Javokhir Sindarov is the winner of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. He defeated Wei Yi in the 2nd playoff game to win the match 2.5-1.5 After 3 fairly even games (2 standard and one 15m+10s) the 4th game exploded into tactics with both players running short of time. Yi actually held an advantage, but having to move with 1 second on the clock (which he did a few times) eventually led to a mistake, and a win for the 19 year old.
At 19 Sindarov is th youngest World Cup winner ever, and is part of the surging Uzbekistan chess culture. With state support, and plenty of opportunities after their 2022 Olympiad win, the Uzbek players are becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Yi has the consolation of qualifying for the Candidates tournament, as does Esipenko, who won the third place playoff yesterday.
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