Tournament
46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026
The 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 brings national teams together for the game’s premier team competition. India defends both titles after its historic Open and Women’s double at Budapest 2024. Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa and Vidit lead a powerful Indian Open squad. The USA, featuring Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Levon Aronian, joins host Uzbekistan and China among the leading challengers. Uzbekistan fields Javokhir Sindarov and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while China includes Wei Yi and Ding Liren. India’s Women’s team features Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali, with Georgia, China, Kazakhstan, the USA and Ukraine also expected to contend.
- Dates
- 16 September 2026–27 September 2026
- Location
- Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Format
- 11-round swiss for teams
Main
Players
- GM Caruana, Fabiano
- GM Sindarov, Javokhir
- GM So, Wesley
- GM Keymer, Vincent
- GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
- GM Praggnanandhaa R
- GM Erigaisi Arjun
- GM Giri, Anish
- GM Wei, Yi
- GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
- GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin
- GM Ding, Liren
- GM Rapport, Richard
- GM Aronian, Levon
- GM Niemann, Hans Moke
- GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
- GM Nihal Sarin
- GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
- GM Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
- GM Yu, Yangyi
- GM Van Foreest, Jorden
- GM Gukesh D
- GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
- GM Liang, Awonder
- GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek
- GM Leko, Peter
- GM Sarana, Alexey
- GM Vitiugov, Nikita
- GM Martirosyan, Haik M.
- GM Suleymanli, Aydin
- GM Bluebaum, Matthias
- GM Alekseenko, Kirill
- GM Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian
- GM Svane, Frederik
- GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin
- GM Muradli, Mahammad
- GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
- GM Van Wely, Loek
- GM Hovhannisyan, Robert
- GM Kovalenko, Igor
- GM Gurel, Ediz
- GM Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B
- GM Nguyen, Thai Dai Van
- GM Theodorou, Nikolas
- GM Anton Guijarro, David
- GM Mamedov, Rauf
- GM Xu, Xiangyu
- GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl
- GM Sargsyan, Shant
- GM Chigaev, Maksim
- GM Donchenko, Alexander
- GM Saric, Ivan
- GM Lazavik, Denis
- GM Bacrot, Etienne
- GM Gledura, Benjamin
- GM Safarli, Eltaj
- GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl
- GM Santos Latasa, Jaime
- GM Maurizzi, MarcAndria
- GM Madaminov, Mukhiddin
- GM Brkic, Ante
- GM Korobov, Anton
- GM Sargissian, Gabriel
- GM Svane, Rasmus
- GM Gumularz, Szymon
- GM Papaioannou, Ioannis
- GM Samunenkov, Ihor
- GM Navara, David
- GM Grandelius, Nils
- GM Shirov, Alexei
- GM Moussard, Jules
- GM Ivic, Velimir
- GM Adams, Michael
- GM Indjic, Aleksandar
- GM McShane, Luke J
- GM Predke, Alexandr
- GM L'Ami, Erwin
- GM Lagarde, Maxime
- GM Flores, Diego
- GM Banusz, Tamas
- GM Malek, Jan
- GM Tin, Jingyao
- GM Schoppen, Casper
- GM Supi, Luis Paulo
- GM Demchenko, Anton
- GM Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard
- GM Finek, Vaclav
- GM Smirin, Ilia
- GM Amar, Elham
- GM Jobava, Baadur
- GM Rodshtein, Maxim
- GM Cori, Jorge
- GM Naiditsch, Arkadij
- GM Lodici, Lorenzo
- GM Daneshvar, Bardiya
