The Chess Olympiad 2026 · Round 11
Chess Olympiad, round 11: Uzbekistan 2½–1½ Ukraine
Round 11 · 27 September. Top boards — Open: Uzbekistan 2½–1½ Ukraine; Women: Armenia 3–1 Uzbekistan. Leaders by match points — Open: Uzbekistan (20); Women: China (20).
Open
Top matches
| Uzbekistan | 2½–1½ | Ukraine |
| India | 2–2 | Hungary |
| Netherlands | 1½–2½ | Germany |
| United States of America | 3–1 | Turkiye |
| Serbia | 1½–2½ | Azerbaijan |
| Armenia | 3–1 | Croatia |
The table
| # | Team | Match points | Game points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 20 | 32½ |
| =2 | Germany | 18 | 28½ |
| =2 | India | 18 | 28½ |
| =4 | United States of America | 17 | 29 |
| =4 | Azerbaijan | 17 | 28½ |
| =4 | Armenia | 17 | 27 |
| =4 | Hungary | 17 | 24½ |
| =8 | France | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | Spain | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | China | 16 | 28 |
| =8 | Ukraine | 16 | 28 |
| =8 | England | 16 | 27½ |
- Games
- 407
- White won
- 155
- Black won
- 130
- Drawn
- 122
Upsets on the ratings
| Won | Lost | Rating gap |
|---|---|---|
| Aashish Phunyal 2008 · Nepal | FM Kirill Chukavin 2362 · Estonia | 354 |
| CM Yasser Hadj Kholti 2238 · Morocco | GM Raymond Song 2498 · Chinese Taipei | 260 |
| FM Daniel Hanwen Gong 2248 · New Zealand | GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 2460 · Cuba | 212 |
| Vepaly Halynyazov 2257 · Turkmenistan | GM Luka Draskovic 2468 · Montenegro | 211 |
| FM Juan Sebastian Herrera 2290 · Colombia | IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen 2499 · Norway | 209 |
Women
Top matches
| Armenia | 3–1 | Uzbekistan |
| China | 3–1 | Vietnam |
| Poland | 2–2 | Kazakhstan |
| India | 2–2 | Georgia |
| United States of America | 3–1 | Romania |
| Greece | 1½–2½ | Mongolia |
The table
| # | Team | Match points | Game points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 18 | 29 |
| =3 | United States of America | 17 | 32½ |
| =3 | India | 17 | 31 |
| =3 | Armenia | 17 | 28½ |
| =3 | Poland | 17 | 28½ |
| =3 | Mongolia | 17 | 27 |
| =8 | Slovenia | 16 | 29½ |
| =8 | Georgia | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | Vietnam | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | Turkiye | 16 | 28 |
| 12 | England | 15 | 30½ |
- Games
- 370
- White won
- 139
- Black won
- 133
- Drawn
- 98
Upsets on the ratings
| Won | Lost | Rating gap |
|---|---|---|
| WIM Shafira Devi Herfesa 2130 · Indonesia | IM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez 2363 · Spain | 233 |
| WFM Anna Lhotska 2149 · Czech Republic | GM Zhaoqin Peng 2353 · Netherlands | 204 |
| WIM Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana 2193 · Latvia | WGM Beloslava Krasteva 2343 · Bulgaria | 150 |
The games, move by move
- Giri and Keymer draw, and Germany win the match to finish on 18
- Praggnanandhaa and Rapport draw as India and Hungary split the last match 2–2
- 143 rating points below, Dudin beats Gukesh in the Olympiad's final round
- A minute on the clock, one move: Erigaisi beats Leko and India level the match
- Checkmate on f3: Wei Yi ends the Olympiad with a mate in 38 moves
- Zhu Jiner wins, China beat Vietnam 3–1 and finish first in the women's Olympiad
- Maltsevskaya beats Nurman, 92 points higher, as Poland hold Kazakhstan 2–2
Counted from the games of the official broadcast: a match counts when all four of its boards were relayed. Teams level on match points are shown by game points; the official order uses the event’s tiebreaks.
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