GM Gukesh D (India) beat GM Erwin L'Ami (Netherlands) in round 5 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 (Open), in 53 moves.
The game turned on 45.Kd5. Before it, Stockfish had the position as a small edge for Black (-1.05); one move later, winning for Black (-2.87).
Stockfish wanted 45.Kd3 instead. Can you see why? And 45...d3, the engine's best reply, came straight back.
It began as the Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation.
Replay it move by move, then take the key position on against the engine.
- White
- GM Erwin L'Ami, 2595 · Netherlands
- Black
- GM Gukesh D, 2703 · India
- Result
- 0–1 in 53 moves
- Opening
- Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation · B31
- Event
- 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, Open, Round 5 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 45.Kd5
- Engine’s choice
- 45.Kd3