[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"] [White "Nakamura,Hikaru"] [Black "Sindarov,Javokhir"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "5.1"] [Annotator ""] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "82"] {} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:27]} c6 {[%emt 0:1:51]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 5. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:0:21]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 7. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Na6 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 9. Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:8] And now Nf3 would win.} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:0:38] D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} 10. Bf3 {[%emt 0:0:4] White sacrificed a pawn} Qg5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:1:19]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:0:50]} (12. Nc3 $0 $11 )O-O {[%emt 0:1:42] Weighted Error Value: White=0.35/Black=0.02 (flawless) } 13. h4 {[%emt 1:7:44]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 $0 $146 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rg1 f6 16. Qc2 e5 17. Rd1 Nf5 18. b5 Qa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 cxb5 22. Nxf6+ )Qa5+ {[%emt 0:2:19]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:11:58]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:4:8]} Re8 {[%emt 0:1:7]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:2:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:2:6]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:19:35]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:11:51]} 18. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:3:6]} exf5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 19. Qf4 {[%emt 0:3:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:13:16]} 20. Kh1 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:7:45]} 21. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} g6 {[%emt 0:6:36]} 22. Bd5 {[%emt 0:1:20]} Be6 {[%emt 0:3:16]} 23. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:0:54]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:1:54]} 24. Qd2 {[%emt 0:2:20]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 25. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Nxg1 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 26. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:0:57]} 27. Kxg1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:36]} 28. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 29. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 30. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 31. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 32. f4 {[%emt 0:2:42]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 33. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 34. Ba3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 35. Bf8 {[%emt 0:0:51]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 36. Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 37. Bb4 {[%emt 0:1:7]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:11]} g5 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 40. Ba3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Be4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 41. Bc1 {[%emt 0:0:43]} gxh4+ {[%emt 0:0:38]} 0-1