- GM Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen
- GM Cheng, Bobby
- GM Yuffa, Daniil
- GM Can, Isik
- GM Lupulescu, Constantin
- GM Petrosyan, Manuel
- GM Makhnev, Denis
- GM Peng, Li Min
- GM Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis
- GM Petrov, Nikita
- GM Bosiocic, Marin
- GM Dudin, Gleb
- GM Gorshtein, Ido
- GM Livaic, Leon
- GM Moroni, Luca Jr
- GM Stremavicius, Titas
- GM Gholami Orimi, Mahdi
- GM Martinovic, Sasa
- GM Peralta, Fernando
- GM Blohberger, Felix
- GM Mareco, Sandro
- GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil
- GM Andersen, Mads
- GM Kong, Xiangrui
- GM Abdisalimov, Abdimalik
- GM Bogner, Sebastian
- GM Sokolovsky, Yahli
- GM Petkov, Momchil
- GM Sanal, Vahap
- GM Michalik, Peter
- GM Fernandez, Daniel Howard
- GM Pultinevicius, Paulius
- GM Perez Ponsa, Federico
- GM Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid
- GM Sonis, Francesco
- GM Pechac, Jergus
- GM Fier, Alexandr
- GM Oro, Faustino
- GM Brunello, Sabino
- GM Laurusas, Tomas
- GM Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn
- GM Georgiadis, Nico
- GM Meshkovs, Nikita
- GM Can, Emre
- GM Kuybokarov, Temur
- GM Maksimovic, Bojan
- GM Alexakis, Dimitris
- GM Boruchovsky, Avital
- GM Petrov, Martin
- GM Gavrilescu, David
- GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir
- GM Kacharava, Nikolozi
- GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios
- GM Subelj, Jan
- IM Vykouk, Jan
- GM Georgiev, Kiril
- GM Kosakowski, Jakub
- IM Sardana, Rishi
- GM Seemann, Jakub
- GM Begmuratov, Khumoyun
- GM Kadric, Denis
- GM Baidetskyi, Valentin
- IM Sapenov, Daniyal
- GM Dehtiarov, Roman
- GM Parligras, Mircea-Emilian
- GM Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto
- GM Diamant, Andre
- IM Seo, Jung Min
- IM Kaasen, Tor Fredrik
- GM Schitco, Ivan
- GM Siddharth, Jagadeesh
- GM Ansat, Aldiyar
- IM Magold, Filip
- IM Nurgaliyev, Sauat
- IM Amilal Munkhdalai
- GM Sebenik, Matej
- GM Agmanov, Zhandos
- GM Lashkin, Jegor
- IM Stribuk, Artiom
- GM Megaranto, Susanto
- GM Tsaruk, Maksim
- IM Mahdavi, Reza
- IM Peyrer, Konstantin
- GM Volodin, Aleksandr
- GM Nigmatov, Ortik
- IM Nemec, Jachym
- GM Blomqvist, Erik
- GM Atanasov, Anthony
- IM Lavrencic, Matic
- GM Ochsner, Bjorn Moller
- IM Sahidi, Samir
- GM Dimitrov, Radoslav
- GM Preotu, Razvan
- IM Saydaliev, Saidakbar
- IM Dotzer, Lukas
- IM Trost, Edvin
- IM Di Berardino, Diego Rafael
- GM Draskovic, Luka
- GM Berdayes Ason, Dylan Isidro
- GM Paichadze, Luka
- GM Espinosa Veloz, Ermes
- GM Druska, Juraj
- GM Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo
- IM Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick
- IM Sai Krishna G V
- GM Salinas Herrera, Pablo
- GM Djukic, Nikola
- IM Amartuvshin, Ganzorig
- IM Garcia, Jan Emmanuel
- IM Noritsyn, Nikolay
- IM Morris, James
- IM Culum, Sanjin
- GM Martinez Duany, Lelys Stanley
- GM Haring, Filip
- IM Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt
- IM Lopez Rayo, Santiago
- IM Daghli, Arash
- IM Campos Gomez, Manuel
- IM Hafiz, Arif Abdul
- IM Baenziger, Fabian
- IM Risteski, Emil
- IM Marrujo Pardo, Mauricio Emmanuel
- IM Pancevski, Filip
- FM Zlatkov, Anton
- FM Sharifov, Mekhriddin
- IM Rakhmatullaev, Almas
- IM Greet, Andrew N
- GM Nikitenko, Mihail
- GM Bilguun, Sumiya
- IM Burovic, Rijad
- GM Quizon, Daniel
- IM Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom
- IM Cahaya, Satria Duta
- GM Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo
- IM Pidluznij, Gleb
- IM Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad
- IM Concio, Michael Jr.
