Tournament
FIDE World Championship Match 2026
Photo: Geneva and the Jet d'Eau, Aminul Huq, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsGukesh defends his world title against Javokhir Sindarov, the winner of the 2026 Candidates.
No games yet: the table fills in once the first round finishes.
| # | Player | Elo | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | GMGukesh D | 2710 | 0/0 |
| – | GMJavokhir Sindarov | 2782 | 0/0 |
Crosstable
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sindarov | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gukesh | 0 |
Game 1 · 24 Nov
Game 2 · 25 Nov
Game 3 · 26 Nov
Game 4 · 28 Nov
Game 5 · 29 Nov
Game 6 · 30 Nov
Game 7 · 2 Dec
Game 8 · 3 Dec
Game 9 · 4 Dec
Game 10 · 6 Dec
Game 11 · 7 Dec
Game 12 · 8 Dec
Game 13 · 10 Dec
Game 14 · 11 Dec
Times are local to Geneva
Tue 24 Nov15:00Game 1Upcoming
Wed 25 Nov15:00Game 2Upcoming
Thu 26 Nov15:00Game 3Upcoming
Sat 28 Nov15:00Game 4Upcoming
Sun 29 Nov15:00Game 5Upcoming
Mon 30 Nov15:00Game 6Upcoming
Wed 2 Dec15:00Game 7Upcoming
Thu 3 Dec15:00Game 8Upcoming
Fri 4 Dec15:00Game 9Upcoming
Sun 6 Dec15:00Game 10Upcoming
Mon 7 Dec15:00Game 11Upcoming
Tue 8 Dec15:00Game 12Upcoming
Thu 10 Dec15:00Game 13Upcoming
Fri 11 Dec15:00Game 14Upcoming
Who wins the match
GukeshSindarov
12%88%
Level after 14 games 10% of the time: then tiebreaks (below).
Top stats
GukeshSindarov
2695Luft ratingClassical, recent results2856
+2OpeningsEdge out of the opening (moves 15–20)+6
+44FormLuft rating, last 3 months+12
0Tournaments wonClassical, 2600+ fields, last year2
½Head to head1 classical game½
The mark is on the side each stat favours. Every way the 14 games can go is worked out from them, White alternating.
One classical game
11%60%29%
Gukesh winsDrawSindarov wins
Likeliest final scores
- 4½–7½16%
- 5½–7½16%
- 6½–7½12%
- 3½–7½11%
- 7–710%
If it goes to tiebreaks
GukeshSindarov
27%73%
2676Rapid rating2800