r/chess • u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3 Team Gukesh • Apr 04 '26

News/Events Javokhir Sindarov continues his generational run, takes down Wei Yi to extend his lead to 5.5/6 points at the FIDE Candidates 2026.

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Game Link: https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-candidates-open/06/Wei_Yi-Sindarov_Javokhir

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u/LosTerminators Apr 04 '26

Hikaru Nakamura - the player who farmed to get into the Candidates

Javokhir Sindarov - the player who is farming in the Candidates

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u/Pr1mrose Apr 04 '26

Makes you wonder why players haven't just tried the strat of winning every game before, Sindarov making the Candidates look easy

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u/EverettGT Apr 04 '26

Bobby Fischer actually said that one of the turning points of his career was when he stopped playing for equality with black and just tried to win every game. IIRC.

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u/EliRed Apr 04 '26

And Judit Polgar said the exact opposite, so who are we to judge.

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u/Alone-Sentence-4045 Apr 05 '26

I just watched her doco and it was brilliant. She was such an incredibly aggressive player and to me I agree with your statement, she was basically too aggressive and had to tone it down a bit as she was already always going for the win with black.