[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"]
[Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"]
[Date "2026.04.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[GameId "2296710255907543"]
[EventDate "2026.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CYP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:1800+30"]
1. e4 {3} e5 {4} 2. Nf3 {8} Nc6 {4} 3. Bc4 {9} Bc5 {5} 4. O-O {101} Nf6 {17} 5. d3 {16} O-O {7} 6. Nbd2 {59} d6 {11} 7. c3 {5} a5 {46} 8. h3 {41} Be6 {108} 9. Bb5 {173} Ba7 {21} 10. Re1 {160} Ne7 {48} 11. d4 {5} Ng6 {18} 12. Bd3 {20} Nh5 {181} 13. Nf1 {627} Nhf4 {140} 14. Ng3 {37} Nxd3 {790} 15. Qxd3 {19} a4 {388} 16. d5 {1254} Bd7 {27} 17. Bg5 {39} f6 {248} 18. Be3 {27} Bxe3 {445} 19. fxe3 {38} b5 {77} 20. b4 {579} axb3 {74} 21. axb3 {5} Qb8 {1124} 22. c4 {65} Qb6 {71} 23. Nf5 {444} Rfe8 {144} 24. N3h4 {1075} b4 {357} 25. Kh2 {355} Ra3 {259} 26. Rab1 {5} Ra2 {357} 27. Qd1 {903} Nxh4 {198} 28. Nxh4 {3} Rea8 {9} 29. Re2 {124} Qa7 {588} 30. Rc1 {79} Qb6 {210} 31. Nf3 {97} h6 {134} 32. Ne1 {206} Kh7 {315} 33. Rxa2 {207} Rxa2 {2} 34. Nc2 {5} Be8 {181} 35. Qd3 {48} Bg6 {33} 36. Ra1 {143} Rxa1 {299} 37. Nxa1 {3} c5 {8} 38. Kg3 {100} Qa7 {81} 39. Qb1 {36} h5 {95} 40. Kf3 {0} h4 {0} 41. Kg4 {844} Qe7 {147} 42. Qd3 {5} f5+ {389} 43. exf5 {4} Kh6 {16} 0-1