The statistics of the classical games between Javokhir Sindarov and Fabiano Caruana, when viewed in numbers, clearly reveal a true high-level chess battle.
Fabiano Caruana is considered one of the most experienced participants of the Candidates Tournament. He has taken part in this tournament 6 times (2016, 2018, 2020/21, 2022, 2024, 2026) and in 2018 he won the championship. Currently, he is ranked 3rd in the world rating list.
In the first round, the match between Sindarov and Caruana was extremely tense and uncompromising. In that game, Javokhir achieved victory, and it was precisely this result that helped him rise to 6th place in the world rankings.
Fabiano’s overall first-round results are as follows:
— 3 draws (Anish Giri, Andrey Esipenko, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu),
— 3 wins (Hikaru Nakamura, Wei Yi, Matthias Bluebaum),
— 1 loss (Javokhir Sindarov).
Today’s round is of special importance for Fabiano Caruana. In theory, this game may be one of his last chances to keep his hopes alive in the race for the championship.
Sindarov, on his side, aims to continue his stable form and once again achieve an important result against top favorites.
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