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FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026
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Round 3
Opening
Queen's Gambit Declined
Game
Moves
41
Date
2026-03-31
Result
1/2-1/2
Actions
Flip board
Analyze
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
♟
Esipenko, Andrey
2698
—
½
1.
d4
1:59:56
d5
1:59:48
2.
c4
1:59:51
e6
1:59:43
3.
Nf3
1:59:45
Nf6
1:59:37
4.
Nc3
1:59:42
Be7
1:59:30
5.
cxd5
1:59:34
exd5
1:59:24
6.
Bf4
1:59:29
O-O
1:59:16
7.
e3
1:59:23
c5
1:59:10
8.
dxc5
1:59:07
Bxc5
1:59:04
9.
Be2
1:58:45
Nc6
1:58:57
10.
O-O
1:58:38
Be6
1:58:51
11.
Rc1
1:58:30
Rc8
1:58:40
12.
Bd3
1:58:07
h6
1:53:22
13.
h3
1:54:53
a6
1:48:06
14.
Bb1
1:49:19
Qe7
1:31:52
15.
Re1
1:31:23
Rfd8
1:27:50
16.
Re2
1:21:21
d4
1:20:18
17.
exd4
1:20:36
Nxd4
1:20:00
18.
Rd2
1:19:27
Nxf3+
1:19:03
19.
Qxf3
1:19:21
Rxd2
1:16:16
20.
Bxd2
1:18:55
Rd8
1:12:51
21.
Be3
1:11:30
Bxe3
1:11:37
22.
Qxe3
1:11:28
Kf8
1:05:20
23.
a3
1:04:12
Bd7
1:02:24
24.
Qxe7+
1:01:24
Kxe7
1:02:22
25.
Re1+
1:01:11
Be6
59:13
26.
Ne4
57:03
b6
54:10
27.
Rc1
51:41
Rd4
43:16
28.
Nc3
44:36
Bc4
30:56
29.
Rd1
34:58
Rxd1+
29:17
30.
Nxd1
34:26
Nd5
22:27
31.
Ne3
32:35
Nxe3
22:16
32.
fxe3
32:33
g5
16:17
33.
g3
30:57
Kd6
15:32
34.
Kf2
30:26
Ke5
15:03
35.
h4
30:00
f6
14:48
36.
Bc2
29:35
a5
14:31
37.
Kf3
28:28
Be6
13:37
38.
Bd3
27:09
Bd7
11:57
39.
Bc2
26:51
Bc8
11:31
40.
Bd3
56:49
Bd7
41:26
41.
Bc2
57:14
1/2-1/2
♙
Bluebaum, Matthias
2698
—
½
0 / 81
♟
Esipenko, Andrey
½
1/2-1/2
½
Bluebaum, Matthias
♙