India, June 29 -- Javokhir Sindarov has a somewhat important match to play later this year. It might be hard to tell from the number of tournaments he's playing in the run-up to it.

The 20-year-old Uzbek GM and challenger, who will take on Gukesh in the World Championship match in November is playing a battery of competitions - Grand Chess Tour events, World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships, inaugural Daniel Naroditsky Memorial Rapid and Blitz tournament and the Chess Olympiad, will be arriving in India in September, along with a galaxy of stars such world No 1 Magnus Carlsen, to play the fourth season of the Global Chess League (GCL).

The GCL, which will be held in Bengaluru between September 3-13 just ahead of the Olympiad in Samark...