ARPORA, Nov. 24 -- Team Herald [emailprotected]

Uzbekistan's GM Javokhir Sindarov and GM Wei Yi of China will be facing off in the final of the FIDE World Cup 2025 after they won their respective semi-finals via the tie-break and also confirmed their Candidates Spot, at a resort, here, on Sunday. Both the classical games in the two semi-finals had ended in a draw and this meant that the rapid skills of all the players were to be tested in the tie-break. Sindarov, who had ended the dream run of GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara in the quarterfinals, put himself in the driver's seat to advance when he defeated Nodirbek Yakubboev in the first rapid game with black pieces. The 19-year-old forced Nordirbek to resign after 47 moves as he almo...