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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 · Open Round 3

CM Ifan Rathbone-Jones (2117) vs CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus (1852)

Board 2, Wales – Qatar. Result: 1-0. 53 moves. Opening: Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Traditional Variation (E09).

Key moments

Move 45. Kf1 — swing
Move 46… Rf7 — swing
Move 49… Rb7 — blunder