GM Nodirbek Yakubboev beat GM M. Amin Tabatabaei in round 1 of the Chess Experience Exchange Matches Uzbekistan 2026 (Standard), in 49 moves.
39...Kg8 was the move. Stockfish had the position as winning for Black (-4.25) before it and winning for Black (-4.05) after it, and it never swung back. It was played with 1:01 left on the clock.
Can you see what Stockfish saw in it?
It began as the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation.
Replay it move by move, then take the key position on against the engine.
- White
- GM M. Amin Tabatabaei, 2737
- Black
- GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, 2685
- Result
- 0–1 in 49 moves
- Opening
- Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation · E20
- Event
- Chess Experience Exchange Matches Uzbekistan 2026, Standard, Round 1 · Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 39...Kg8