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Imminent Sindarov-Caruana 1-0, clear front runner and another interview expected.

Now Sindarov dismantles the tournament favourite.
It's great to witness the youngster's progress.

Thanks geeker.
I saw the press conference but not a studio interview.
I should have made that bet.

Wow.
Sindarov keeping the pedal to the metal, as Black in round 5 ventures the sharp and highly theoretical Marshall Gambit (the one in the Semi-Slav where White sacrifices a pawn).
With "correct" play by both sides it'd probably wind up drawn after a long forced sequence, but in practice excitement is likely.

Yes, and yet Hikaru burns over one hour at an early stage.

0-1 Sindarov. Weirdly, because of the 15 minute (anti-cheating) delay of move transmission, Nakamura is discussing the loss on his livestream while the game is still in progress on the official broadcast.

4.5/5.0 - quite remarkable

I watched Sindarov's postgame interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr8LV1aS5b8
and he had prepared the Marshall Gambit line with 12...O-O for last Fall's FIDE World Cup.

Even though 12...O-O looks reasonable, it had never been played in a high-level game. Nakamura's postgame interviews stated that his preparation did not include that move.

[In the muckraking department, Hikaru's livestream directly after the game could have been interpreted as throwing his team of helpers under the bus, but his later youtube recap was more diplomatic.]

Seems to be a theme. He was tapping out what appeared to be prepared lines against Caruana the other day (pawn c5-c6 comes to mind), which in turn led to devastating time pressure.
I do hope he can carry on at this level, and fair play to Fabi for finding a way of winning yesterday.

5.5/6 !

Just another day at the office!

This is reminding me of Fischer's 6-0 wins back in the day.