India, April 2 -- Fabiano Caruana stared at the carnage on the board and knew he had no choice but to resign and call it a night. Sitting across from him in a black business suit, was the 20-year-old who'd made his Wednesday evening hellish. Javokhir Sindarov - the firebrand Uzbek who has won three out of four games, rocketed into the sole lead and taken the Candidates tournament in Cyprus by storm - will be on the minds of the chasing pack of players. Behind him by a point, is world No 3 Caruana (2.5). India's R Praggnanandhaa is placed half a point below (2)

From four rounds, Praggnanandhaa has had a win, a loss and two draws. His only defeat came against Sindarov - a player he has been crossing paths with since his boyhood, back when ...