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An Uzbek Storm in Cyprus: FIDE Candidates Tournament

28 games played so far, 17 draws, 6 white wins and 5 black wins.
Sindarov scored 3 black wins, 2 white wins, and 2 draws.
Black is OK.
Black is the new white.
White is forced to prepare broader, so black can prepare deeper.
An example is Nakamura-Sindarov.
Nakamura was not prepared for O-O. He thought for an hour and played the mistake h4? instead of Ne4.

28 games played so far, 17 draws, 6 white wins and 5 black wins. Sindarov scored 3 black wins, 2 white wins, and 2 draws. Black is OK. Black is the new white. White is forced to prepare broader, so black can prepare deeper. An example is Nakamura-Sindarov. Nakamura was not prepared for O-O. He thought for an hour and played the mistake h4? instead of Ne4.

Yes @tpr, that gave a chance to Sindarov to think all the ways Nakamura can play. And it's a very good think, because Nakamura thinked 67 minutes (that's a very long time for a grandmaster) and he did the wrong move. Because of this, Sindarov had the advantage.

Yes @tpr, that gave a chance to Sindarov to think all the ways Nakamura can play. And it's a very good think, because Nakamura thinked 67 minutes (that's a very long time for a grandmaster) and he did the wrong move. Because of this, Sindarov had the advantage.