Iranian-turned-French Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja and Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan topped the table with 6.5 points out of a possible nine in the round-robin rapid format, which allowed ten ...

Javokhir Sindarov, meanwhile, suffers his first defeat of the tournament after resigning in 35 moves against Alireza Firouzja, who moves into the joint-lead. Both bishops are off the board after the ...