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Bluebaum, Matthias - Esipenko, Andrey 2026.03.02

Round 3.4 FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026-open/round-3/SDizieNR/8fhADxUe

1.d4 [%eval 0.15] [%clk 1:59:56]

1... d5 [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:59:48]

2.c4 [%eval 0.22] [%clk 1:59:51]

2... e6 [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:59:43]

3.Nf3 [%eval 0.11] [%clk 1:59:45]

3... Nf6 [%eval 0.17] [%clk 1:59:37]

4.Nc3 [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:59:42]

4... Be7 [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:59:30]

5.cxd5 [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:59:34]

5... exd5 [%eval 0.09] [%clk 1:59:24]

6.Bf4 [%eval 0.08] [%clk 1:59:29]

6... O-O [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:59:16]

7.e3 [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:59:23]

7... c5 [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:59:10]

8.dxc5 [%eval 0.44] [%clk 1:59:07]

8... Bxc5 [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:59:04]

9.Be2 [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:58:45]

9... Nc6 [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:58:57]

10.O-O [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:58:38]

10... Be6 [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:58:51]

11.Rc1 [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:58:30]

11... Rc8 [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:58:40]

12.Bd3 [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:58:07]

12... h6 [%eval 0.28] [%clk 1:53:22]

13.h3 [%eval 0.3] [%clk 1:54:53]

13... a6 [%eval 0.33] [%clk 1:48:06]

14.Bb1 [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:49:19]

14... Qe7 [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:31:52]

15.Re1 [%eval 0.38] [%clk 1:31:23]

15... Rfd8 [%eval 0.39] [%clk 1:27:50]

16.Re2 [%eval -0.1] [%clk 1:21:21]

16... d4 [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:20:18]

17.exd4 [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:20:36]

17... Nxd4 [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:20:00]

18.Rd2 [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:19:27]

18... Nxf3+ [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:19:03]

19.Qxf3 [%eval -0.04] [%clk 1:19:21]

19... Rxd2 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:16:16]

20.Bxd2 [%eval -0.05] [%clk 1:18:55]

20... Rd8 [%eval -0.04] [%clk 1:12:51]

21.Be3 [%eval -0.02] [%clk 1:11:30]

21... Bxe3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:11:37]

22.Qxe3 [%eval -0.03] [%clk 1:11:28]

22... Kf8 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:05:20]

23.a3 [%eval -0.04] [%clk 1:04:12]

23... Bd7 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:02:24]

24.Qxe7+ [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:01:24]

24... Kxe7 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:02:22]

25.Re1+ [%eval 0.0] [%clk 1:01:11]

25... Be6 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:59:13]

26.Ne4 [%eval -0.19] [%clk 0:57:03]

26... b6 [%eval -0.26] [%clk 0:54:10]

27.Rc1 [%eval -0.31] [%clk 0:51:41]

27... Rd4 [%eval -0.21] [%clk 0:43:16]

28.Nc3 [%eval -0.8] Inaccuracy. Ng3 was best. [%clk 0:44:36]

28... Bc4 [%eval -0.2] Inaccuracy. Nd5 was best. [%clk 0:30:56]

29.Rd1 [%eval -0.21] [%clk 0:34:58]

29... Rxd1+ [%eval -0.24] [%clk 0:29:17]

30.Nxd1 [%eval -0.31] [%clk 0:34:26]

30... Nd5 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:22:27]

31.Ne3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:35]

31... Nxe3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:22:16]

32.fxe3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:32:33]

32... g5 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:16:17]

33.g3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:57]

33... Kd6 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:15:32]

34.Kf2 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:30:26]

34... Ke5 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:15:03]

35.h4 [%eval -0.01] [%clk 0:30:00]

35... f6 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:14:48]

36.Bc2 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:29:35]

36... a5 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:14:31]

37.Kf3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:28:28]

37... Be6 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:13:37]

38.Bd3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:27:09]

38... Bd7 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:11:57]

39.Bc2 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:26:51]

39... Bc8 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:11:31]

40.Bd3 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:56:49]

40... Bd7 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:41:26]

41.Bc2 [%eval 0.0] [%clk 0:57:14] 1/2-1/2