FIDE Candidates 2026 | Round 1 | Pragg vs Anish, Vaishali vs Bibisara, Divya vs Muzychuk

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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 first round:

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

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

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