Candidates 2026Fabiano Caruana
    Fabiano Caruana
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    Fabiano Caruana

    Rank #3 2795 FIDE FIDE Circuit📖 Prep Machine

    "The final boss of opening prep. Fifth Candidates appearance and a 7/9 Saint Louis warm-up. If experience wins tournaments, Fabi already has the trophy."

    · Elomaxing Verdict

    Win Probability

    22.5%

    Community Aura

    90%

    Recent Form

    17 / 7 / 6

    About Fabiano

    Qualified by winning the 2024 FIDE Circuit, a season-long competition rewarding elite tournament performances, Fabiano will make his fifth appearance at the Candidates. Currently holding the world’s number three rating position, Caruana has been a staple in the fight for the world title for over a decade and is renowned for his deep opening preparation and extraordinary calculation... Caruana is widely regarded as one of the strongest players of the 21st century and one of the most formidable challengers to the world championship crown. Many analysts consider Caruana the natural favourite and, if experience counts for anything in the Candidates, he has plenty of it!

    Rating & Standings

    • World Rank#3
    • FIDE Rating2795
    • QualificationFIDE Circuit

    Candidates Profile

    • FormHOT
    • Elomaxing Win Prob.22.5%
    • Community Aura90%

    Recent Games

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    Most Played Openings (Last 30 Games)

    Detected from recent Chess.com games

    Ruy Lopez Opening Morphy Defense Tarrasch Variation

    2x (7%)

    Sicilian Defense French Variation

    1x (3%)

    English Opening Anglo Dutch Defense...5.d3 Be7

    1x (3%)

    Queens Pawn Opening Levitsky Attack

    1x (3%)

    Four Knights Game

    1x (3%)

    Trompowsky Attack

    1x (3%)

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