The 8th day of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand has concluded. Team 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan leads the tournament with 14 points. 8 national teams finished the round with 13 points. Team 🇩🇪 Germany is in second place with 208 tiebreak points.

Team 🇩🇪 Germany defeated team 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan with a score of 2.5-1.5. Javokhir Sindarov defeated Matthias Bluebaum, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov drew with Vincent Keymer. Frederik Svane and Rasmus Svane defeated Nodirbek Yakubboev and Shamsiddin Vokhidov respectively.

Team 🇮🇳 India drew with team 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan. Team India is in 7th place with 13 points. All four games of the match were drawn. Gukesh Dommaraju’s Classical rating is currently 2710.9 points.

The current standings are:

Place Team Score TB
1. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 14 241.5
2. 🇩🇪 Germany 14 208
3. 🇨🇳 China 13 214.5
4. 🇳🇱 Netherlands 13 208.5
5. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 13 204.5
6. 🇺🇸 United States of America 13 202.5
7. 🇮🇳 India 13 202
8. 🇫🇷 France 13 195.5

The Chess Olympiad 2026 takes place from September 16 to 27 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Time control for the event is Classical 90+0 for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over 11 Swiss rounds. Teams earn 2 points for winning a match, 1 for drawing, and 0 for losing.

Credit: Michal Walusza / FIDE