In the 9th round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, Sindor played a draw with Germany's Matthias Blübaum.
In the same round, the main contenders — Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana — faced each other, with Giri winning.
As a result, the Uzbek chess player is leading with 7 points.
Sindor, participating in the tournament for the first time, is continuing his unbeaten streak so far — he has previously achieved victories over Andrey Esipenko, R Praggnanandhaa, Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Wei Yi.
The winner of the competition will challenge the reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju for the world championship.
