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Candidates Round 11 - 11th April 2026

Giri v Esipenko Nakamura v Wei Yi Caruana v Sindarov

Pragg v Bluebaum All draws!

What can we say? Sindarov continues to absolutely nail it. The standings now, after 11 rounds are:

Sindarov 8.5

Giri 6.5

Caruana 5.5 Bluebaum, Nakamura, Wei Yi 5

Pragg 4.5

Esipenko 4

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Until the next day in chess – be lucky, and may all your gambits be accepted and give you a winning position!