Javahir Sindorov defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the 1/4 finals

A prestigious chess tournament with a prize fund of $750,000 is being held in Weissenhaus. In it, Javakhir Sindorov played the decisive second game of the tie-break against American Hikaru Nakamura.

The two main games of the quarter-finals were drawn. Despite playing with the black pieces in the first game of the tie-break, Sindorov won. Javakhir, who played with the white pieces in the second game, won again.

Thus, having defeated the famous American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in a difficult match, Javakhir Sindorov advanced to the 1/2 finals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tournament with a prize fund of 750 thousand dollars.

Also, in another quarterfinal match, Magnus Carlsen defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

Sindorov will now play against another American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana in the 1/2 finals. Nakamura, like Nodirbek Abdusattorov, will continue to fight for 5th place in the 1/4 finals. Read 'Zamin' on Telegram!