The 10th day of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand has concluded. Team 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan leads the tournament with 18 points. Team 🇮🇳 India is in 2nd place with 17 points. The teams of 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇺🇦 Ukraine, and 🇭🇺 Hungary finished the round with 16 points.

Team 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan defeated team 🇦🇲 Armenia with a score of 3.5-0.5. Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Javokhir Sindarov, and Mukhiddin Madaminov defeated their opponents. Nodirbek Yakubboev drew with Shant Sargsyan.

Team 🇮🇳 India defeated team 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan-2 with a score of 3.5-0.5. Praggnanandhaa R, Nihal Sarin, and Gukesh Dommaraju defeated their opponents. Gukesh’s Classical rating is currently 2717 points.

One round remains, with a maximum of 1 point available. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan and 🇮🇳 India are the only remaining teams who can win the gold medal.

The current standings are:

Place Team Score TB
1. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 18 378
2. 🇮🇳 India 17 343.5
3. 🇩🇪 Germany 16 320
4. 🇺🇦 Ukraine 16 292
5. 🇭🇺 Hungary 16 250
6. 🇺🇸 United States of America 15 328.5
7. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 15 291
8. 🇹🇷 Turkiye 15 288.5

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: Rafal Oleksiewicz / FIDE