The 5th day of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 5 rounds, Javokhir Sindarov leads with 4.5 points, while Fabiano Caruana is in second place with 3.5 points.

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov defeated 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura, and 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana defeated 🇩🇪 Matthias Bluebaum

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 4.5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 3.5
3. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 2.5
4. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 2.5
5. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 2
6. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 2
7. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 1.5
8. 🇷🇺 GM Andrey Esipenko 1.5

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: Yoav Nisenbaum / FIDE