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 with round 1 on March 29th. The final round is April 16th.
This is the game Javokhir Sindarov vs Andrey Esipenko from round 1 of the Candidates Chess Tournament 2026 with live video coverage, moves, and more.
Javokhir Sindarov vs Andrey Esipenko, Candidates Chess 2026
