Kandidatenfinale/Runde 8

By Christian Petersen Date 2026-04-07 10:30 Upvotes 2

Stand:

Herren:
1 Javokhir Sindarov (UZB)   6 / 7
2 Fabiano Caruana (USA)    4.5 / 7
3 Anish Giri (NED) 3.5 / 7
4 R Praggnanandhaa (IND)   3.5 / 7
5 Matthias Blübaum (GER)   3 / 7
6 Wei Yi (CHN) 3 / 7
7 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)    2.5 / 7
8 Andrey Esipenko (FIDE)   2 / 7

Ladies:

Anna Muzychuk (UKR) 4.5 / 7
Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND) 4 / 7
Zhu Jiner (CHN) 3.5 / 7
Aleksandra Goryachkina (FIDE)   3.5 / 7
Divya Deshmukh (IND)    3.5 / 7
Kateryna Lagno (FIDE)    3.5 / 7
Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ)    3 / 7
Tan Zhongyi (CHN)    2.5 / 7

https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026-open/round-3/SDizieNR

By Peter Martan Date 2026-04-07 18:15 Edited 2026-04-07 18:19

Caruana verliert gerade gegen Nakamura in einem Turm- Bauern- Endspiel nach 28...h5 statt ...Tab2, das ausgeglichen gewesen wäre.

Nach 28...Tab2

Analysis by Stockfish dev-20260402-5eeca739:

29.Txa5 Tb7 30.e5 fxe5 31.Txe5 Tc2 32.Te4 g6 33.Td1 Kg7 34.Tf4 Tf7 35.Txf7+ Kxf7 36.Td7+ Kg8 37.Td4 Kf7 38.g4 h5 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.Te4+ Kf6 41.h4 c5 42.Kg3 Tc3+ 43.f3 hxg4 44.Txg4 Kf7 45.Tf4+ Kg7 46.Kg4 Kh6 47.Te4 Kg7 48.Kg3 Kh6 49.Kf4 Td3 50.Kg4 Td1 51.Tf4 Tg1+ 52.Kh3 Th1+ 53.Kg3 Tc1 54.Kf2 Tc3 55.Tg4 Tc2+ 56.Kg3 Tc3 57.Te4 Tc2 58.Kf4 Tc3 59.Kg3
Tiefe: 65/47 00:00:27 988MN, tb=5556977
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.
= (0.00)

Nach dem Textzug 28...h5?

Analysis by Stockfish dev-20260402-5eeca739:

29.Td1 Tbb2 30.Td8+ Kh7 31.Tdd7 Txf2 32.Txg7+ Kh6 33.h4 f5 34.e5 f4 35.Th7+ Kg6 36.Tag7+ Kf5 37.Txh5+ Ke4 38.e6 Tfe2 39.e7 Kd4 40.Tf5 Ta1+ 41.Kh2 Tf1 42.h5 Te6 43.Tf8 Tfe1 44.Txf4+ Kc5 45.Th4 Th6 46.Kg3 a4 47.Th1 Tee6 48.Kf4 a3 49.g4 a2 50.Kg5 Th8 51.Ta1 Te5+ 52.Kf6 Te2 53.Tg5+ Kb4
Tiefe: 22/70 00:00:27 1031MN, tb=6354046
Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.
+- (4.57)

By Peter Martan Date 2026-04-07 20:13

Caruana hat sich noch ziemlich lang tapfer gewehrt

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"]
[Date "2026.04.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[GameId "2296356808807744"]
[EventDate "2026.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CYP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:1800+30"]

