FIDE Candidates 2026 | Round 9 | Pragg vs Wei Yi, Vaishali vs Divya

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The Candidates Tournament is the second-most important event in the World of Chess after the World Chess Championship. The FIDE Candidates and FIDE Women's Candidates will take place from 29th March-15th April at Cyprus. 8 players in Open, and 8 players in the Women event will play a classical double-robin tournament - the winners challenge D Gukesh and Ju Wenjun respectively for the World Championship match. Here are the pairings of the 2nd round:

Open:
Hikaru Nakamura — Andrey Esipenko
Fabiano Caruana — Anish Giri
Praggnanandhaa R — Wei Yi
Matthias Bluebaum — Javokhir Sindarov

Women:
Tan Zhongyi — Anna Muzychuk
Zhu Jiner — Kateryna Lagno
Aleksandra Goryachkina — Bibisara Assaubayeva
Vaishali Rameshbabu — Divya Deshmukh

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