GM Sindarov vs. CM Sindarov | Sindarov Brothers Play Blitz Chess

We have some big clashes. I just want to highlight on board three. It is Sinderov versus Sinderov. Sinderov squared. It is two brothers playing against each other. Javokir is slightly older than his brother and slightly higher rated. But yeah, interesting that they get paired in round one. Getting the brotherly love out of the way as early as possible. Yeah, this is certainly a very special one. The big question, do they play at home at all? Chance of a lifetime for the younger brother to show that. Wait a second, Javokir. You might be fighting for the world championship title, but you know, you haven't won the family duel yet. They must have played at home, right? I think there's only a year or so between them. So quite close in age. They must have fought over the board a few times. But yeah, Islambek Sinderov. For those who don't know, he's on the right of our picture. He's got the black pieces. And yeah, he follows Javokir everywhere. They've been at the World Cup, the football World Cup together watching matches. They've had a great time, I think, in the US. And nice of them to come and support the Naroditsky Memorial. Yeah, about one to two years between them, I'm told. And ooh, the first blunder. Maybe we can jump into that board, Peter. A big mistake from the younger brother. Yes. As he captures the poison pawn. He captures the poison pawn. He doesn't know his brother. Don't do this. Safety first approach should have been used. But he went on pawn hunting. Now, Javokir is hitting the knight with h4. Apparently, maybe black can stay in the game with knight e5. Yeah, it's played. But the big question after quinges, will he be able to find the response? Because there is tremendous pressure on the g-file lining up against black's king. Yeah, putting pressure on the pinned piece makes a lot of sense. He drops back his knight, defends the mate on g7. h6 is hanging. I'm not sure whether white wants to take it immediately. Now, you can take it with the knight, with the bishop. Goes for a check. And back. Level material. Okay, he has survived. Islambek, he's not got a great position, I'm going to say. But he's not dead yet. He can still bring his queen out to f6. He can still cover some squares. Yes, he needs to. I think queen f6 is like a key move, touching that monster knight on f5. And then try to somehow destabilize white's pieces. He needs to speed up, though. He's only got 50 seconds against two and a half minutes. And we saw yesterday, it was a blitz playoff after the rapid, that Djavok is so quick, like so speedy, so resourceful. He can't spend too much time on the clock against him. Queen f6 played. Okay, queen to g6. Question mark, apparently, because of a blue arrow move, rook a4. Peter, that is difficult to find. Yes, well, but it stops queen g5. It's on the board. On the board. What a vision by Djavok here. Of course, he will not miss this chance. And now h5 is coming. If the queen is kicked away, then it's bad news. Yeah, looks like bad news in general. h5 is coming. Oh, queen back on h7 is not safe. I don't know whether white captures the knight on c5, or just slides the rook across somewhere. There we go. He's setting up for h6. And that's going to either trap the black queen, or going to launch a mating attack. Knight d5, also bringing the last piece into the attack. Yeah, black's position is just falling apart. Yeah, nothing immediate, but it's just the build-up. He defends c7, avoiding any forks. But white's pieces are also beautiful. The f1 rook at some point can easily enter the action as well. But a matter of time before Djavok here puts pressure on g7, maybe breaks through with h6. That's beautiful, his position. Yes, after h6, black has to play g6. Then white can jump in with the knight to g7. And then the queen is on h7, completely locked. But white is pulled with a choice. So Djavok here takes on b6 and goes f4, hitting the knight. Knight drops back, h6. We're going to see that variation you mentioned. Black's queen is not a happy camper right now. g6 locks in his own queen. Okay, he's still alive, still level material for now. Just nine seconds though. The clock is going to play a huge part in deciding who's going to qualify for the top 10 today. Yes, and Djavok captures on d6, f5. Wow. Basically, I feel this is a statement he wants to show to his younger brother that never challenge me ever again to a chess game. Oh, it's so harsh. He's one of his biggest supporters, his younger brother. I remember seeing him there at the World Cup, just cheering on Djavok here. But there we go. It is a handshake and a big smile from Djavok and Sindorov. At least they got this out of the way. And still plenty of time for Islambek Sindorov to come back and try to get that top 10.