Which of these chess openings will be played in the Candidates?
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90%
Berlin Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6)
87%
Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)
66%
Grünfeld Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)
66%
King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6)
50%
Trompowsky Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5)
50%
Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5)
50%
Caro-Kann Defense (1.e4 c6)
48%
Nimzo-Larsen Attack (1.b3)
34%
Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6)
25%
Scandinavian Defense (1.e4 d5)
15%
Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4)
10%
Sicilian Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4)
10%
Elephant Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5)
10%
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3)
10%
Danish Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3)
10%
Rousseau Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5)
8%
King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4)
4%
Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5)
4%
Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5)
4%
Stafford Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6)
The market refers to the 2026 Candidates tournament, occuring between March 28 and April 16, to decide the challenger to the world chess championship. Which of these openings will be played in the tournament? Please write a comment below if you have any suggestions.
I will use my best judgement to resolve in case there is any ambiguity. In general, transpositions count towards an opening, e.g. 1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 will count as a French Defense (Paulsen variation) even though it uses an unconventional move order with 1.d4.
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