10.Be2 a6 11.b4 Bc7 12.0–0 0–0 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Rd1 h6 15.Be3 Rb8 16.Nb2 b5 17.a3 Ng4 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.Rd2 Ne7 20.c4 Be6 21.Rc1 f5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Rc6 Rf7 26.Qc3 Rc8 27.a4 bxa4 28.Nc4 Bd7
29.Nxd6 Bxd6 30.Rdxd6 Rxc6 31.Qxc6 Bxc6 32.Rxd8+ Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.f4 exf4 35.Bxf4 a3 36.Kf2 Kf7 37.Bc1 a2 38.Bb2 g6 39.g3 Ke6 40.Ke3 Kd5 41.Ba1 ½–½
Zhu,Jiner (2578) – Tan,Zhongyi (2535) [C55]
FIDE Women Candidates Cap St Georges CYP (1), 29.03.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 Na5 8.Ba2 c5 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 g6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Qd2 Bg4 14.Ng5 h6
15.f4 Kh8 16.Ne3 hxg5
17.f5 gxf5 18.exf5 Bh5 19.g4 e4 20.dxe4 Ne5 21.h3 Bg6 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Kg2 Qd7 24.Nc4 Rf4 25.Rxf4 gxf4 26.Qxf4 Qxa4 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Qg5 Qxe4+ 29.Kg1 c4 30.Qh4+ Kg8 31.Re1 Qf4 32.Rf1 Qe3+ 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Rxf2 Rc8 35.Bb1 Bh6 36.Re2 Kf7 37.Rxe5 Rd8 38.Ba2 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Rd2+ 40.Ke1 Rxb2 41.Bxc4+ Kf6
½–½