Videos

Closing Ceremony

Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFwbKmFjag;Javokhir Sindarov: “I will try to win the World Championship match”;19:04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5TJMiHqiwc;Interview with Roman Vidonyak | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;5:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kr-xTaRKCM;Interview with 🇳🇱 Anish Giri | Round 13 | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;7:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkRp_LvKluI;"I'm very happy for him Javokhir) and very proud" -Bibisara Assaubayeva;2:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crT0qWt-pUM;Interview with Isai Sсheinberg | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;4:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aBa1erajzE;Interview with 🇳🇱 Anish Giri | Round 12 | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;6:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH70eNvlvA0;"The goal is just to play some decent games" - Fabiano Caruana | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;3:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CON2fyt_KkA;Interview with Constantinos Malaou | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;4:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCAQSJb8MrI;Interview with Hikaru Nakamura | Round 11 | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;3:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyUDxHfTck4;Interview with Aleksandra Goryachkina | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;2:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaUpoy5SQZc;Interview with Boris Gelfand | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;7:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxFBuzoXndQ;Interview with Zhu Jiner | Round 9 | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;1:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfurP29umEY;Interview with FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026;18:17 https://youtu.be/ypfvitbcoqg?si=Ko5W6MmxI28SoIw0;Interview with Kateryna Lagno | Round 8; 2:26 https://youtu.be/TBvtVBITC8w?si=XME53cYPgHz6xJTy;"I don't care, I'm just playing good chess" - 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov | FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026; 1:52 https://youtu.be/xSnzwa-yWkA?si=Zyj9V19TaK9vAxK8;Football star David Luiz: “Salah, Kanté, and Zouma were playing a lot of chess”; 2:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f0umYe-x4Q;Behind the Scenes: How Families Support FIDE Candidates Players; 6:16 https://youtu.be/J7LOgjIxWR8?si=j6mh01G-8U3lKp7A;Javokhir Sindarov on his draw with Anish Giri: “I think we played a very nice game.”; 4:07 https://youtu.be/0Zqukhd-MlQ?si=hvyEe5Y4cqV4A7Xi;Divya: “I wasn’t a fan of my position, but if I’m going to be worse, I might as well be a pawn up.”; 5:49 https://youtu.be/vtujvBDxM1Y?si=wXJ75JD4MBs2IW2v;Anna Muzychuk defeats Zhu Jiner and takes the sole lead in the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026!; 2:24 https://youtu.be/S-tVbYpuRMQ?si=z9VBTI1OlZZcL97J; Nakamura: "Draw seemed like a reasonable result. I was sort of surprised that Pragg didn't play on"; 2:58 https://youtu.be/4xcBbDqZ4v0?si=o9PxrpiT9S1R33iD; Interview with Iosif Iosifides, Finance Director of Mohari Group Cyprus; 2:18 https://youtu.be/oeCua39MKSs?si=gvDSkXpzjiHKYl3F;Interview with Demetris Skourides, Chief Scientist of the Republic of Cyprus; 6:00 https://youtu.be/lTbeLvPO9Zw?si=KgfMpShC6F62NcOl;Nakamura after his loss to Sindarov: "Without any prep it's impossible to play that position";0:33 https://youtu.be/VRGZxAxlSnI?si=gkSNNAAGuCV7hKgM;Zhu Jiner after her victory against Divya Deshmukh: “I think I’ve played well.”; 1:48 https://youtu.be/zxirFOPRrKY?si=qOupszV1UcBot8hH;Atousa Pourkashiyan: “Everyone wants to become a champion”; 5:06 https://youtu.be/0rzG3eLtTJI?si=JrY7NVvoqdSdVDoo;Vaishali Rameshbabu on the Women’s Candidates 2026, Her Routine and Pragg;11:20 https://youtu.be/mhvvVhgdktI?si=TliY5LO8EWWsHfwm;Hikaru Nakamura: "Playing classical chess is much more tiring than streaming";2:28 https://youtu.be/xXYauSGIaVI?si=VwsyDUG1CHXsUW12; Matthias Bluebaum on the "Sweep", self-criticism, and preparation; 9:52 https://youtu.be/3bl2Ag1CvU8?si=RDoFdWYaK4x3GX4b; Fabiano Caruana: “Anish Giri is very well prepared and very dangerous.”;4:08 https://youtu.be/9MNaTQUQFG8?si=LRMbKcro-2XTGlxV; Kateryna Lagno on the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026, Motherhood and Top-Level Chess;8:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9dtWkcHizw;Anna Muzychuk on the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026, Late Entry and Preparation;10:00 https://youtu.be/U9dtWkcHizw?si=t5QUoKUf4GifeRSo; Andrey Esipenko on the FIDE Candidates 2026, World Cup vs Candidates and Top-Level Rivalry; 11:54; https://youtu.be/aaVibBQQAu0?si=6ayMdb_Gtxqc5ijj;Caruana after his victory against Nakamura: "Tired and a little embarrassed, but happy";6:15 https://youtu.be/mtgrU7ow5AU?si=Xn-ZXu7FgckwCFxH; Interview with Anna Muzychuk; 2:59 https://youtu.be/rJUjEH61TD4?si=8HM9HVJrP6JqCit7; Bibisara Assaubayeva on the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026, Kazakh Chess and Her Journey; 11:23 https://youtu.be/tWEQ9rVopxU?si=CPqjMyHauEMfW6A4;Wei Yi on the FIDE Candidates 2026, Education and Ding's legacy;11:01 https://youtu.be/ZB0rwbfWW5k?si=hW2qMI98uK-FkZho; Javokhir Sindarov on the FIDE Candidates 2026 and videogames;14:29 https://youtu.be/D-0KlYlBR1U?si=pJTDOC15OiLdaoPf;Praggnanandhaa R on the FIDE Candidates 2026, training and supporters;17:11 https://youtu.be/TIhUDaKAaxQ?si=ytzCAnBTN4MQ5QJo; Anish Giri on the FIDE Candidates 2026, Mentality & Social Media; 17:43 https://youtu.be/o1Jm1qqQ358?si=lHsu_StU0uAldd6v; Interview with Kostas Koumis, Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus; 4:15 https://youtu.be/41vvZAA2NNk?si=Gmn5C_W7PVTDza_n;Interview with Timur Turlov, Freedom Holding Corp CEO; 8:36 https://youtu.be/NZzuZPc7vbw?si=FOuITuYGJ-Ir4_d8; Hikaru Nakamura on the FIDE Candidates 2026 and the mentality of top players;18:20 https://youtu.be/tLf0j-4_SWk?si=iJj9KJVf2lCjKLaJ; Divya Deshmukh on the FIDE Candidates 2026 and what changed after Women's World Cup victory; 8:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoqrfCCMRfw; Fabiano Caruana on the FIDE Candidates 2026, Nakamura Rivalry and chess in the United States; 12:59

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Day 1

Before the event

History of the Candidates