Bengaluru, June 4 -- Javokhir Sindarov spent a good chunk of last year working 10 hours a day on chess with his coach Roman Vidonyak in Munich. The Uzbek GM believes it's that hard work that was visible in his results at the Candidates tournament in March-April - he dominated and won with a record score to earn the right to challenge reigning world champion D Gukesh in the title match. The 20-year-old is in Oslo for Norway Chess to support his close friend and rumoured girlfriend, Kazakh GM Bibisara Assaubayeva, who currently has a nearly unassailable lead in the tournament with two rounds left. He will challenge Gukesh for the world title in a battle of 20-year-olds roughly six months from now. When asked, he named Cyprus - the setting of ...