Torneo De Candidatos FIDE 2026: Matthias Bluebaum (Alemania, 2698)

 

El gran maestro alemán se ha labrado una sólida reputación como uno de los jugadores más fiables y técnicamente fuertes de Europa. Conocido por su conocimiento enciclopédico de aperturas, su excelente técnica en finales y su serenidad en los torneos, Bluebaum se ha convertido en una figura central del ajedrez alemán y un participante habitual en el circuito internacional de élite.

Dos veces campeón europeo, Bluebaum debuta en el Torneo de Candidatos gracias a su inesperado segundo puesto en el Grand Swiss de 2025, por delante de numerosos rivales consagrados y con mayor Elo. Es el tercer alemán en clasificarse para el Torneo de Candidatos, después de Robert Hübner y Wolfgang Uhlmann.

Ganador o co-ganador de varios torneos abiertos de élite en toda Europa, incluido su propio campeonato nacional, Matthias es también una figura clave en el equipo alemán, consolidándose entre los mejores jugadores alemanes de su generación.

Bluebaum puede que llegue como el menos favorito, pero hay que tener en cuenta que los jugadores que destacan en largos torneos suizos suelen tener un rendimiento sorprendentemente bueno en el formato de Candidatos.

[Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Chithambaram VR Aravindh"] [Black "M Bluebaum"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd3 Bxf4 14. gxf4 a5 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. e3 Qe7 17. Rg1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 c6 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Rag1 Rg8 21. b3 Nbd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Qf6 24. Rh3 Rac8 25. Rh5 c5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Qe5 Rgc8 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Bxb7 Rc2 31. Kg2 Ng4 32. Kf3 f5 33. h3 Nxf2 34. Rg6 Rb2 35. Bc6 e5 36. fxe5 Nd3 37. Re6 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Kf3 Rf2+ 40. Kg3 Re2 41. Kf3 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.18"] [Round "2"] [White "M Bluebaum"] [Black "Hans Moke Niemann"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Bb5 Kf7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rd4 h6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rc4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rhd8 20. Rc1 Rd3 21. Nxe4 Rxe3 22. Nd6+ Kg6 23. Rxc6 Rd8 24. Ra6 Re2 25. Rc2 Re1+ 26. Rc1 Re2 27. Rc2 Re1+ 28. Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Vincent Keymer"] [Black "M Bluebaum"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f4 Ng4 14. f5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc8 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. h3 Bh4+ 18. Kd2 Qd8 19. g3 Be7 20. Rac1 Nb6 21. g4 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Kc2 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Rce1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bd7 27. Qb4 Qh4 28. Re3 Qf2+ 29. Re2 Qg1 30. Re7 Rc8 31. Kd2 Nc4+ 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Qxb7 Ba4 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "4.7"] [White "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Black "Javokhir Sindarov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 a5 7. Be3 Na6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. f3 c6 13. Qd2 a4 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Nxa4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qg5 20. Rd2 Nf4 21. Kh1 Qh6 22. Qxd6 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Re6 24. Qc5 Nd3 25. Rxd3 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 g5 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.21"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Van Foreest, Jorden"] [Black "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2703"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Nd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Qe7+ 9. Kf1 Qh4 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Re1 Be6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. h3 Qf6 14. h4 h6 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re1 h5 18. g3 Rde8 19. Kg2 Bd7 20. Bf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Bc2 Kd8 25. Bb3 Bc6 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Kf4 f6 28. Kf5 Kf7 29. Bd1 Bd7+ 30. Kf4 Kg6 31. Bb3 Be6 32. Ba4 Kf7 33. Bd1 Kg6 34. Ba4 Kf7 35. Bc2 g6 36. Ba4 Kf8 37. f3 Kf7 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Kf8 40. g5 Ke7 41. Bd1 b6 42. Bf3 Bf7 43. Ke3 fxg5 44. hxg5 Kd7 45. Kd2 Kc7 46. Be2 Kb7 47. Kc2 a6 48. Kb3 Be6 49. Bd3 Bf7 50. Kb4 Be8 51. Be2 Bf7 52. Bd3 Be8 53. Bf1 Bf7 54. Bh3 Kc7 55. Bg4 Kb7 56. b3 Kc7 57. a4 Bg8 58. Be2 Kb7 59. a5 b5 60. Bd3 Bf7 61. Bb1 Kc7 62. Bc2 Kc6 63. Bb1 Kc7 64. c4 dxc4 65. bxc4 bxc4 66. d5 Be8 67. Kxc4 Kb7 68. Kd4 Kc7 69. Bd3 Kb7 70. Ke3 Ka7 71. Bc2 Kb7 72. Bd1 Kc7 73. Be2 Kb7 74. