[Event "FIDE Candidates 2026"] [White "Wei,Yi"] [Black "Sindarov,Javokhir"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "6.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.04.04"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "72"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 9,71,-13,-13,-13,-8,-14,3,-14,7,0,0,0,22,3,3,0,0,3,12,12,27,16,37,24,25,25,23,-45,-22,-41,-33,-43,-42,-30,-30,-70,-87,-62,-40,-91,-75,-91,-92,-96,-90,-117,-57,-76,-76,-59,-73,-248,-250,-306,-297,-421,-370,-1111,-1046,-767,-844,-4814,-4806,-1828]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:35]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Na5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:4:7]} 6. dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:31] C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6.} Bc5 {[%emt 0:3:1]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:58]} 8. Qd3 {[%emt 0:0:19] The position is equal.} Be6 {[%emt 0:9:31]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:1:18]} a5 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:4:39][%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. b4 Bb6 12. c5 dxc5 13. bxc5 Rd8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. cxb6 cxb6 {1-0 Horackova,M (2355)-Zimmermann,B (2495) ICCF-Cup6/7 sf corr 1990} )10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:2:11]} c6 {[%emt 0:3:59]} 11. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:0:21]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 12. Bh4 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:1:27]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:0:43][%cal Ob2b4]} a4 {[%emt 0:2:44]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:34:48]} axb3 {[%emt 0:10:35]} 15. cxb3 {[%emt 0:0:43][%cal Bc2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:2:49][%cal Od8d7]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:4:22]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:0:59]} 17. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:46:34]} (18. Ra2 $11 )Qd7 $15 {[%emt 0:0:48]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:4:13]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:3:49]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:4:41]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:2:8]} (20... Rg6 $5 21. Bh4 $8 Qxc4 $15 )21. Rd3 {[%emt 0:2:5]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:6:0]} 22. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:1:33]} 23. Bh4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:2:6]} 24. Qh5 {[%emt 0:2:42]} (24. Rb1 $15 )Kg8 {[%emt 0:2:20]} 25. Kh1 {[%emt 0:2:15][%cal Of2f4] [#]} c5 $1 {[%emt 0:0:53][%csl Od4] Strong Square Black (d4)} 26. f4 {[%emt 0:2:12]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:54]} 27. Qf3 {[%emt 0:1:21] [#]} Re8 {[%emt 0:1:51] Black is more active.} ({Black should play} 27... Be5 $1 $17 28. bxc5 dxc5 )28. Bf2 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Bxf2 {[%emt 0:2:6]} 29. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 30. Rxd6 $2 {[%emt 0:1:3] White does not recover from this.} (30. bxc5 $17 dxc5 31. Rf3 )Rxd6 $19 {[%emt 0:0:59]} 31. Rxd6 $17 {[%emt 0:0:2][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR. Black is a pawn up.} Qe3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 32. Qf3 {[%emt 0:3:29]} (32. Qd2 $142 c4 (32... Qxa3 33. Qxf4 cxb4 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Kh2 $11 )33. Rd8 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 )c4 $19 {[%emt 0:1:29] And now ...c3 would win.} 33. Qg4+ $2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} (33. Rd5 c3 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. Rc5 Qxc5 36. bxc5 Re1+ 37. Kh2 )Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:58] Black is clearly winning.} 34. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:24]} c3 {[%emt 0:0:53]} 35. Qg5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} f3 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 36. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:0:3] Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.07 (flawless) Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=4 Black=1 Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=4 Black=3 Best: --- Black=1 Strong: --- Black=1} 0-1