1. c4 {5} c5 {14} 2. Nf3 {15} Nc6 {40} 3. d4 {5} cxd4 {11} 4. Nxd4 {6} Nf6 {60} 5. Nc3 {6} e6 {14} 6. Bf4 {13} d5 {423} 7. cxd5 {34} Nxd5 {17} 8. Nxc6 {6} bxc6 {3} 9. Bd2 {7} Bb4 {168} 10. Qa4 {127} a5 {1217} 11. e4 {75} Nxc3 {85} 12. bxc3 {2} Be7 {5} 13. Be2 {23} O-O {85} 14. Bf4 {62} Ba6 {562} 15. Bxa6 {97} Rxa6 {3} 16. Rd1 {5} Qb6 {959} 17. O-O {39} Qb5 {14} 18. Qc2 {2} Bc5 {50} 19. c4 {2083} Qb7 {338} 20. Be5 {28} Qe7 {198} 21. Qd3 {210} f6 {1039} 22. Bd6 {65} Bxd6 {4} 23. Qxd6 {4} Qxd6 {3} 24. Rxd6 {2} Rb8 {10} 25. Rxe6 {1399} Rb2 {58} 26. Re7 {359} Rab6 {556} 27. Ra7 {792} Rxa2 {412} 28. h3 {17} h5 {122} 29. Rd1 {103} Rbb2 {4} 30. Rd8+ {78} Kh7 {3} 31. Rdd7 {4} Rxf2 {5} 32. Rxg7+ {3} Kh8 {6} 33. Rh7+ {277} Kg8 {3} 34. Rag7+ {35} Kf8 {2} 35. Rf7+ {4} Kg8 {66} 36. Rhg7+ {40} Kh8 {3} 37. Rg6 {73} Rf4 {204} 38. Rfxf6 {620} Rxf6 {13} 39. Rxf6 {2} Kg7 {96} 40. Rxc6 {0} Rc2 {0} 41. Rc5 {620} Kg6 {181} 42. Rxa5 {37} Rxc4 {4} 43. Re5 {2} h4 {32} 44. Kf2 {1} Rc2+ {22} 45. Kf3 {1} Rc3+ {4} 46. Kg4 {9} Rg3+ {4} 47. Kxh4 {3} Rxg2 {3} 48. Rf5 {4} Rg1 {353} 49. Rf4 {26} Ra1 {21} 50. Kg3 {196} Rg1+ {51} 51. Kf3 {52} Rf1+ {12} 52. Ke3 {5} Re1+ {9} 53. Kd4 {98} Ra1 {9} 54. Rf5 {86} Rh1 {57} 55. Rf3 {4} Ra1 {18} 56. h4 {128} Ra4+ {5} 57. Ke5 {5} Ra5+ {6} 58. Kf4 {4} Rh5 {15} 59. Kg4 {162} Re5 {3} 60. Rf4 {5} Kh6 {7} 61. Kf3 {19} Kg6 {13} 62. Ke3 {163} Ra5 {5} 63. Rg4+ {60} Kf6 {5} 64. Rg5 {11} Ra1 {34} 65. Rf5+ {313} Kg6 {4} 66. h5+ {381} Kh6 {3} 67. e5 {56} 1-0

By Peter Martan Date 2026-04-07 18:31 Edited 2026-04-07 19:29 Upvotes 1

Und Praggnandhaa hat gegen Giri bei 35...Df7? die Partie wahrscheinlich auch bereits verloren.

Danach

Analysis by Stockfish dev-20260402-5eeca739:

36.e6 Dg6 37.Kh2 Tc4 38.Tf2 Kh7 39.Te5 Kg8 40.Te3 Dg5 41.Tf7 Lc2 42.De1 Le4 43.Tg3 De5 44.Tfxg7+ Dxg7 45.Txg7+ Kxg7 46.Da1 Kg8 47.Da7 Tf8
Tiefe: 18/72 00:00:13 451MN, tb=459589
Weiß hat entscheidenden Vorteil.
+- (3.44)

Nach 35...Lb5 statt dessen:

Analysis by Stockfish dev-20260402-5eeca739:

36.Te3 La4 37.Sf5 Lc2 38.Sd6 Te6 39.Dd4 Le4 40.Kh2 Tc2 41.Sxe4 dxe4 42.Dxe4 Tc5 43.Dd4 Kh8 44.Te4 Kg8
Tiefe: 57/23 00:00:31 1096MN, tb=1599122
Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.
= (0.00)

Edit: schon aus.

