Muzychuk Goryachkina · Move x Move

Dates: 28 Mar — 16 Apr 2026
Location: Paphos, CY
Field: 8 players
Format: Double round-robin
Time control: Classical
Rounds: 14 · 14 played
Decisive: 46%
Avg. rating: 2520

The Matchup

White

Credit

🇺🇦UKR

2nd · 6.0

Anna Muzychuk

2532 Performance · 1 behind leader

Last 5 games½L½½½

World#8Elo2522Age36

Former women's world champion and a perennial Candidates presence, combining creative complications with elite rapid instincts built over two decades at the top.

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½–½Draw

Black

Credit

🇫🇯FID

4th · 5.0

Aleksandra Goryachkina

2492 Performance · 2 behind leader

Last 5 games½L½WL

World#7Elo2534Age27

Two-time Candidates finalist and former women's world championship challenger, prized for deep preparation, relentless endgame technique, and grinding classical pressure.

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Head to head

Previous games in this event

Round 5: 1/2-1/2 · Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation. Read the annotated game →

Classical over-the-board (indexed)

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Key Moments

Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation

BlackGoryachkinaFID2534

5:45

WhiteMuzychukUKR2522

1:34

+75.4W

Classical factors on this position

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The Moves

Other lines considered

From the crossroads before this move — engine and player perspectives.

Hard to spot

Kf3f4f3

+33.74

What changed

Threatening

Muzychuk — Goryachkina