After defeating Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the first round, Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa is yet to win a game in the Candidates chess tournament here and the road ahead for him looks difficult as Uzbek Javokhir Sindarov has a head start that everyone will be envious off. With four rounds out of ten done, Praggnanandhaa is sitting on two points and it is suffice to say that it's a pretty decent start except when one looks at the results of Sindarov.

The Uzbek had stunned the chess audience world over by winning the World Chess Cup in Goa last year and he seems unstoppable having scored 3.5 points out of his four games. For any strong event like this, either the start or the business end is crucial. And with this kind of start, it is clear that Sindarov is the most feared opponent unless someone brings him down.