- GM Miezis, Normunds
- IM Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja
- IM Bersamina, Paulo
- IM Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri
- FM Gubin, Dmitrii
- IM Nikolovski, Nikola
- IM Zarubitski, Viachaslau
- IM Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin
- IM Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali
- IM Marjanovic, Dejan
- IM Molina, Roberto Junio Brito
- IM Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alb
- CM Germanovs, Georgijs
- IM Rojas Salas, Steven
- FM Vijayakumar, Rishi
- IM Sirosh, Ilja
- IM Budhidharma, Nayaka
- IM Megalios, Konstantinos
- IM Fernandez Sanchez, Fernando Miguel
- IM Laohawirapap, Prin
- FM Chukavin, Kirill
- FM Sapocinic, Semion
- IM Stremavicius, Pijus
- FM Nissinen, Niilo Man
- FM Goh, Zi Han
- IM Perez Gormaz, Matias
- FM Krivenko, Dion
- FM Apol, Luitjen Akselsson
- FM Ashwath Kaushik
- FM Paikens, Reinis
- FM Vukcevic, Nemanja
- FM Federer, Colin
- GM Efimov, Igor
- FM Aithmidou, Mohamed-Mehdi
- FM Blackman, Justin
- FM Lam, Chun Yung Samuel
- IM Rodgaard, John
- FM Zozek Salah Mohammed
- CM Hadj Kholti, Yasser
- FM Kawuma, Patrick
- Nyola Wasswa Mark
- FM Mesic, Ismet
- IM Husbands, Orlando
- FM Kulpruethanon, Thanadon
- FM Christie, Joshua
- CM Mizzi, Jack
- FM Mwadzura, Roy
- Jele, Tapiwa
- CM Portelli, Matthew
- CM Abdallah, Mohamed Khalil
- CM Barbaria, Yacine
- CM Aryan, Ali Ehsan
- FM Wanyama, Harold
- CM Bouzidi, Ahmed
- CM Novak, Attila Robert
- Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa
- CM Pace, Colin
- FM Glaves, Raheem
- CM Li, Yiheng
- FM Muazaz , Dhahir Habeeb
- Ghanoui, Nidal
- IM Levacic, Damir
- FM Shaw, Jaden
- FM Ben Ghanem, Hamed
- FM Cahen, Alexis
- Khumnorkaew, Tupfah
- Nielsen, Jon I Horni
- CM Egesa emmanuel
- Petersen, Elias
- CM Brown, Akeem
- Zarkik, Abdeslam
- Mapuranga, Vitalis
- FM Verdier, Patrice
- Chiya mder hamad
- Edwards, Emar
- Alriyami, Faris Rashid
- CM Parsons, Justin
- Zhang, Edmond Meng
Standings
- Gukesh D — 8.5
- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek — 8
- Svane, Frederik — 8
- Van Foreest, Jorden — 8
- Dudin, Gleb — 7
- Giri, Anish — 7
- Muradli, Mahammad — 7
- Sargsyan, Shant — 7
- Suleymanli, Aydin — 7
- Yakubboev, Nodirbek — 7
- Maurizzi, MarcAndria — 6.5
- McShane, Luke J — 6.5
- Samunenkov, Ihor — 6.5
- Sindarov, Javokhir — 6.5
- Wei, Yi — 6.5
- Niemann, Hans Moke — 6
- Praggnanandhaa R — 6
- Ding, Liren — 5.5
- Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan — 5.5
- Kovalenko, Igor — 5.5
- Moussard, Jules — 5.5
- Nihal Sarin — 5.5
- Sargissian, Gabriel — 5.5
- So, Wesley — 5.5
- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — 5.5
- Aronian, Levon — 5
- Caruana, Fabiano — 5
- Gledura, Benjamin — 5
- Keymer, Vincent — 5
- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — 5
- Predke, Alexandr — 5
- Svane, Rasmus — 5
- Adams, Michael — 4.5
- Bluebaum, Matthias — 4.5
- Erigaisi Arjun — 4.5
- Gurel, Ediz — 4.5
- Leko, Peter — 4.5
- Liang, Awonder — 4.5
- Madaminov, Mukhiddin — 4.5
- Mamedov, Rauf — 4.5
- Van Wely, Loek — 4.5
- Xu, Xiangyu — 4.5
- Yu, Yangyi — 4.5
- Dehtiarov, Roman — 4
- Hovhannisyan, Robert — 4
- Indjic, Aleksandar — 4
- Kong, Xiangrui — 4
- Lagarde, Maxime — 4
- Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B — 4
- Martirosyan, Haik M. — 4
- Vitiugov, Nikita — 4
- Vokhidov, Shamsiddin — 4
- Abdisalimov, Abdimalik — 3.5
- Bacrot, Etienne — 3.5
- Donchenko, Alexander — 3.5
- Gholami Orimi, Mahdi — 3.5
