GM Matthias Bluebaum (Germany, 2662) played 33...Qd7 with 2 minutes 15 seconds left, and 34.Rh4+ started a chase: the black king went to g7, f8, e7 and d6, and the game ended with a check on move 48.
Stockfish had White clearly better before the move (+1.45) and winning after it (+2.69). It wanted 33...Qf8.
The win by GM Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, 2778) was Uzbekistan's only one in the match. Germany won the two other decisive games and the match 2½–1½, the one match Uzbekistan lost all Olympiad on the way to the top of the final table, on 20 match points.
Replay the chase, then go back to 33...Qd7 and look for the queen move Stockfish wanted.
- White
- GM Javokhir Sindarov, 2778 · Uzbekistan
- Black
- GM Matthias Bluebaum, 2662 · Germany
- Result
- 1–0 in 48 moves
- Opening
- Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid, Hromádka Variation · C28
- Event
- 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, Open, Round 8 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 33...Qd7
- Engine’s choice
- 33...Qf8