Sindarov motors on, India's Divya, Vaishali find first wins
Bengaluru, April 5 -- Twenty-year-old Javokhir Sindarov is doing almighty, astonishing things at the Candidates tournament. He won his four straight game in Cyprus on Saturday and is now on 5.5 points from six rounds. It's the sort of performance that hasn't been seen at such a high-stakes event since Veselin Topalov's 6.5/7 at the 2005 Fide World Championship.
R Praggnanandhaa - the lone Indian in the Open section, drew by three-fold repetition against world No.2 Hikaru Nakamura, and trails Sindarov by 2.5 points. Sindarov defeated Wei Yi with the Black pieces, in a game in which the latter seemed to have a reasonable position before faltering due to a few questionable choices and running low on time.
Sindarov's preparation has been the su...
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