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Gukesh is the reigning world champion, having become the youngest to win the title after beating Ding Liren in 2024. Sindarov, meanwhile, comes into the match after dominating the Candidates this year. (File Photo)

Geneva to host Gukesh vs Sindarov World Chess Championship match in Nov-Dec 2026

July 28, 2026 6:39 pm

Gukesh, the 18-year-old GM from Chennai, will defend the crown he won in Singapore in December 2024 against China's Ding Liren.

Top Uzbek Grandmasters Nodirbek Abdusattorv and Javokhir Sindarov. (Credit: UzChess & Yoav Nis (Eugene Nisenabum)/FIDE).

Why Javokhir Sindarov's biggest rival will help him prepare to face Gukesh

July 16, 2026 7:11 pm

Nodirbek Abdusattorov has revealed he will join Javokhir Sindarov's team for the world championship — an admission most elite grandmasters would never make about a rival from their own country

Alireza Firouzja plays Javokhir Sindarov from his bed after injuring his ankle. (Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour)

FIDE CEO on Alireza pull out from Super Chess Classic: 'Unfair to Pragg, Sindarov'

May 21, 2026 2:59 pm

French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja pulled out of the classical tournament mid-way. Alireza had picked up the ankle injury after his third round game

Alireza was asked to play from a bed in a hotel room with his opponent sitting across a physical board and an arbiter designated in the room to keep a mindful eye on them. (Pic Credit: Lennart Ootes)

The story behind Alireza Firouzja playing chess while lying on hotel room bed

May 19, 2026 1:32 pm

Despite being in crippling pain, Alireza managed to hold Javokhir Sindarov to a draw on a day when all five contests ended in stalemates

Javokhir Sindarov mulls his next move against India's R Praggnanandhaa in a round 2 clash of the Super Chess Classic 2026 tournament in Romania. (Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour)

Praggnanandhaa on Gukesh vs Sindarov world championship: 'It's 50-50 for now'

May 16, 2026 9:22 am

Sindarov has been in rampaging form in classical chess recently, scything through the Candidates tournament in Cyprus last month with an unblemished record to secure his spot in the world championship.

Sindarov was handed a brutal loss by Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa in a second round game of the Super Chess Classic 2026 tournament in Romania. (Pic Credit: Lennart Ootes)

Bulletproof no more: Praggnanandhaa hands Javokhir Sindarov a classical defeat

May 16, 2026 9:04 am

This is Sindarov's first classical loss in the last eight months, with his last defeat in this format coming in September 2025 against Bulgaria's Ivan Cheparinov in the 3rd round of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 at home in Samarkand.

Javokhir Sindarov defeated D Gukesh in the blitz game of GCT Poland. (Lennart Ootes/GCT)

Gukesh-Sindarov rivalry heats up with revenge win for Uzbek sensation in Grand Chess Tour

May 09, 2026 11:09 am

It was a day of extremes for Gukesh. From nine rounds of blitz, he walked away with just four points through three wins, two draws, and four losses.

World champion Gukesh Dommaraju does an uncharacteristic fist pump after defeating Javokhir Sindarov in the fifth round of the Super Rapid and Blitz tournament in Warsaw. (Photo: Screengrab via Saint Louis Chess Club)

Gukesh explains rare fist pump celebration after beating Javokhir Sindarov

May 07, 2026 1:23 pm

Since Gukesh became the world champion in December 2024, every move he made in critical positions, every game he played and did not win, every tournament position where he did not finish at the top became a referendum on his credentials.

Gukesh vs Sindarov Chess World Championship match: Prize fund of USD 2.5 million, budget of USD 8.5 million as FIDE opens hosting bids

April 30, 2026 8:23 pm

FIDE said in its statement that the match is provisionally scheduled between November 23 and December 17, 2026.

World Champion D Gukesh in action against Aravindh Chithambaram at the Prague International Chess Festival. (Photo: Petr Vrabec via Prague International Chess Festival.)

Viswanathan Anand to Gukesh: Ignore the criticism, but some of it is legitimate

April 22, 2026 8:21 pm

With Gukesh’s form dipping in recent years, some of the comments from former world champions like Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov appear to question his credentials as a world champion.