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"]
[Date "2026.04.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[GameId "2296347783324170"]
[EventDate "2026.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CYP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:1800+30"]

1. d4 {2} Nf6 {41} 2. c4 {6} e6 {5} 3. Nf3 {3} d5 {9} 4. Nc3 {4} dxc4 {33} 5. e4 {8} b5 {6} 6. e5 {27} Nd5 {20} 7. Nxb5 {6} Nb6 {4} 8. Be2 {18} Be7 {17} 9. O-O {28} O-O {25} 10. a4 {218} Ba6 {1035} 11. Na3 {175} c5 {279} 12. a5 {664} Nd5 {94} 13. Bxc4 {1060} Qxa5 {827} 14. Nc2 {68} Qb6 {50} 15. Bxd5 {620} exd5 {14} 16. Re1 {57} Bb7 {1728} 17. Bg5 {177} Bxg5 {473} 18. Nxg5 {25} h6 {5} 19. dxc5 {839} Qxc5 {8} 20. Nf3 {93} Nc6 {32} 21. Ncd4 {102} Nxd4 {47} 22. Nxd4 {6} Bc8 {31} 23. Qd2 {554} Rb8 {216} 24. Rec1 {447} Qb6 {115} 25. b3 {182} Bd7 {97} 26. h3 {69} Rfc8 {172} 27. Rd1 {190} Rc5 {66} 28. Kh2 {19} a5 {134} 29. f4 {11} f6 {248} 30. Re1 {173} Re8 {491} 31. Re2 {178} fxe5 {122} 32. fxe5 {5} Qc7 {304} 33. Rae1 {45} a4 {16} 34. bxa4 {43} Bxa4 {10} 35. Kh1 {6} Qf7 {118} 36. e6 {156} Qg6 {7} 37. Rf2 {178} Rc4 {102} 38. Rf4 {141} h5 {101} 39. Qf2 {118} Bc2 {51} 40. e7 {0} Be4 {0} 41. Rf8+ {822} Kh7 {53} 42. Rxe8 {6} Qxe8 {16} 43. Rxe4 {221} dxe4 {190} 44. Qf5+ {214} 1-0

By Peter Martan Date 2026-04-07 19:50

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"]
[Date "2026.04.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[GameId "2296352612307904"]
[EventDate "2026.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CYP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:1800+30"]

1. e4 {7} e5 {6} 2. Nc3 {17} Nf6 {11} 3. Bc4 {27} Nc6 {43} 4. d3 {19} Bb4 {19} 5. Nf3 {26} d5 {64} 6. exd5 {8} Nxd5 {5} 7. O-O {8} Bxc3 {7} 8. bxc3 {4} Bg4 {6} 9. Re1 {93} O-O {87} 10. Bd2 {9} Bh5 {47} 11. a4 {228} Kh8 {769} 12. a5 {594} Rb8 {325} 13. Bb5 {1551} Nde7 {760} 14. Ra4 {43} Qd5 {668} 15. Bc4 {226} Qd6 {644} 16. Bc1 {1132} f6 {662} 17. Ba3 {104} Qd7 {15} 18. Bb5 {28} Rfd8 {395} 19. Rh4 {386} Bf7 {126} 20. Bxe7 {133} Qxe7 {3} 21. d4 {76} Bg6 {630} 22. a6 {138} Qd6 {177} 23. Bd3 {385} Bxd3 {32} 24. Qxd3 {3} h6 {3} 25. axb7 {106} Rxb7 {383} 26. g4 {158} Kg8 {240} 27. Rh5 {306} Qd7 {95} 28. h3 {151} Qf7 {49} 29. Qe4 {26} Qd5 {48} 30. Qe2 {75} Re8 {81} 31. c4 {530} Qf7 {149} 32. Qe4 {152} Qxc4 {154} 33. Rxh6 {79} gxh6 {96} 34. Qg6+ {2} Kf8 {2} 35. Qxf6+ {4} Kg8 {36} 36. Qg6+ {7} Kf8 {1} 37. Qf6+ {64} Kg8 {2} 38. Qg6+ {11} Kf8 {2} 39. Qxh6+ {6} Kg8 {63} 40. Qg6+ {0} Kf8 {0} 41. Qf6+ {1717} Kg8 {58} 42. Ng5 {24} Nxd4 {744} 43. Qg6+ {7} Kf8 {1} 44. Qf6+ {13} Kg8 {15} 45. Qg6+ {5} Kf8 {1} 46. Qh6+ {8} Ke7 {8} 47. Rxe5+ {5} Kd8 {27} 48. Qf6+ {39} Kd7 {1} 49. Qg7+ {16} Kd8 {119} 50. Qf6+ {96} Kd7 {3} 51. Qg7+ {7} Kd8 {1} 52. Qf6+ {22} 1/2-1/2