GM Anish Giri (Netherlands) beat IM Emil Risteski (North Macedonia) in round 2 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 (Open), in 63 moves.
52...Re4 was the move. Stockfish had the position as a clear advantage for Black (-2.24) before it and a clear advantage for Black (-2.38) after it, and it never swung back. It was played with 1:33 left on the clock.
Can you see what Stockfish saw in it?
It began as the Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation.
Replay it move by move, then take the key position on against the engine.
- White
- IM Emil Risteski, 2426 · North Macedonia
- Black
- GM Anish Giri, 2757 · Netherlands
- Result
- 0–1 in 63 moves
- Opening
- Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation · B46
- Event
- 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, Open, Round 2 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 52...Re4