The third day of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 3 rounds, 2 players share the lead with 2 points each, with Bibisara Assaubayeva leading on tiebreaks.

🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva sacrificed a rook on move 31 against 🇨🇳 Zhu Jiner, winning the game in result. Bibisara played the game with 96.4 accuracy, while Jiner’s was 87.3.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 2
2. 🇷🇺 GM Kateryna Lagno 2
3. 🇷🇺 GM Aleksandra Goryachkina 1.5
4. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 1.5
5. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 1.5
6. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali R 1.5
7. 🇨🇳 GM Zhu Jiner 1
8. 🇨🇳 GM Tan Zhongyi 1

The FIDE Women’s 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 90+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: Yoav Nisenbaum / FIDE