FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2022 starts tomorrow

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.

Teams of Iran (average rating of players 2379, captain Asghar Golizadeh), Azerbaijan (average rating of players, captain Farid Abbasov), Turkey (average rating of players 2324, captain Serkan Yeke) and India (average rating of players, captain Tajas Bakre) are the top seeds. The best rated participants are: IM Pranav (India), IM Bardiya Daneshvar (Iran), FM Read Samadov (Azerbaijan), IM Pranesh (India), FM Eray Kilic (Turkey). Scroll down for starting rank list of teams and players

Starting rank list of teams:

No.	Team	RtgAvg	Captain
1	Iran	2379	Golizadeh, Asghar
2	Azerbaijan-1	2353	Abbasov, Farid
3	Turkiye-White	2324	Yeke, Serkan
4	India	2313	Tejas Ravindra Bakre
5	Turkiye-Red	2312	Aghamaliyev, Cemil
6	Uzbekistan-1	2286	Fayzullaev, Akmal
7	Kazakhstan	2251	Kotsul, Pavel
8	Cuba	2155	Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia
9	Turkiye-Anatolia	2134	Goksel, Doga Cihan
10	Azerbaijan-2	2126	Aliyev, Ravan
11	Moldova	2076	Bargan Sergiu
12	Mexico	2061	Pablo Della Morte
13	Kyrgyzstan	2041	Dzhumaev, Marat
14	Bangladesh	2001	Abu Sufian Shakil
15	Mongolia	1989
16	Georgia-1	1979	Kuparadze, Giga
17	Latvia	1970	Putka, Verners
18	Uzbekistan-2	1908	Khakimov Akbar
19	England	1862
20	Panama	1861	Cesar Mathews Romero
21	Canada	1833	Musat, Adrian
22	Azerbaijan4	1816	Hasanov, Rashad
23	South Africa1	1812	Amardeep, Magu
24	Sri Lanka	1797	Welipitiya, W M Kanishka
25	Nakhchivan	1709	Sevdimaliyev, Urfan
26	Azerbaijan-3	1683	Sideifzade, Fikret
27	Malaysia	1670	Teh Rui Gen
28	Lebanon	1610	Haidar, Ali
29	Hong Kong	1555	Shen,  Chenyi
30	South Africa2	1435
31	South Africa3	1428
32	Zambia	1372	Nsakanya Chanda
33	Egypt	1350	Hamido, Mostafa Ibrahim
34	Georgia-2	1000	Khizanishvili, Davit

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Starting rank list of players:

