Overview
- Firouzja resumed Monday by playing Round 5 against Javokhir Sindarov from a hotel bed, with an arbiter in the room.
- He had missed Round 4 against Fabiano Caruana after hurting his ankle following Round 3, and organizers said the ankle was not broken.
- The Grand Chess Tour approved the off-site arrangement with opponent consent, and the Caruana–Firouzja game will be made up on Tuesday’s rest day.
- Round 5 finished with draws on all boards, which kept Vincent Keymer in the lead in the 10-player round-robin.
- Such off-hall play is rare, with a famous 1985 case of Anthony Miles competing from a massage bed, and this workaround could shape future injury accommodations at elite events.