Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan (Elo 2688) made world No. 5 and former World Championship challenger Fabiana Caruana of USA (2783) dance to his tune and scored a superb counter-attacking win in the men's (Open) section of the Chess Olympiad on Monday.
No. 14 seeds Uzbeks held top seeds USA with Wesley So winning on the third board. The other two games were drawn. Abdusattorov, just 17, already world men's rapid champion and junior classical world champion, gave a fabulous game against Caruana.