[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"] [White "Sindarov,Javokhir"] [Black "Nakamura,Hikaru"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "12.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "66"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 9,65,31,40,38,39,29,40,54,49,51,38,29,49,44,47,47,38,45,37,26,23,30,42,42,41,39,38,39,37,0,41,34,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,44,45,28,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:7] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} O-O {[%emt 0:0:8]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:0:4]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:6] White is slightly better.} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 9. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:0:6] A dynamic duo of knights.} Qe8 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 11. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 12. Qa4 {[%emt 0:0:4] White plays on the queen side and is better} a5 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 13. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 14. Qc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 15. dxc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Rfd8 $146 {[%emt 0:0:17]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd5 16. Re1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. f3 Kf7 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Be3 Bc4 21. a3 Rab8 {½-½ Firouzja,A (2757)-Liang,A (2684) Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Mar Late blitz 2025 (9)} )16. Re1 {[%emt 0:1:4]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 17. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:2:3]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 20. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} c6 {[%emt 0:1:33]} 21. Red1 {[%emt 0:1:37]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:5:0]} 22. Rd4 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:0:36]} 23. Bxd4 $14 {[%emt 0:0:4][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. White is a pawn up.} Rd8 {[%emt 0:2:21]} 24. Bc3 {[%emt 0:0:12]} h5 {[%emt 0:8:41]} 25. Ke1 {[%emt 0:0:37]} e5 {[%emt 0:2:28]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:0:4] The position is equal.} 27. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bxa2 $11 {[%emt 0:0:3] KB-KB} 28. e4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Bb3+ {[%emt 0:0:12]} 29. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 30. Ba5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 31. Bc3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 32. Ba5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 33. Bc3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless) Inaccurate: White=2 Black=1 OK: White=9 Black=9} 1/2-1/2