The 9th day of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand has concluded. Team 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan leads the tournament with 16 points. The teams of 🇮🇳 India and Uzbekistan-2 are in 2nd and 3rd place respectively with 15 points each. 6 national teams finished the round with 14 points.

Team 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan defeated team 🇺🇸 USA with a score of 2.5-1.5. Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated Fabiano Caruana, and Nodirbek Yakubboev defeated Hans Moke Niemann. Javokhir Sindarov lost to Wesley So, and Mukhiddin Madaminov and Levon Aronian drew their game.

Team 🇮🇳 India defeated team 🇩🇪 Germany. 3 out of 4 games of the match were drawn. Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Alexander Donchenko by a Brilliant Knight move. Gukesh’s Classical rating is currently 2714.8 points.

The current standings are:

Place Team Score TB
1. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 16 292.5
2. 🇮🇳 India 15 262
3. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 2 15 249.5
4. 🇦🇲 Armenia 15 241
5. 🇨🇳 China 14 260.5
6. 🇩🇪 Germany 14 254
7. 🇫🇷 France 14 248.5
8. 🇪🇸 Spain 14 239.5

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