The 4th day of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 4 rounds, Javokhir Sindarov leads with 3.5 points, while Fabiano Caruana is in second place with 2.5 points.

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov in a game with 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana sacrificed a rook twice and won the game in 36 moves. Sindarov played the game with 97.4 accuracy, while Caruana’s was 88.1.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 3.5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 2.5
3. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 2
4. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2
5. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 2
6. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 1.5
7. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 1.5
8. 🇷🇺 GM Andrey Esipenko 1

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: Yoav Nisenbaum / FIDE