No.		Name	Rtg	FED	Team
1	IM	Pranav V	2530	IND	India
2	IM	Daneshvar Bardiya	2516	IRI	Iran
3	FM	Samadov Read	2455	AZE	Azerbaijan-1
4	IM	Pranesh M	2437	IND	India
5	FM	Kilic Eray	2428	TUR	Turkiye-Red
6	IM	Madaminov Mukhiddin	2425	UZB	Uzbekistan-1
7	CM	Caputcuoglu Zeki Berke	2370	TUR	Turkiye-White
8	FM	Orozbaev Eldiar	2369	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
9		Ashraf Artin	2361	IRI	Iran
10	FM	Begmuratov Khumoyun	2353	UZB	Uzbekistan-1
11	FM	Orujov Farid	2352	AZE	Azerbaijan-1
12		Movahed Sina	2345	IRI	Iran
13	FM	Taspinar Yanki	2325	TUR	Turkiye-White
14	FM	Celik Hasan Huseyin	2323	TUR	Turkiye-Red
15	FM	Camlar Arda	2322	TUR	Turkiye-White
16	FM	Tarhan Adar	2320	TUR	Turkiye-Anatolia
17	FM	Hidalgo Diaz Daniel	2315	CUB	Cuba
18	WIM	Kairbekova Amina	2305	KAZ	Kazakhstan
19	FM	Azadaliyev Jahandar	2304	AZE	Azerbaijan-2
20	FM	Suleymanli Suleyman	2304	AZE	Azerbaijan-1
21	FM	Ozkan Taha	2299	TUR	Turkiye-Red
22	FM	Talibov Shiroghlan	2299	AZE	Azerbaijan-1
23	FM	Zhakshylykov Erzhan	2293	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
24	FM	Mahdavi Reza	2292	IRI	Iran
25	CM	Ozturk Efe Hakan	2279	TUR	Turkiye-White
26	FM	Sapenov Daniyal	2276	KAZ	Kazakhstan
27	CM	Aslanov Umid	2273	AZE	Azerbaijan-2
28	IM	Ansat Aldiyar	2264	KAZ	Kazakhstan
29		Gonzalez Soler Leduard Manuel	2251	CUB	Cuba
30		Akin Yagiz Cinar	2249	TUR	Turkiye-Anatolia
31	FM	Harshad S	2218	IND	India
32	CM	Yavuz Efe Metehan	2215	TUR	Turkiye-Anatolia
33	FM	Anand Batsukh	2201	MGL	Mongolia
34		Ahmad Khagan	2196	AZE	Azerbaijan-2
35	WFM	Aydin Gulenay	2196	TUR	Turkiye-Red
36	WFM	Omonova Umida	2196	UZB	Uzbekistan-1
37		Baranciuc Alexandr	2184	MDA	Moldova
38	FM	Tenuunbold Battulga	2178	MGL	Mongolia
39		Bakhrillaev Bakhrom	2168	UZB	Uzbekistan-1
40		Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid	2159	UZB	Uzbekistan-1
41	WIM	Nurmanova Alua	2158	KAZ	Kazakhstan
42		Hernandez Izquierdo Jose A.	2140	CUB	Cuba
43	FM	Amilal Munkhdalai	2137	MGL	Mongolia
44		Mohammadian Sechani Arshia	2117	IRI	Iran
45	CM	Manon Reja Neer	2107	BAN	Bangladesh
46	CM	Chen Max	2104	CAN	Canada
47		Seyid Huseyn	2097	AZE	Nakhchivan
48		Zacarias Rodriguez Santiago	2091	MEX	Mexico
49		Shamatava Nikolozi	2089	GEO	Georgia-1
50	CM	Galaviz Medina Atlas Adomaitis	2069	MEX	Mexico
51		Rohit S	2065	IND	India
52		Levitan Caleb Levi	2063	RSA	South Africa1
53		Montes Orozco Miguel Angel	2060	MEX	Mexico
54		Springis Jevgenijs	2057	LAT	Latvia
55		Triboi Alexander	2052	MDA	Moldova
56		Cebotari Stanislav	2047	MDA	Moldova
57	WFM	Khamdamova Afruza	2040	UZB	Uzbekistan-2
58		Adamovics Aleksejs	2037	LAT	Latvia
59		Paredes Guzman Francisco Javier	2023	MEX	Mexico
60		Sustov Savva	2020	MDA	Moldova
61		Omonov Asrorjon	2016	UZB	Uzbekistan-2
62		Nemsadze Daviti	2010	GEO	Georgia-1
63		Mendez Machado Andre	2003	PAN	Panama
64	CM	Sakline Mostafa Sajid	2001	BAN	Bangladesh
65		Swarnavo Choudhury	1979	BAN	Bangladesh
66		Francs Marats	1956	LAT	Latvia
67		Southcott-Moyers Indy	1952	ENG	England
68		Iunusov Nuriddin	1940	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
69		Sabitov Ilyas	1924	KAZ	Kazakhstan
70		Kirtadze Anastasia	1922	GEO	Georgia-1
71		Karsten Jan	1921	RSA	South Africa1
72		Batista Rosas Nicolas Arturo	1919	PAN	Panama
73		Md. Sajidul Haque	1918	BAN	Bangladesh
74		Pal Rohan	1913	ENG	England
75		Caballero Ramos Greter	1912	CUB	Cuba
76		Kiriella K G T S D	1907	SRI	Sri Lanka
77	WCM	Gasimova Samra	1902	AZE	Azerbaijan-1
78	WCM	Ismayilova Khanim	1901	AZE	Azerbaijan-3
79		Kiladze Luka	1894	GEO	Georgia-1
80		Arkadan Adib	1884	LBN	Lebanon
81		Israilov Agil	1883	AZE	Azerbaijan4
82		Safarov Deniel	1881	GEO	Georgia-1
83		Davudov Tunar	1868	AZE	Azerbaijan4
