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Javokhir Sindarov wins the Candidates Tournament with \u2060a round \u2060to spare and will face India\u2019s Gukesh next.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 15 Apr 2026<\/span>15 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov has clinched victory in the chess Candidates Tournament with \u2060a round \u2060to spare, drawing with Dutchman Anish Giri to set up a World Championship match against India\u2019s Gukesh Dommaraju.<\/p>\n The 20-year-old stormed \u2060through the event in Cyprus on Tuesday, winning six of his 13 games and losing none in a dominant performance never seen at the Candidates.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Sindarov moved to \u20609.5 points, two clear of second-placed Giri on 7.5, after the Dutchman failed to convert a winning position against China\u2019s Wei Yi in the previous round.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the hardest week in my life. I even slept really bad the last \u200cfew days. I am very happy to finish this tournament with a win,\u201d Sindarov said after his win.<\/p>\n The tournament had been seen as a possible last opportunity for the old guard to mount another challenge for the world title, but Americans Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura never seriously threatened.<\/p>\n Gukesh won the title in 2024, defeating China\u2019s Ding Liren in the 14th and \u2060final game of their match. Ding had himself become \u2060champion by beating Ian Nepomniachtchi after Magnus Carlsen, the five-times champion who remains world number one, relinquished the crown, citing a lack of motivation.<\/p>\n \u201cI do not want to think a lot \u2060about the upcoming World Championship match right now. I know it will be a very hard match,\u201d Sindarov said.<\/p>\n \u201cGukesh \u2060has an experience of playing at this level. \u2060But I have a very good team. I have a lot to work on, and I will work a lot for this and take my chances.\u201d<\/p>\n While Sindarov\u2019s breakthrough and the broader rise \u200cof a younger generation are likely to prompt new speculation about a Carlsen comeback, the Norwegian has said he has no intention of returning to \u200cthe \u200cclassical World Championship cycle.<\/p>\n A precise date and a venue for the World Championship match have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Javokhir Sindarov wins the Candidates Tournament with \u2060a round \u2060to spare and will face India\u2019s Gukesh next. Published On 15 Apr 202615 Apr 2026 Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov has clinched victory in the chess Candidates Tournament with \u2060a round \u2060to spare, drawing with Dutchman Anish Giri to set up a World Championship match against India\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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