GM Fabiano Caruana (United States, 2789) had 40 seconds on the clock at move 40 and took the pawn on b3. Stockfish wanted 40...Rh3+ instead. After 40...Rxb3 its count went from a small edge for White (+1.08) to a win (+4.40).
41.g5 came straight back and the pawn ran on to g6. On move 44, 44.Rxg7+ gave a rook on g7, and five moves later GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan, 2762) had won.
Uzbekistan won the match 2½–1½.
Stop the replay at move 40, give yourself 40 seconds, and find the check Stockfish wanted. Then play it on against the engine.
- White
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, 2762 · Uzbekistan
- Black
- GM Fabiano Caruana, 2789 · United States of America
- Result
- 1–0 in 49 moves
- Opening
- Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid · C24
- Event
- 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, Open, Round 9 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Key move: {0}
- 40...Rxb3
- Engine’s choice
- 40...Rh3+