Panaji: It turned out to be one other uninteresting day for the chess buffs as Wei Yang of China and Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan determined to not take dangers in opposition to their respective opponents to accept easy attracts within the second sport of the semifinals on the FIDE World Cup right here on Saturday.

Wei Yi, with white items, tried his bit in opposition to a dignified Andrey Esipenko of Russia however it doesn’t matter what he did, the impregnable Petroff had its last say within the sport performed underneath classical time management.

The actual fact of the matter from the angle of the Chinese language was that he tried onerous to observe a standard scenario however there was no manner he may conquer. Within the different semifinal, it appeared extra like an order of the day — to attract and go into the subsequent stage, the tiebreak.

One may have hoped Javokhir Sindarov to do higher however the Uzbek teenager simply gave one other lease of life to compatriot Nodirbek Yakubboev. A simple opening, fast exchanges led to a drawn endgame. It by no means felt like a match was on and each had been seen hoping for beneficial consequence on the finish of the tiebreaker.

With no Indian consequence impacting and three out of those 4 gamers assured of a spot within the Candidates event in Cyprus in March 2026, one participant who stays with big threat is Yakubboev who’s an entire outsider within the mixture of issues and has tall process readily available.

Outcomes Semifinals sport 2: Wei Yi (Chn) drew with Andrey Esipenko (Fid): Javokhir Sindarov (Uzb) drew with Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzb).