Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this stream I commentated round 5 of the 2026 FIDE Candidates, with the help of some special guests.

0:00 Twitch Chat vs YouTube Chat
13:56 Today's Candidates Match
15:48 Opening of Caruana-Bluebaum
18:31 Opening of Nakamura-Sindarov
36:48 Back to Caruana-Bluebaum
46:19 Opening of Pragg-Esipenko
49:44 My First Special Guest!
55:03 Opening of Giri-Wei
1:03:36 Opening of Lagno-Bibisara
1:06:19 Back to Nakamura-Sindarov
1:08:33 Welcome Back Irene--on location in Cyprus!
1:26:18 My Second Special Guest!
2:17:10 Quick look at each game in progress
2:35:33 Back to Nakamura-Sindarov
2:42:23 Back to Caruana-Bluebaum
2:48:47 Nakamura-Sindarov
2:50:02 Caruana-Bluebaum
2:52:49 Pragg-Esipenko
2:59:13 Caruana-Bluebaum
3:00:01 Nakamura-Sindarov
3:27:07 Caruana-Bluebaum

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