The 11th day of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 11 rounds, Javokhir Sindarov leads with 8.5 points, while Anish Giri is in second place with 6.5 points.

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov drew with 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana and 🇳🇱 Anish Giri drew against 🇷🇺 Andrey Esipenko. Sindarov leads the tournament by 2 points.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 8.5
2. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 6.5
3. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 5.5
4. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 5
5. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 5
6. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 5
7. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 4.5
8. 🇷🇺 GM Andrey Esipenko 4

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: Niki Riga / FIDE