The third day of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 3 rounds, 2 players share the lead with 2.5 points each, with Fabiano Caruana leading on tiebreaks.

🇨🇳 Wei Yi in a game with 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana blundered a piece on move 17, and gave up two moves later. Caruana played the game with 99.5 accuracy, while Wei’s was 90.3.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 2.5
2. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 2.5
3. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 1.5
4. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 1.5
5. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 1
6. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 1
7. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 1
8. 🇷🇺 GM Andrey Esipenko 1

The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 takes place from March 28 to April 16, at the Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus. The event features a 120+0 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over double Round-Robin between 8 players.

Credit: Michal Walusza / FIDE