Candidates 2026, Round 5: Caruana Maintains Momentum Against Bluebaum Round 5 of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament continued to paint a picture of Fabiano Caruana’s dominance as the American grandmaster faced Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum — the tournament’s most modestly rated participant yet a player whose presence in the field was no accident. For Caruana, it… Continue reading Fide Candidates 2026. Round 5, Caruana – Bluebaum
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Kotov – Ragozin. Nice positional game in Queen’s gambit declined
A Positional Masterpiece: Kotov vs. Ragozin in the Queen’s Gambit Declined Soviet chess of the 1940s and 1950s produced some of the deepest and most instructive positional games in chess history — an era when the world’s strongest players competed not just for results but for theoretical truth, pushing the boundaries of strategic understanding with… Continue reading Kotov – Ragozin. Nice positional game in Queen’s gambit declined
Fide Candidates 2026. Round 4, Sindarov – Caruana
Candidates 2026, Round 4: Sindarov Faces the Mountain — Caruana in His Sights Round 4 of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament produced one of the most dramatic David versus Goliath encounters of the entire event. Javokhir Sindarov, the young Uzbek prodigy and tournament wildcard, sat down with the White pieces against Fabiano Caruana — the… Continue reading Fide Candidates 2026. Round 4, Sindarov – Caruana
Fide Candidates 2026. Round 3, Praggnanandhaa – Sindarov
Candidates 2026, Round 3: Praggnanandhaa vs. Sindarov — The Future of Chess Collides If Round 1 belonged to American rivalry and Round 2 to generational tension, Round 3 of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament delivered something entirely different and equally thrilling — a collision between two of the brightest young stars in the entire chess… Continue reading Fide Candidates 2026. Round 3, Praggnanandhaa – Sindarov
Fide candidates 2026. Round 2, Esipenko – Nakamura
Candidates 2026, Round 2: Esipenko Takes on Nakamura in a Battle of Generations The second round of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament delivered one of the most intriguing generational matchups of the entire event — the young Russian grandmaster Andrey Esipenko, entering the tournament as its longest shot, facing the battle-hardened American champion Hikaru Nakamura… Continue reading Fide candidates 2026. Round 2, Esipenko – Nakamura