46th Chess Olympiad: Samarkand 2026

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Information

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Basic data

46th Chess Olympiad
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: 16th - 27th September 2026
City: Samarkand (Uzbekistan)
Venue: EXPO Centre, Silk Road Complex
Organizers: FIDE, Uzbekistan Chess Federation
Tournament Director:
Chief Arbiter: IA Ivan Syrový (SVK)
Arbiters: IA Gunther van den Bergh (RSA), IA Carolina Muñoz Solis (CRC)
Other officials: Technical Delegate: GM Mohammed Al-Modiahki (QAT)
Teams participating: 206 (from 204 countries)
Players participating: 1025 (incl. 220 GMs, 159 IMs, 168 FMs, 133 CMs and 2 WCMs)
Games played: 4516 (66 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Eleven round Swiss
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Olympiad Sonneborn-Berger; 3. Game points; 4. Match points of opponents
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game; 30 sec. increment from move 1
Website: FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026
Other websites: Chess-Results.com
PGN game file: 2026olm.pgn


Individual medals

1st Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek Uzbekistan UZB 2883
2. GM Erdoğmuş, Yağız Kaan Turkey TUR 2839
3. GM Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu India IND 2772

2nd Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. GM Van Foreest, Jorden Netherlands NED 2817
2. GM Wei Yi China CHN 2798
3. GM Sindarov, Javokhir Uzbekistan UZB 2797

3rd Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. GM Svane, Frederik Germany GER 2796
2. GM Yakubboev, Nodirbek Uzbekistan UZB 2790
3. GM Sargsian, Shant Armenia ARM 2746

4th Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. GM Gukesh, Dommaraju India IND 2753
2. GM Samunenkov, Ihor Ukraine UKR 2727
3. GM Aronian, Levon United States USA 2720

Reserve Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. GM Dudin, Gleb Hungary HUN 2740
2. GM Yuffa, Daniil Spain ESP 2695
3. GM Hamițevici, Vladimir Moldova MDA 2636

Nona Gaprindashvili International Trophy

no. country flag pos.
open		 pos.
wom.		 ∑ pos ∑ MP ∑ dSB ∑ pts ∑ dSMP
1. India IND 2 3 5 35 829.5 59½ 323
2. United States USA 4 4 8 34 809.5 61½ 307
3. China CHN 8 1 9 36 837.5 61 321
4. Armenia ARM 6 6 12 34 708.5 55½ 308
5. Uzbekistan UZB 1 13 14 35 814 61 313
6. Poland POL 14 5 19 32 729 57 306

This trophy is awarded to the country with the highest combined score in the Open and Women’s sections.

Category prizes

cat. seed
range		 country flag MP dSB
A 1-41* (1)United States USA 17 391.5
B 42-82 (47)Vietnam VIE 15 326.5
C 83-123 (87)Ecuador ECU 13 232.5
D 124-164 (124)Pakistan PAK 12 162
E 165-206 (171)Qatar QAT 10 168

Category prizes are awarded to the highest-scoring teams in each designated seeding group.
*Medal winners do not apply.