IMAGE: Javokhir Sindarov stormed to victory within the Candidates Event to arrange a World Championship match in opposition to India’s D Gukesh. {Photograph}: Niki Riga/FIDE
Key Factors
- Javokhir Sindarov received six of his 13 video games with out dropping any in a dominant efficiency by no means seen on the Candidates.
- Sindarov moved to 9.5 factors, two away from second-placed Giri on 7.5.
- Gukesh received the World title in 2024, defeating China’s Ding Liren within the 14th and last recreation of their match.
Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov clinched victory within the Candidates Event with a spherical to spare on Tuesday, drawing with Dutchman Anish Giri to arrange a World Championship match in opposition to India’s D Gukesh.
The 20-year-old stormed by the occasion in Cyprus, successful six of his 13 video games and dropping none in a dominant efficiency by no means seen on the Candidates.
Sindarov moved to 9.5 factors, two away from second-placed Giri on 7.5 after the Dutchman did not convert a successful place in opposition to China’s Wei Yi within the earlier spherical.
The match had been seen as a attainable final alternative for the outdated guard to mount one other problem for the world title, however Individuals Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura by no means significantly threatened.
Gukesh received the title in 2024, defeating China’s Ding Liren within the 14th and last recreation of their match. Ding had himself turn into champion by beating Ian Nepomniachtchi after Magnus Carlsen, the five-time champion who stays world primary, relinquished the crown, citing an absence of motivation.
Whereas Sindarov’s breakthrough and the broader rise of a youthful era are prone to gasoline contemporary hypothesis a few Carlsen comeback, the Norwegian has mentioned he has no intention of returning to the classical world championship cycle.
A exact date and a venue for the World Championship match have but to be introduced.
