World U16 Olympiad – Chessdom https://www.chessdom.com Chess, chess news, live chess games Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:43:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Turkey wins gold at the FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2022 https://www.chessdom.com/turkey-wins-gold-at-the-fide-world-youth-u16-chess-olympiad-2022/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 06:38:00 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=83884 FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2022 finished in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, on October 10. The 9-round Swiss tournament with classical time control brought together 34 teams from 22 countries.

The fifth-rated Turkiye-Red swept the field, winning the event with one round to spare. The FM Eray Kilic (2428, board 1) won all the matches. Both FM Hasan Huseyin Celik (2323) and FM Taha Ozkan (2299) had a fantastic event, scoring 8 and 7,5 points, respectively, and showing the best result on Boards 2 and 3. WFM Gulenay Aydin (2109) and Hatice Asli Mustu (1896), on boards four and five, also contributed to the overall success.

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Uzbekistan-1 claimed silver medals. Led by IM Mukhiddin Madaminov, they won 7 matches, including important victories over India and Kazakhstan, and made one draw with eventual bronze-medalists Azerbaijan-1. Board 2 of the Uzbekistan team, FM Khumoyun Begmuratov, scored an impressive 8 out of 9. 

Azerbaijan-1 lost two matches and thus could only settle for third place. Apart from losing to Turkey-Red (like any other team), the host nation’s teenagers were also defeated by Kazakhstan. All team members showed balanced performance, while Narmin Abdinova (1810, board 6) stood out with 7 out of 8 – the best performance on board 6.

Initially among top-3 rated teams, Iran and India did not have the best event, finishing 6th and 5th, respectively. Nevertheless, the leader of the Indian team, IM Pranav V, showed the best performance on board 1, with a performance rating of 2615. Iran’s board 4, FM Sina Movahed, also won his board’s competition, but this was not enough for the overall team’s success. Kazakhstan, which narrowly missed the podium, can boast of the best Board 5 performance accomplished by CM Sauat Nurgaliyev.  

Final standings:

Rk.FEDTeamTeamTB1TB2TB3TB4
1TURTurkiye-RedTUR-1182892893
2UZBUzbekistan-1UZB-1152312594
3AZEAzerbaijan-1AZE-1131992196
4KAZKazakhstanKAZ121982198
5INDIndiaIND112132494
6IRIIranIRI111992195
7UZBUzbekistan-2UZB-2111562086
8MGLMongoliaMGL101702284
9GEOGeorgia-1GEO-1101692284
10AZEAzerbaijan-2AZE-2101672079
11TURTurkiye-AnatoliaTUR-3101641990
12CUBCubaCUB101621893
13AZEAzerbaijan-4AZE-4101582081
14TURTurkiye-WhiteTUR-2101552078
15CANCanadaCAN101402073
16RSASouth Africa-1RSA-1101301868
17KGZKyrgyzstanKGZ91301978
18MDAMoldovaMDA91301777
19MEXMexicoMEX81451977
20AZEAzerbaijan-NakhchivanAZE-581242064
21BANBangladeshBAN81211872
22LATLatviaLAT81061866
23MASMalaysiaMAS81011869
24ENGEnglandENG898.51573
25LBNLebanonLBN888.51858
26AZEAzerbaijan-Sumgayit Olympic SCAZE-68841759
27AZEAzerbaijan-3AZE-3872.51660
28SRISri LankaSRI796.51478
29PANPanamaPAN786.51568
30RSASouth Africa-2RSA-26941665
31HKGHong KongHKG6811558
32RSASouth Africa-3RSA-3668.51457
33GEOGeorgia-2GEO-22124.560
34EGYEgyptEGY1417.559
]]> World U16 Olympiad 2015 LIVE! https://www.chessdom.com/world-u16-olympiad-2015-live/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:00:24 +0000 http://www.chessdom.com/?p=51184 The Mongolian Chess Federation (MCF) organizes the World U-16 Youth Chess Olympiad from August 19-29, 2015, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

A total of 159 players from Australia, Belarus, Canada, China, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, South Korea, Macau, Mogolia, Palau, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United States, and Uzbekistan are participating in the 10 rounds team championship. Rules and regulations here

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