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Javokhir Sindarov won yet again to move to 5.5/6 and revive memories of Veselin Topalov's 6.5/7 in the first half of the World Championship tournament in San Luis in 2005 (and as Anand admitted, the only person to draw, he saved a lost position), there in exactly the same format, Topalov cruised to victory by drawing the entirity of the second half of the tournament. Whilst Sind...

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Javokhir Sindarov continues to lead the FIDE Candidates in Cyprus by a point after crushing Hikaru Nakamura with the black pieces. Even at this early stage it's already looking like it's going to be a fight between Sindarov and Fabiano Caruana, they're the only two looking in great form. Caruana overpowered the hitherto undefeated Matthias Bluebaum, he also made the win look ve...

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Javokhir Sindarov put a major marker down by beating Fabiano Caruana in Round 4 of the Candidates, the two were sharing the lead. Sindarov was one of the favourites before the event alongside Caruana. Sindarov has started with 3.5/4, whilst there's an extremely long way to go he looks in very fine form. In the women's event Bibisara Assaubayeva and Anna Muzychuk share the l...


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The second round of the FIDE Candidates in the Cap St Georges resort, near Pegeia, Cyprus saw all the games finish in a draw in the end. In the open event maybe Javokhir Sindarov got a little something against Matthias Bluebaum and perhaps Praggnanandhaa too could have done a little better against Wei Yi, Anish Giri vs Fabiano Caruana was a well played draw, Hikaru Nakamura s...

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The FIDE Candidates tournament in Cyprus started promisingly with wins for Javokhir Sindarov over Andrey Esipenko, Praggnanandhaa over Anish Giri and finally Fabiano Caruana over Hikaru Nakamura. Matthias Bluebaum against Wei Yi was a correct draw. In the women's event Aleksandra Goryachkina missed a simple combination that should have ended the game pretty much immediately aga...

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