Check out our FIDE Candidates Annotations by four-time Paraguayan Champion GM Axel Bachmann and former Hungarian Women's Champion WGM Petra Papp. They have annotated four Round 1 games for you to learn from, including Caruana vs Nakamura and Zhu vs Tan.

Find out what happened on the first day of the FIDE Candidates 2026 in our Round 1 Recap! GM Fabiano Caruana defeated GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Javokhir Sindarov won against GM Andrey Esipenko, and GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa beat GM Anish Giri, as the Women's tournament saw draws on all four boards.

Eight women and girls have qualified for the Queens' Online Chess Festival Finals on Lichess! Watch all the games now in our broadcast and read more about the event organised by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess in our announcement.

Round 1 of the FIDE Candidates 2026 has started! In the Open, world no. 2 GM Hikaru Nakamura faces GM Fabiano Caruana, and the Women's top seed GM Zhu Jiner takes on former Women's World Champion GM Tan Zhongyi, among others. Follow all the games in our broadcasts.

Congratulations to GM Ediz Gürel for winning our Bullet Titled Arena March 2026, ahead of GM Andy Woodward, GM Emin Ohanyan, GM Nihal Sarin, and IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher!

Watch our next Candidates pre-event interviews with Javokhir Sindarov and Wei Yi! Stay tuned for more interviews throughout the Candidates Tournaments.

The FIDE Candidates Tournaments 2026 will begin tomorrow, 2026-03-29 12:30 UTC in Pegeia, Cyprus! The winners will earn the right to challenge for the World Chess Championship and Women's World Chess Championship titles. Check out our preview blog, watch our on-site player interviews, and follow all the games in our broadcasts until 2026-04-16.