The 8th day of the UzChess Cup 2026 in Tashkent has concluded. After 8 rounds, two players share the lead with 5 points each, with Shamsiddin Vokhidov leading on tiebreaks.

🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated 🇺🇸 Hans Moke Niemann by making 5 Great moves. Hans made an Inaccuracy on move 30 and resigned on move 51. Nepo played the game with 97.4 accuracy, while Niemann’s was 92.2.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 5
2. 🇺🇿 GM Mukhiddin Madaminov 5
3. 🇦🇿 GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 4.5
4. 🇷🇺 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 4.5
5. 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 4
6. 🇮🇳 GM Arjun Erigaisi 4
7. 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 3.5
8. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 3.5
9. 🇮🇳 GM Vidit Gujrathi 3
10. 🇬🇷 GM Nikolas Theodorou 3

Individual round results:

🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 🇺🇸 Hans Moke Niemann

🇬🇷 Nikolas Theodorou 1-0 🇺🇿 Nodirbek Abdusattorov

🇺🇿 Mukhiddin Madaminov 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi

🇺🇿 Shamsiddin Vokhidov 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Vidit Gujrathi

🇺🇿 Nodirbek Yakubboev 0-1 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

The UzChess Cup 2026 takes place from June 7 to 15, at the Crowne Plaza, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event features a 90+30 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over single Round-Robin between 10 players.

Credit: ChessBase India X