American chess player Hikaru Nakamura made the second longest move in the history of the Candidates Tournament, Chess.com announced on its social media.
On the fifth day of the Candidates Tournament, the first seed of the competition, Hikaru Nakamura, and Uzbek chess player, Djavokhir Sindarov, met in a head-to-head match.
From the beginning of the game, the chess players managed to make 12 moves each. After that, Nakamura took over an hour to make his next move. The American grandmaster weighed all the possible consequences of his move for a long time.
Nakamura's move took him 67 minutes and 44 seconds to complete, making it the second-longest in the history of the Candidates Tournament. The longest time was taken by Russian chess player Alexander Grischuk, who took 72 minutes to complete the move in 2021.
Despite Nakamura taking 67 minutes to make his move, it didn't bring him any success. According to the results of the match, Sindarov won, and the game lasted over three hours.
Nakamura, who is the top seed in the tournament, has not won a single match in the first five days of competition, losing twice and drawing three times. After five matches, the American is tied for 7th-8th place with “neutral” Andrey Yesipenko.
On the sixth day of competition, Nakamura is scheduled to play a match against Indian chess player Rameshbabu Praggnanandha.