Chess Olympiad. Uzbekistan prevailed over the USA
Uzbekistan's main team continues to lead with 16 points. The Uzbekistan-2 team also won their match against the Netherlands, bringing their points total to 15 and continuing to pursue the main team.
**Chess Olympiad: Uzbekistan defeats the USA**
The 9th round matches of the World Chess Olympiad, which is continuing in Samarkand, ended successfully for the representatives of Uzbekistan.
The main men's team of Uzbekistan bounced back after their defeat to Germany in the previous round and secured a victory over the USA, who are considered one of the tournament favorites.
Muhiddin Madaminov drew with his strong opponent Levon Aronian (he had replaced Shamsiddin Vokhidov, who lost in the previous round).
Nodirbek Abdusattorov forced Fabiano Caruana, who ranks third in the world ratings, to resign.
Javohir Sindarov got into a difficult situation in his match against another famous chess player, Wesley So, and ultimately could not escape it, resulting in an equalizer: 1.5-1.5.
This chess player, who had lost in the previous round, justified the trust this time and managed to turn the tide to win an extremely difficult game against Hans Niemann. The final score was 2.5-1.5.
Thus, after 9 rounds, the main team of Uzbekistan continues to lead the tournament standings with 16 points.
The Uzbekistan-2 team also played this round confidently.
This team had entered the top ten in the previous round by defeating England with a score of 2.5-1.5.
In the match against the Netherlands, who were in 4th place with 13 points before the round, this team also showed clear dominance and achieved a victory.
**Uzbekistan-2 – Netherlands 3.5:0.5**
Muhammadzohid Suyarov – Loek van Wely 1:0
Jahongir Vokhidov – Anish Giri 1:0
Ortik Nigmatov – Erwin l'Ami 1:0