{"id":389865,"date":"2026-04-09T13:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389865\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:09:20","slug":"candidates-r10-head-to-head-stats-chessbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389865\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates R10: Head-to-head stats | ChessBase"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Candidates Tournaments occupy a central place in the chess calendar, as it determines the challengers for the next World Chess Championships – in the open and women’s circuits.<\/p>\n

With only a small, elite field competing over a demanding round-robin format, every encounter carries considerable weight, and familiarity between players often plays a role. Examining head-to-head records offers a useful way to contextualise these rivalries ahead of such a decisive event.<\/p>\n

The focus here is placed on the direct records between participants, highlighting how individual matchups have developed over time. These statistics can reveal patterns that are not immediately apparent from ratings or recent form alone.<\/p>\n

To compile these figures efficiently, the data has been sourced using Mega Database 2026<\/a>, the leading reference tool for players of all levels. With over 11.7 million games spanning from 1475 to 2026 and more than 114,000 annotated encounters, it offers a comprehensive and reliable foundation for statistical work of this kind.<\/p>\n

In each pairing, stats have been separated in 1) classical encounters and 2) all encounters, which include rapid, blitz and chess960 games, played over the board or online.<\/p>\n

These stats do not include the results from the games played during the first half of the Candidates Tournaments.<\/p>\n

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Open – Round ten
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\nHikaru Nakamura has a major edge over Anish Giri in games across all formats, while most of their classical games ended drawn.
\nThere is no record of Wei Yi ever obtaining a win over Fabiano Caruana. Furthermore, Caruana won three of the five games they played against each other. Caruana once again defeated in their round-three encounter in Cyprus.
\nPraggnanandhaa Rameshbabu has a slight edge over Javokhir Sindarov both in classical games and in their overall record. However, Sindarov defeated Pragg in their first confrontation at this event.
\nMatthias Bluebaum and Andrey Esipenko only played two classical games prior to their round-three encounter in Cyprus (draw). Bluebaum beat Esipenko with black at the 2016 Aeroflot Open.
\nHikaru Nakamura v. Anish Giri<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

Fabiano Caruana v. Wei Yi<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu v. Javokhir Sindarov<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

Matthias Bluebaum v. Andrey Esipenko<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

Women’s – Round ten
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\nKateryna Lagno has a major edge over Tan Zhongyi in their contests across all formats. The Russian GM also defeated Tan in their first confrontation in Cyprus.
\nVaishali Rameshbabu and Anna Muzychuk played 10 classical games, with Vaishali winning the one encounter that ended decisively – which was played at the 2024 Women’s Candidates in Toronto.
\nDivya Deshmukh has never defeated Aleksandra Goryachkina as per the Mega Database records.
\nBibisara Assaubayeva defeated Zhu Jiner in round three, evening the overall score in their head-to-head record in classical chess.
\nTan Zhongyi v. Kateryna Lagno<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

Vaishali Rameshbabu v. Anna Muzychuk<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

Aleksandra Goryachkina v. Divya Deshmukh<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

Zhu Jiner v. Bibisara Assaubayeva<\/p>\n

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Classical chess confrontations<\/p>\n

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