IM Yuxin Song (China) beat IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (Poland) in round 6 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 (Women), in 27 moves.
The game turned on 17...Qxd8. Before it, Stockfish had the position as a small edge for White (+0.62); one move later, winning for White (+3.00).
Stockfish wanted 17...Rxd8 instead. Can you see why? And 18.gxf5, the engine's best reply, came straight back.
It ended in checkmate on move 27. It began as the French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation.
Replay it move by move, then take the key position on against the engine.
- White
- IM Yuxin Song, 2457 · China
- Black
- IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, 2363 · Poland
- Result
- 1–0 in 27 moves
- Opening
- French Defense: Advance Variation, Euwe Variation · C02
- Event
- 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, Women, Round 6 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 17...Qxd8
- Engine’s choice
- 17...Rxd8