Sinquefield Cup: Caruana grabs second consecutive win, leads

Fabiano Caruana took the sole lead at the Sinquefield Cup after defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov in round four, his second straight win. The Uzbek player’s aggressive strategy with opposite-side castling and a speculative knight sacrifice backfired, leaving him with a third loss in four games. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave again missed a clear winning chance, this time against world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, while Alireza Firouzja’s sharp encounter with Wesley So also ended in a draw. | Photo: Lennart Ootes