46th Chess Olympiad (women): Samarkand 2026

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Basic data

46th Chess Olympiad (women)
(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)
Teams participating: 189 (from 187 countries)
Players participating: 937 (incl. 18 GMs, 53 IMs, 53 WGMs, 12 FMs, 110 WIMs, 2 CMs, 145 WFMs and 149 WCMs)
Games played: 4132 (82 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: 2026olw.pgn


Individual medals

1st Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. GM Zhu Jiner China CHN 2638
2. IM Yip, Carissa United States USA 2601
3. GM Koneru, Humpy India IND 2570

2nd Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. IM Lee, Alice United States USA 2579
2. WGM Mkrtchian, Mariam Armenia ARM 2545
3. IM Song Yuxin China CHN 2503

3rd Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. IM Lu Miaoyi China CHN 2593
2. GM Divya, Deshmukh India IND 2464
3. GM Khotenashvili, Bella Georgia GEO 2435

4th Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. WIM Kaliakhmet, Elnaz Kazakhstan KAZ 2507
2. IM Vantika, Agrawal India IND 2449
3. WIM Hernández Gil, Ineymig Cuba CUB 2447

Reserve Board
no. name flag code ELOp
1. IM Savitha, Shri B India IND 2599
2. WGM Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng Vietnam VIE 2437
3. WIM Karimova, Guldona Uzbekistan UZB 2337