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Javohir Sindorov rose to 2nd place in the FIDE rapid chess rankings

Javohir Sindorov rose to 2nd place in the FIDE rapid rankings

The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League tournament continues in Bengaluru, India.

"Fyers American Gambits", led by Uzbek grandmaster Javohir Sindorov, defeated "Triveni Continental Kings" with a score of 8:5 in the 7th round.

Since Sindorov's teammates drew with their opponents, the overall score was 3:3. After that, Uzbekistan's number one grandmaster, playing with the white pieces, defeated the world's number 11 chess player, Alireza Firouzja of France, with a score of 3:0. This victory gave "Fyers American Gambits" the overall advantage. Following this success, Sindorov rose to second place in the live FIDE rapid rankings.

Thanks to his successful performance in the tournament, Javohir Sindorov gained a total of 10.6 rating points. The 20-year-old grandmaster, now with 2742.6 points, climbed four places at once and trails only Magnus Carlsen of Norway (2806.5) in the rankings.

Javohir Sindorov's team and "Alpine SG Pipers", led by Magnus Carlsen, have accumulated the same 12 points. However, according to additional tie-break indicators, "Fyers American Gambits" leads the tournament table in 1st place. "Ganges Grandmasters" has also collected 12 points.

The reigning champion "Alpine SG Pipers" defeated "PBG Alaskan Knights" with a score of 11:6 in the 7th round. Team captain Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. In addition, the successful play of Anish Giri of India and Volodar Murzin also brought 3 points to this team.

On September 10, "Fyers American Gambits" will play against "Ganges Grandmasters", which is in 3rd place with 12 points.

For information, the total prize fund of the 2026 Global Chess League competition is 1 million dollars. Half of it — 500 thousand dollars — is distributed depending on the team's final position: the champion receives 250 thousand, the silver medalist 125 thousand, the third-place team 75 thousand, and the fourth-place team 50 thousand dollars.

Another 450 thousand dollars will be distributed among all teams in proportion to the number of game points they collect throughout the tournament. An additional 50 thousand dollars will be received by the league winner. Thus, the amount of prize money depends not only on the final position but also on the result of each individual game. The tournament will continue until September 13.

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