WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul (Mongolia, 2290) beat WGM Nadya Toncheva (Bulgaria, 2408) in 49 moves, and Mongolia won the match 2½–1½.
The game turned on 27...Qd8. Stockfish wanted 27...Qxf5, taking the queens off. After 27...Qd8 its count went from a clear advantage for White (+2.02) to a win (+3.31), and 28.Rc1 came straight back.
The match put Mongolia on 14 match points, level with Armenia and Kazakhstan and one behind China at the top of the women's table.
Replay it, then go back to 27...Qd8 and find the queen trade Stockfish wanted.
- White
- WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul, 2290 · Mongolia
- Black
- WGM Nadya Toncheva, 2408 · Bulgaria
- Result
- 1–0 in 49 moves
- Opening
- French Defense: Exchange Variation · C01
- Event
- 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, Women, Round 8 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 27...Qd8
- Engine’s choice
- 27...Qxf5