FIDE Candidates Tournament

The 2026 Candidates Tournament is underway in Pegeia, Cyprus.

After Round 8, the standings in the Open tournament are as follows:
Javokhir Sindarov — 6.5 points
Fabiano Caruana — 4.5 points
Anish Giri — 4.5 points
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa — 3.5 points
Matthias Bluebaum — 3.5 points
Wei Yi — 3.5 points
Hikaru Nakamura — 3.5 points
Andrey Esipenko — 2.5 points

The standings in the Women's tournament are:
Divya Deshmukh — 4.5 points
Rameshbabu Vaishali — 4.5 points
Anna Muzychuk — 4.5 points
Zhu Jiner — 4.5 points
Kateryna Lagno — 4.5 points
Aleksandra Goryachkina — 3.5 points
Bibisara Assaubayeva — 3.5 points
Tan Zhongyi — 2.5 points

Round 9 will start on April 8 at 16:30 Armenian time.

You can follow the games live here.