The 14th and the final day of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 14 rounds, Javokhir Sindarov scored 6 wins and 8 draws to win the tournament with 10/14 points. Sindarov is 1.5 points ahead of the runner-up Anish Giri.

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov set a new points record, surpassing the previous record of 9.5/14 set by 🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2022.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 10
2. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 8.5
3. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 7.5
4. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 7
5. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 6.5
6. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 6
7. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 6
8. 🇷🇺 GM Andrey Esipenko 4.5

The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 takes place from March 28 to April 16, at the Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus. The event features a 120+0 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over double Round-Robin between 8 players.

Credit: Michal Walusza / FIDE