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.23"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Black "Erigaisi Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. h3 Bg7 7. g4 Bc8 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Be3 Qd8 16. b4 Bc8 17. Rac1 f6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Qd2 Rf7 20. Kh1 Ndf8 21. c5 g5 22. Nh2 Ng6 23. Bf3 g4 24. hxg4 Ng5 25. gxh5 Nxf3 26. Nxf3 Bg4 27. hxg6 Bxf3+ 28. Kh2 Rg7 29. Rg1 Bh5 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Rc6 Rxg6 33. Rxd6 Qf7 34. Bg5 Bg7 35. Rxg6 Bxg6 36. Bh4 Bxe4 37. Qg5 Rf8 38. Nd6 Qf4+ 39. Qxf4 Rxf4 40. Bg3 Rg4 41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Rc1 Rxb4 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rxa7 Bf6 46. a4 Kf5 47. Kg2 Rd4 48. a5 bxa5 49. Rxa5 Bh4 50. Bxh4 Rxh4 51. Ra8 Rd4 52. Rd8 e4 53. d6 Ke6 54. Kg3 Rxd6 55. Rxd6+ Kxd6 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. f3 exf3 58. Kxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.24"] [Round "7.2"] [White "R Praggnanandhaa"] [Black "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. b4 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxb4 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rc7 Rab8 17. Qh5 h6 18. d5 Qd8 19. dxe6 Qxc7 20. Qf5 g6 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Bc4 d5 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Be5 Qd8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.25"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Black "Thai Dai Van Nguyen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Rxb4 Nxb4 14. Qb3 Qxa2 15. Qxb4 a5 16. Qb6 e5 17. Nxe5 a4 18. Qb4 Qa1+ 19. Bd1 a3 20. Bc3 Qc1 21. Nd3 Qg5 22. O-O a2 23. Ba1 Bh3 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. d5 b5 26. e5 Ra4 27. Qxb5 Raa8 28. Be4 Rab8 29. Qa4 Qg4 30. f4 Qe2 31. gxh3 Rb1 32. Bg2 h5 33. e6 Qxd3 34. Qa7 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 Qb1+ 36. Bf1 Qxa1 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "9.1"] [White "D Gukesh"] [Black "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. c4 d4 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Bc2 a5 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. b3 Qd6 20. Qh5 f5 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. a3 Ne6 24. Nd2 Bd6 25. Qf3 Rf7 26. c5 Bxc5 27. Nc4 e4 28. dxe4 Ng5 29. Qxf5 Qe7 30. Qg6 d3 31. Bxd3 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rf6 33. Qh5 Bxe1 34. Rxe1 b5 35. Nxa5 Ref8 36. h4 Qe5 37. Rg1 Qg3 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.28"] [Round "10.6"] [White "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Black "Anish Giri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 e5 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. h3 Qe7 13. g4 Ng7 14. f5 Qh4 15. Nf4 h5 16. Ng2 Qxh3 17. Rf3 Qxg4 18. Be2 gxf5 19. Re3 Qg5 20. exf5+ Ne7 21. Qxd6 Bc6 22. Re4 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 24. Kf2 Bxf5 25. Bg5 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.30"] [Round "11.3"] [White "Vladimir Fedoseev"] [Black "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be5 16. c3 Rb8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Rac1 c4 19. Bc2 Ne4 20. Nd4 cxb3 21. axb3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qb6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxb3 25. Re3 Qb5 26. Qf4 Rfc8 27. Rce1 Rb6 28. Rg3 Bf5 29. Kh2 Bg6 30. Re7 Qf5 31. Qxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxa7 g5 33. Rf3 Be4 34. Re3 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 gxh4 36. Rf3 Rg6+ 37. Kf1 Rd8 38. Rf4 Re6 39. Kg2 Red6 40. Ra4 Rb8 41. Ra3 Rb4 42. Rd3 Kg7 43. Rxh4 f5 44. Rf4 Kf6 45. Kf3 Ra4 46. h4 Rb4 47. Ke2 Ra4 48. Kd2 Rc4 49. Ke3 Re6+ 50. Kf3 Rd6 51. Rd2 Rb4 52. Ke3 Rb3+ 53. Ke2 Re6+ 54. Kf1 Re4 55. Rxe4 fxe4 56. Ke2 Rh3 57. d5 Ke7 58. Rd4 Rxh4 59. Ke3 Rh2 60. Rd2 Rh4 61. Rd4 Rh2 62. Rxe4+ Kd6 63. f4 Kxd5 64. Re5+ Kd6 65. Kf3 h5 66. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.01.31"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 c6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. h3 Nf8 12. Bg3 Ne6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nec5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. b4 Nf8 19. bxc5 Nxh7 20. e4 Qa5 21. exd5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 cxd5 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. Rac1 Qa5 25. Qb2 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qa5 27. Nd4 f6 28. Qb2 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Rf7 Nf6 31. Rf1 Qc7 32. Ncb5 Qc4 33. R1xf6 gxf6 34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qg5 36. Rxd7 Re4 37. Nd6 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qxd4 39. Nxe4 Qxf2+ 40. Nxf2 Rc8 41. Rxb7 Rc2 42. Kg1 Rxa2 43. Ng4 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel Masters"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2026.02.01"] [Round "13.2"] [White "Matthias Bluebaum"] [Black "Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2026.01.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Bc3 Bxc3 15. Nxc3 d4 16. Ne4 h6 17. Rad1 dxe3 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. fxe3 Qe7 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Qg6 Bg4 23. Rf1 Raf8 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Qxg4 Qxa2 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qxb7 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qc2+ 30. Kg3 Qg6+ 31. Kf4 Qg5+ 32. Kf3 Qf5+ 33. Kg3 Qg6+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kg3 Qg6+ 36. Kf2 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 1/2-1/2