GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) beat GM Nihal Sarin (India) in round 6 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 (Open), in 54 moves.
The game turned on 43...Rxe2+. Before it, Stockfish had the position as winning for White (+2.72); one move later, winning for White (+2.74).
And 44.Bxe2, the engine's best reply, came straight back.
It began as the Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation.
Replay it move by move, then take the key position on against the engine.
- White
- GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, 2685 · Uzbekistan
- Black
- GM Nihal Sarin, 2718 · India
- Result
- 1–0 in 54 moves
- Opening
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation · D31
- Event
- 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, Open, Round 6 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 43...Rxe2+