Following the fifth round of the Cup of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which is being held in Tashkent, Javokhir Sindorov took the leading position with 4.5 points.

During this round, the matches between Ortiq Nigmatov and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Karthikeyan Murali, and Nihal Sarin ended with a draw. Javokhir Sindorov defeated Ivan Zemlyansky and became the leader of group A.

The match between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindorov will take place on November 26.

In addition, the matches between Amin Tabatabaei (Iran) and Ortiq Nigmatov, Saparmyrat Atabayev (Turkmenistan) and Nihal Sarin (India), Vitaly Bernadsky and Neelash Saha (India) will take place.

In the tournament, with a prize fund of $75 thousand, 1 chess player scored 4.5 points, 8 chess players – 4, and 12 chess players – 3.5 points.

120 chess players are playing in group A, and 132 are in group B.

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