Halfway through the Candidates Tournament, Sindarov leads with 6.0/7. This is an incredible score against such a strong field. Here is how it compares with other great performances.
A few years ago, I developed MinStrength as an improvement over performance ratings. The updated list of top MinStrengths:
1. Caruana, Sinquefield Cup 2014: MinStrength = 2830
2. Gukesh, Olympiad 2024: MinStrength = 2758
3. Carlsen, Nanjing 2009: MinStrength = 2755
4. Sindarov, Candidates 2026: MinStrength = 2741*
*After 7 games
5. Fischer, Candidates 1971 match against Larsen: MinStrength = 2737
6. Karpov, Linares 1994: MinStrength = 2736
7. Topalov, San Luis 2005: MinStrength = 2699
8. Fischer, Candidates 1971 match against Taimanov: MinStrength = 2697
9. Kasparov, Linares 1997: MinStrength = 2668
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