Uzbek GM Javokhir Sindarov commented on the leak of his Studies on Lichess.org in an interview with ChessBase India. Sindarov claims he hasn’t used those Studies in a long time, and is surprised that someone found them.

Javokhir Sindarov

Javokhir Sindarov

Uzbekistan's No. 2

“I don’t even remember the last time I opened my analysis on Lichess… It was a long time ago. After that, I always tried to open them privately. But I think the last time, during the World Cup, someone wrote to me and said my analysis wasn’t private.

I was in shock because at that moment I was checking lines before the round. After that, I became more careful and try not to use such analysis. But if someone saw them, they are probably old lines.

It’s really surprising that someone could see them because I always opened everything privately. But you have to turn on private mode twice, and I often forgot that. Maybe someone saw the lines. But I don’t care because it’s old preparation.”

A Reddit user published a post with a link to an open Study by Javokhir Sindarov on Lichess.org on April 7. This Study analyzed the theory played in Sindarov’s game against Hikaru Nakamura in Round 5 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026. Many other analyses were publicly available on Javokhir’s account. At the time of publication, Sindarov’s account has 0 public Studies.

Credit: Yoav Nisenbaum / FIDE