The 6th day of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 6 rounds, Javokhir Sindarov leads with 5.5 points, while Fabiano Caruana is in second place with 4 points.

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov defeated 🇨🇳 Wei Yi and played the game with 95.4 accuracy, while Wei Yi’s was 85.9.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 5.5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 4
3. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 3
4. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 3
5. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 2.5
6. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2
7. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 2
8. 🇷🇺 GM Andrey Esipenko 2

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