Turkey wins gold at the FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2022

nikita — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 06:38:00 +0000

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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‘Olimpiyat Şampiyonu’ Türkiye Bu gurur Türkiye’nin!
Azerbaycan Nahçıvan'da düzenlenen @FIDE_chess Dünya U16 Satranç Olimpiyatı'nda Türkiye-Kırmızı Takımı tarihte bir ilke imza attı ve ‘Olimpiyat Şampiyonu’ oldu. pic.twitter.com/KKz2doOig6
— Türkiye Satranç Federasyonu (@TurkishChess) October 9, 2022

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.	FED	Team	Team	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	TUR	Turkiye-Red	TUR-1	18	289	28	93
2	UZB	Uzbekistan-1	UZB-1	15	231	25	94
3	AZE	Azerbaijan-1	AZE-1	13	199	21	96
4	KAZ	Kazakhstan	KAZ	12	198	21	98
5	IND	India	IND	11	213	24	94
6	IRI	Iran	IRI	11	199	21	95
7	UZB	Uzbekistan-2	UZB-2	11	156	20	86
8	MGL	Mongolia	MGL	10	170	22	84
9	GEO	Georgia-1	GEO-1	10	169	22	84
10	AZE	Azerbaijan-2	AZE-2	10	167	20	79
11	TUR	Turkiye-Anatolia	TUR-3	10	164	19	90
12	CUB	Cuba	CUB	10	162	18	93
13	AZE	Azerbaijan-4	AZE-4	10	158	20	81
14	TUR	Turkiye-White	TUR-2	10	155	20	78
15	CAN	Canada	CAN	10	140	20	73
16	RSA	South Africa-1	RSA-1	10	130	18	68
17	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	9	130	19	78
18	MDA	Moldova	MDA	9	130	17	77
19	MEX	Mexico	MEX	8	145	19	77
20	AZE	Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan	AZE-5	8	124	20	64
21	BAN	Bangladesh	BAN	8	121	18	72
22	LAT	Latvia	LAT	8	106	18	66
23	MAS	Malaysia	MAS	8	101	18	69
24	ENG	England	ENG	8	98.5	15	73
25	LBN	Lebanon	LBN	8	88.5	18	58
26	AZE	Azerbaijan-Sumgayit Olympic SC	AZE-6	8	84	17	59
27	AZE	Azerbaijan-3	AZE-3	8	72.5	16	60
28	SRI	Sri Lanka	SRI	7	96.5	14	78
29	PAN	Panama	PAN	7	86.5	15	68
30	RSA	South Africa-2	RSA-2	6	94	16	65
31	HKG	Hong Kong	HKG	6	81	15	58
32	RSA	South Africa-3	RSA-3	6	68.5	14	57
33	GEO	Georgia-2	GEO-2	2	12	4.5	60
34	EGY	Egypt	EGY	1	41	7.5	59

FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2022 – LIVE

nikita — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 17:24:04 +0000

The FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2022 starts tomorrow in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, and will be played from 1-11 October in Nakhchivan Chess Center. 34 teams from 24 countries registered for the event which will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the end of the games, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. Each match between teams will be played over 4 boards.

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Turkey wins gold at the FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2022

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