India secured the silver medal after a 2\u20132 draw with Hungary. Arjun Erigaisi overcame Peter Leko with Black on board two, while Gleb Dudin produced the result of his tournament by defeating World Champion Gukesh D on board four. Dudin\u2019s victory secured him the individual gold medal on first reserve board, while Gukesh finished with the silver medal on board four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Germany claimed bronze after defeating the Netherlands 2.5\u20131.5, with Matthias Bluebaum scoring the decisive win against Jorden van Foreest on board two. Frederik Svane took the individual gold medal on board three with an impressive 2796 performance rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three medal-winning teams had occupied the top boards throughout much of the tournament, making their final positions a reflection of their consistent performances across the eleven rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Hungary shared fourth to seventh place, while China dropped to eighth after spending much of the tournament among the leaders. Wei Yi nevertheless secured the individual gold medal on board two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n China claims Women\u2019s gold in style<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n China dominated Vietnam 3\u20131 in the final match to clinch the gold medal in convincing fashion. On board one, Zhu Jiner led the team\u2019s triumph with a win against Le Thao Nguyen Pham, finishing the Olympiad with an outstanding unbeaten score of 7\/9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She also secured the individual gold medal on board one, capping an excellent tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Although China\u2019s women\u2019s team also boasts such world-class players as Hou Yifan, World Champion Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie and Tan Zhongyi, their performance in Uzbekistan has shown that the country\u2019s next generation of elite players is more than capable of delivering at the highest level, even in the absence of its highest-rated stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n China\u2019s other win came on board three, where Lu Miaoyi continued her remarkable tournament with a decisive victory over Phuong Hanh Luong. The 16-year-old remained unbeaten throughout the Olympiad, scoring an impressive 9.5\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her performance underlines the strength and depth of Chinese women\u2019s chess, and suggests that many more medals could be on the horizon for the young star. Lu also took home the individual gold medal on board three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kazakhstan takes silver as India secures bronze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kazakhstan, who spent much of the Olympiad fighting on the top boards, secured the silver medal after drawing 2\u20132 with Poland in the final round. Aleksandra Maltsevskaya defeated Alua Nurman on board two, but Elnaz Kaliakhmet levelled the match for Kazakhstan with a win over Alicja Sliwicka on board four. The victory also secured Kaliakhmet the individual gold medal on board four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India, the United States, Poland, Armenia and Mongolia all finished on the same match-point total, but India claimed the bronze medal on tiebreak after drawing 2\u20132 with Georgia in the final round. Alice Lee of the United States took the individual gold medal on board two with a performance rating of 2572, while India\u2019s Shri B Savitha secured the board-five gold medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uzbekistan won the Open section of the Chess Olympiad on home soil in Samarkand, defeating Ukraine 2.5\u20131.5 in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,264],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-16079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","category-uncategorized-en","tag-chess"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4-1024x635.png\")
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