Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi believes Indian World Champion D Gukesh is currently vulnerable against top players. He cited Gukesh's inconsistency since becoming the youngest world champion in 2024 and backed Javokhir Sindarov to win their upcoming title clash.
French Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja played his chess match against Javokhir Sindarov from bed due to an ankle injury. The game took place in a special room at the tournament hotel in Bucharest under official supervision.
Grandmaster Hans Niemann secured his most significant career win at the Warsaw Rapid & Blitz, taking home $50,000. The victory comes amidst the lingering controversy from his 2022 match against Magnus Carlsen.
Javokhir Sindarov defeated D Gukesh in their first-ever blitz clash at the Grand Chess Tour in Warsaw, avenging his earlier rapid loss to the World Champion. Gukesh’s rare fist-pump celebration after that previous win had gone viral. With one win each, their growing rivalry now heads into a decisive final reverse-blitz showdown before this year’s World Championship clash.
World champion D Gukesh showed rare emotion after defeating future title challenger Javokhir Sindarov at the Grand Chess Tour in Poland. Playing with the black pieces, Gukesh outplayed the Uzbek grandmaster in 52 moves and celebrated with a fist pump after the win. The victory was seen as a strong statement ahead of their World Championship clash later this year.
Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen has backed 20-year-old Uzbek prodigy Javokhir Sindarov to defeat reigning champion D Gukesh in the upcoming World Chess Championship. Speaking at an event in Stockholm, Carlsen highlighted Sindarov's well-rounded game while pointing out Gukesh's 'obvious weaknesses.' Both players are 20, making this the youngest World Championship match in history. Former champion Garry Kasparov also labelled Sindarov the 'clear favourite' based on his dominant 10/14 performance at the Candidates Tournament.
Großmeister Javokhir Sindarov spielt um die Schach-WM. Hier erzählt er von den Strapazen des Kandidatenturniers und erklärt, was der Trainer des FC Bayern mit seinen WM-Chancen zu tun hat.
