Started on March 29, this tournament gathers Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Anish Giri, Matthias Bluebaum, Javokhir Sindarov, Wei Yi, and Andrey Esipenko in Cyprus to determine the World Champion's challenger. It runs alongside the Women's Candidates featuring Zhu Jiner, Tan Zhongyi, Anna Muzychuk, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Kateryna Lagno, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Divya Deshmukh, and Vaishali Rameshbabu.
🗓️ When
March 29, 2026
📍 End
April 16, 2026
📌 Where
Paphos, Cyprus