The 46th Chess Olympiad is taking place in Samarkand. ♟️ Sindarov, Gukesh, Zhu & Yip are among 2000 players! 📺 Sep 16-27, 6:00 am ET/12:00 CEST/3:30 pm IST.
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In a day full of miracles and turnarounds, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 has regained sole lead of the #ChessOlympiad 2026 after beating top seed U.S. in round nine. The Chinese women's team 🇨🇳 leads by two points.
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Two goats. Very different games. No easy questions.
@MagnusCarlsen and YINUO, unfiltered.
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Congratulations to 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan on becoming the youngest ever WGM after earning her 3rd and final norm in Samarkand! chess.com/events/2026-fide-w…
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The #ChessOlympiad pairings are out and the two Uzbek teams will not play each other in round 10! Instead, we will see
Armenia ⚔️ Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan 2 ⚔️ India
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China takes a 2-point lead in the Women's #ChessOlympiad after Round 9, but India will have a chance to catch China when they play in tomorrow's final round!
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Alua Nurman finds a beautiful finish as she's about to save a 2-2 draw for Kazakhstan vs. Mongolia! chess.com/events/2026-fide-w…
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Wei Yi, who was losing on board two, finds a perpetual check to save the game and save the match for China against France!
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Gukesh wins on board four and Germany must win on the last two boards to equalize the match!
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Gukesh, who looked like he might cost India the match, may be the one to win it as he finds the brilliant 51...Nf4!!, leaving his knight and queen en prise!
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Dzagnidze now needs to sacrifice her bishop and the pawns can't be stopped! chess.com/events/2026-fide-w…
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Uzbekistan 2 will beat the Netherlands with 3 wins, even as Jorden van Foreest plays one of the best tournaments of his life!
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"Gukesh is doing his thing!" says Robert Hess as the world champion bounces back from a losing position and now all three results are possible!
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Savitha Shri is finally stopped, but the draw should help India wrap up an important win vs. Uzbekistan! chess.com/events/2026-fide-w…
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Hans Niemann, who was coming back from a piece-down position, had to find the only move 50...Kh7!, but after that was missed, Yakubboev shut it down with 51.g6!. A win on this board wins the match for Uzbekistan.
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USA's Carissa Yip after a win over Canada's Maili-Jade Ouellet: "Now that we’re no longer fighting for gold we have to fight for at least no. 1 in North America! Hopefully we’ll win this match [they did] & it’ll be a huge victory for us in that competition!"
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"I beat him only at the Olympiads, while I lost to him three times in other tournaments," says Nodirbek Abdusattorov after a win vs. Fabiano Caruana on board one.
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Nana Dzagnidze needs to win this game to rescue a 2-2 draw for Georgia vs. Greece and she is winning—if she swaps off rooks—though the margins are narrow! chess.com/events/2026-fide-w…
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15th seeds Mongolia are pushing for a 5th win in a row after losing to India in Round 4—today vs. 3rd seeds Kazakhstan!
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