- Ivanchuk, Vasyl — 3.5
- Korobov, Anton — 3.5
- Petrosyan, Manuel — 3.5
- Rapport, Richard — 3.5
- Sarana, Alexey — 3.5
- Yuffa, Daniil — 3.5
- Anton Guijarro, David — 3
- Can, Emre — 3
- Can, Isik — 3
- Dimitrov, Radoslav — 3
- Fernandez, Daniel Howard — 3
- Malek, Jan — 3
- Santos Latasa, Jaime — 3
- Schoppen, Casper — 3
- Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid — 3
- Banusz, Tamas — 2.5
- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel — 2.5
- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof — 2.5
- Finek, Vaclav — 2.5
- Navara, David — 2.5
- Safarli, Eltaj — 2.5
- Stremavicius, Titas — 2.5
- Trost, Edvin — 2.5
- Vakhidov, Jakhongir — 2.5
- Alexakis, Dimitris — 2
- Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis — 2
- L'Ami, Erwin — 2
- Naiditsch, Arkadij — 2
- Nguyen, Thai Dai Van — 2
- Nigmatov, Ortik — 2
- Pidluznij, Gleb — 2
- Pultinevicius, Paulius — 2
- Tabatabaei, M. Amin — 2
- Theodorou, Nikolas — 2
- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi — 2
- Vykouk, Jan — 2
- Ansat, Aldiyar — 1.5
- Begmuratov, Khumoyun — 1.5
- Chigaev, Maksim — 1.5
- Daneshvar, Bardiya — 1.5
- Gumularz, Szymon — 1.5
- Ivic, Velimir — 1.5
- Laurusas, Tomas — 1.5
- Lazavik, Denis — 1.5
- Magold, Filip — 1.5
- Maksimovic, Bojan — 1.5
- Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios — 1.5
- Michalik, Peter — 1.5
- Parligras, Mircea-Emilian — 1.5
- Peng, Li Min — 1.5
- Saric, Ivan — 1.5
- Shirov, Alexei — 1.5
- Baenziger, Fabian — 1
- Blohberger, Felix — 1
- Bosiocic, Marin — 1
- Brkic, Ante — 1
- Cheng, Bobby — 1
- Daghli, Arash — 1
- Demchenko, Anton — 1
- Diamant, Andre — 1
- Djukic, Nikola — 1
- Gavrilescu, David — 1
- Grandelius, Nils — 1
- Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt — 1
- Kacharava, Nikolozi — 1
- Laohawirapap, Prin — 1
- Lupulescu, Constantin — 1
- Makhnev, Denis — 1
- Mchedlishvili, Mikheil — 1
- Nikolovski, Nikola — 1
- Ochsner, Bjorn Moller — 1
- Oro, Faustino — 1
- Perez Ponsa, Federico — 1
- Petkov, Momchil — 1
- Petrov, Martin — 1
- Portelli, Matthew — 1
- Sanal, Vahap — 1
- Sardana, Rishi — 1
- Seo, Jung Min — 1
- Sirosh, Ilja — 1
- Stremavicius, Pijus — 1
- Stribuk, Artiom — 1
- Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali — 0.5
- Alekseenko, Kirill — 0.5
- Amar, Elham — 0.5
- Amilal Munkhdalai — 0.5
- Aryan, Ali Ehsan — 0.5
- Atanasov, Anthony — 0.5
- Bersamina, Paulo — 0.5
- Bjerre, Jonas Buhl — 0.5
- Blomqvist, Erik — 0.5
- Budhidharma, Nayaka — 0.5
- Burovic, Rijad — 0.5
- Cahaya, Satria Duta — 0.5
- Campos Gomez, Manuel — 0.5
- Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian — 0.5
- Di Berardino, Diego Rafael — 0.5
- Dotzer, Lukas — 0.5
- Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto — 0.5
- Fernandez Sanchez, Fernando Miguel — 0.5
- Fier, Alexandr — 0.5
- Flores, Diego — 0.5
- Garcia, Jan Emmanuel — 0.5
- Georgiadis, Nico — 0.5
- Goh, Zi Han — 0.5
- Haring, Filip — 0.5
- Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin — 0.5
- Jobava, Baadur — 0.5
- Kaasen, Tor Fredrik — 0.5
- Kadric, Denis — 0.5
- Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad — 0.5
- Kuybokarov, Temur — 0.5
- Lashkin, Jegor — 0.5
- Li, Yiheng — 0.5
- Livaic, Leon — 0.5
- Lodici, Lorenzo — 0.5
- Lopez Rayo, Santiago — 0.5
- Mahdavi, Reza — 0.5
- Mapuranga, Vitalis — 0.5
- Mareco, Sandro — 0.5
- Marrujo Pardo, Mauricio Emmanuel — 0.5
- Martinez Duany, Lelys Stanley — 0.5
- Martinovic, Sasa — 0.5
