The 13th day of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus has concluded. After 13 rounds, Javokhir Sindarov scored 6 wins and 7 draws to win the tournament early with 9.5/13 points. Sindarov is 2 points ahead of the runner-up Anish Giri.

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov becomes a candidate for the World Championship title. Sindarov will face reigning World Champion 🇮🇳 Gukesh Dommaraju at the end of 2026.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 9.5
2. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 7.5
3. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 6.5
4. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 6.5
5. 🇺🇸 GM Hikaru Nakamura 6
6. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 6
7. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 5.5
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