Chess Candidates 2026 + PGN Mar 30, 2026

Don’t Just Watch the Candidates
Learn from the Strongest Players in the World

You could watch this prestigious tournament simply for its entertainment value. But why pass up the chance to also learn from the strongest players in the world while you do it?

With Chessable’s Chess Candidates 2026 course, you can do exactly that. Grandmaster Lars Schandorff brings you round-by-round coverage of both the Open and Women’s Candidates Tournament in Cyprus – updated continuously for Chessable PRO members as the tournament proceeds.

This is definitely a Candidates Tournament you won’t want to miss, as some of the game’s all-time superstars are battling to see who will challenge GM Gukesh Dommaraju in the World Chess Championship, and GM Ju Wenjun in the World Women’s Chess Championship. Candidates this year include:

• GM Fabiano Caruana (Chessable author!)
• GM Hikaru Nakamura (Chessable author!)
• GM Anish Giri (Chessable author!)
• GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
• GM Vaishali Rameshbabu
• GM Anna Muzychuk
• GM Aleksandra Goryachkina
• GM Tan Zhongyi

And more.

As a former Danish Champion and European Team Champion, your guide, GM Lars Schandorff, understands the psychological tests of high-level tournament play. And his many accolades as an author – including 2025 Chessable Author of the Year – mean he can break down that high-level play in a way that few presenters can.

In this course, you’ll get:

💎 Video recaps of each round, with a special detailed walkthrough of the Game of the Day for both the Open and Women’s sections

💎 Annotated lessons for each Game of the Day, with puzzles to test your understanding and challenge your calculation skills

💎 Notation of each and every game in the tournament, given in full