- Megaranto, Susanto — 0.5
- Moroni, Luca Jr — 0.5
- Morris, James — 0.5
- Novak, Attila Robert — 0.5
- Nurgaliyev, Sauat — 0.5
- Paichadze, Luka — 0.5
- Paikens, Reinis — 0.5
- Pancevski, Filip — 0.5
- Peralta, Fernando — 0.5
- Petrov, Nikita — 0.5
- Preotu, Razvan — 0.5
- Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo — 0.5
- Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn — 0.5
- Rodshtein, Maxim — 0.5
- Sahidi, Samir — 0.5
- Sai Krishna G V — 0.5
- Schitco, Ivan — 0.5
- Seemann, Jakub — 0.5
- Smirin, Ilia — 0.5
- Sokolovsky, Yahli — 0.5
- Subelj, Jan — 0.5
- Supi, Luis Paulo — 0.5
- Tin, Jingyao — 0.5
- Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo — 0.5
- Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick — 0.5
- Zarubitski, Viachaslau — 0.5
- Zhang, Edmond Meng — 0.5
- Abdallah, Mohamed Khalil — 0
- Agmanov, Zhandos — 0
- Aithmidou, Mohamed-Mehdi — 0
- Alriyami, Faris Rashid — 0
- Amartuvshin, Ganzorig — 0
- Andersen, Mads — 0
- Apol, Luitjen Akselsson — 0
- Ashwath Kaushik — 0
- Baidetskyi, Valentin — 0
- Bakhrillaev, Bakhrom — 0
- Barbaria, Yacine — 0
- Ben Ghanem, Hamed — 0
- Berdayes Ason, Dylan Isidro — 0
- Bilguun, Sumiya — 0
- Blackman, Justin — 0
- Bogner, Sebastian — 0
- Boruchovsky, Avital — 0
- Bouzidi, Ahmed — 0
- Brown, Akeem — 0
- Brunello, Sabino — 0
- Cahen, Alexis — 0
- Chiya mder hamad — 0
- Christie, Joshua — 0
- Chukavin, Kirill — 0
- Concio, Michael Jr. — 0
- Cori, Jorge — 0
- Culum, Sanjin — 0
- Draskovic, Luka — 0
- Druska, Juraj — 0
- Edwards, Emar — 0
- Efimov, Igor — 0
- Egesa emmanuel — 0
- Espinosa Veloz, Ermes — 0
- Federer, Colin — 0
- Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri — 0
- Georgiev, Kiril — 0
- Germanovs, Georgijs — 0
- Ghanoui, Nidal — 0
- Glaves, Raheem — 0
- Gorshtein, Ido — 0
- Greet, Andrew N — 0
- Gubin, Dmitrii — 0
- Hadj Kholti, Yasser — 0
- Hafiz, Arif Abdul — 0
- Husbands, Orlando — 0
- Jele, Tapiwa — 0
- Kawuma, Patrick — 0
- Khumnorkaew, Tupfah — 0
- Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja — 0
- Kosakowski, Jakub — 0
- Krivenko, Dion — 0
- Kulpruethanon, Thanadon — 0
- Lam, Chun Yung Samuel — 0
- Lavrencic, Matic — 0
- Levacic, Damir — 0
- Marjanovic, Dejan — 0
- Megalios, Konstantinos — 0
- Meshkovs, Nikita — 0
- Mesic, Ismet — 0
- Miezis, Normunds — 0
- Mizzi, Jack — 0
- Molina, Roberto Junio Brito — 0
- Muazaz , Dhahir Habeeb — 0
- Mushore, Emarald Takudzwa — 0
- Mwadzura, Roy — 0
- Nemec, Jachym — 0
- Nielsen, Jon I Horni — 0
- Nikitenko, Mihail — 0
- Nissinen, Niilo Man — 0
- Noritsyn, Nikolay — 0
- Nyola Wasswa Mark — 0
- Pace, Colin — 0
- Papaioannou, Ioannis — 0
- Parsons, Justin — 0
- Pechac, Jergus — 0
- Perez Gormaz, Matias — 0
- Petersen, Elias — 0
- Peyrer, Konstantin — 0
- Quizon, Daniel — 0
- Rakhmatullaev, Almas — 0
- Risteski, Emil — 0
- Rodgaard, John — 0
- Rojas Salas, Steven — 0
- Salinas Herrera, Pablo — 0
- Sapenov, Daniyal — 0
- Sapocinic, Semion — 0
- Saydaliev, Saidakbar — 0
- Sebenik, Matej — 0
- Sharifov, Mekhriddin — 0
- Shaw, Jaden — 0
- Siddharth, Jagadeesh — 0
- Sonis, Francesco — 0
- Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard — 0
- Tsaruk, Maksim — 0
- Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen — 0
- Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alb — 0
- Verdier, Patrice — 0
- Vijayakumar, Rishi — 0
- Volodin, Aleksandr — 0
- Vukcevic, Nemanja — 0
- Wanyama, Harold — 0
- Zarkik, Abdeslam — 0
- Zlatkov, Anton — 0
- Zozek Salah Mohammed — 0