GM Javokhir Sindarov remains two points ahead of GM Anish Giri after he held a tough game against GM Fabiano Caruana, while GM Vaishali Rameshbabu is now one point ahead of GM Anna Muzychuk and GM Zhu Jiner following her win against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina.

GM Javokhir Sindarov has extended his lead to two points after defeating GM R Praggnanandhaa, while in the Women’s Candidates, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu is in the sole lead after both GM Zhu Jiner and GM Divya Deshmukh lost their games to GM Bibisara Assaubayeva and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, respectively.

GM Anish Giri defeated GM Fabiano Caruana, inching closer to GM Javokhir Sindarov, who remains 1.5 points ahead of Giri after Sindarov’s draw against Blübaum; meanwhile, in the Women’s Candidates, GM Zhu Jiner and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu are in the shared lead after winning against GM Kateryna Lagno and GM Divya Deshmukh, respectively.

GM Javokhir Sindarov extended his lead to two full points after he drew his game against GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Fabiano Caruana lost against GM Hikaru Nakamura; meanwhile, in the Women’s Candidates, following GM Anna Muzychuk’s loss to GM Divya Deshmukh, the tournament is wide-open with five players on 4.5/8.

Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone, in a win for open source