84		Navaratnam Ishaan Quan Tze	1862	MAS	Malaysia
85		Nabil Nazar Mohamed	1861	SRI	Sri Lanka
86		Schnell Sebastian Narayana	1846	PAN	Panama
87		Mrittika Mallick	1845	IND	India
88		Karimi Setayesh	1844	IRI	Iran
89		Cheng Justin Hong-Chen	1843	HKG	Hong Kong
90	AIM	Subramanian Anusha	1840	ENG	England
91		Alagoz Zumra Meryem	1830	TUR	Turkiye-White
92		Savicevs Arsenijs	1830	LAT	Latvia
93		Mustu Hatice Asli	1826	TUR	Turkiye-Red
94		Abdukhakimov Akbarali	1815	UZB	Uzbekistan-2
95		Chen Rachel Ruoxuan	1783	CAN	Canada
96		Zhao Jeffrey R	1774	CAN	Canada
97		Alizada Pasham	1770	AZE	Azerbaijan4
98		Li Yiheng	1766	HKG	Hong Kong
99		Botiraliev Abdumajid	1762	UZB	Uzbekistan-2
100		Hernandez Diaz Paula Sofia	1760	MEX	Mexico
101		Teh Rui Gen	1756	MAS	Malaysia
102		Baloglu Dila	1752	TUR	Turkiye-Anatolia
103		Badenhorst Chloe	1751	RSA	South Africa1
104		Abdulkarimli Eljan	1742	AZE	Azerbaijan4
105		Dasgupta Avyukt	1741	ENG	England
106		Wiratunga Jenith	1741	SRI	Sri Lanka
107		Abdinova Narmin	1740	AZE	Azerbaijan-1
108		Boramanikar Tanisha S	1740	IND	India
109		Shukurova Aydan	1732	AZE	Azerbaijan-2
110		Zajakins Artjoms	1730	LAT	Latvia
111		Levitan Judah Nathan	1725	RSA	South Africa2
112		Bargan Victoria	1720	MDA	Moldova
113	WCM	Kayis Gulcan Sena	1702	TUR	Turkiye-Anatolia
114		Nuriyeva Nurtan	1691	AZE	Azerbaijan-3
115		Diaz Bartolo Elizabeth Schahrazad	1681	MEX	Mexico
116		Saravanabaavan Brijeash	1679	SRI	Sri Lanka
117		Castillo Beitia Ashley Alexandra	1674	PAN	Panama
118		Bozorov Javokhir	1670	UZB	Uzbekistan-2
119		Jiang Kate Yuhua	1670	CAN	Canada
120		Omnia Binta Yusuf Lubaba	1642	BAN	Bangladesh
121		Maklakova Naomi	1635	LAT	Latvia
122	AFM	Emran Muhammad Emir Rasyid	1634	MAS	Malaysia
123		Hajialiyev Islam	1633	AZE	Azerbaijan-2
124		Humbatova Nazli	1632	AZE	Nakhchivan
125		Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa	1624	SRI	Sri Lanka
126		Jannatul Ferdousi	1624	BAN	Bangladesh
127		Han Xuqian Ben	1610	HKG	Hong Kong
128		Abdel Raouf Zyad	1609	EGY	Egypt
129	AFM	Soojay Jorah	1573	RSA	South Africa3
130	WCM	Wickramasinghe Minethma Lasandi	1573	SRI	Sri Lanka
131		Huseynli Ayan	1572	AZE	Azerbaijan-3
132	WCM	Bashirli Saadat	1567	AZE	Azerbaijan-3
133		Badieh Mahmoud	1566	LBN	Lebanon
134		Hasanli Rza	1566	AZE	Nakhchivan
135		Berdibaeva Edisa	1563	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
136		Abbasov Sadig	1542	AZE	Nakhchivan
137	AFM	Potgieter Edward	1513	RSA	South Africa1
138		Abdullabayli Rajab	1506	AZE	Nakhchivan
139		Nasibova Narmin	1504	AZE	Azerbaijan4
140		Mohamed Mostafa Omar	1503	EGY	Egypt
141		Fawaz Nadia	1500	LBN	Lebanon
142		Jafarova Aysel	1489	AZE	Azerbaijan-2
143		Karam Youssef Mark	1488	LBN	Lebanon
144		Abbasova Zarifa	1480	AZE	Nakhchivan
145		Boshoma Chisomo	1466	RSA	South Africa2
146		Rzali Leyla	1451	AZE	Azerbaijan4
147		Khuslen Erdenebayar	1439	MGL	Mongolia
148		Ibanez Zanetti Sebastian Andres	1433	PAN	Panama
149		Chang Sebastian	1430	RSA	South Africa3
150		Thamil Manni Swetha	1428	MAS	Malaysia
151		Darweeche Roaa	1406	LBN	Lebanon
152		Sauti Luyepo	1403	ZAM	Zambia
153		Chembe Sean Kunda	1402	ZAM	Zambia
154		Fawaz Mohamad	1394	LBN	Lebanon
155		Goliath Brimarion	1394	RSA	South Africa3
156		Meise Keagen	1362	RSA	South Africa1
157	CM	Shane Kennedy	1358	ZAM	Zambia
158	WCM	Budagova Leyla	1356	AZE	Azerbaijan-3
159		Nwedo Khodani	1356	RSA	South Africa2
160		Mweetwa Victoria	1325	ZAM	Zambia
161		Wang Pei-Shan	1315	RSA	South Africa3
162		Fahmi Adham	1288	EGY	Egypt
163		Huseynova Dinara	1257	AZE	Azerbaijan-3
164		Cairel Adrin Rumi Arjuna Malique	1223	MAS	Malaysia
165		Lwenyeka Bupe	1193	ZAM	Zambia
166		Nel Hayley	1191	RSA	South Africa2
167		Jacobs Elsje	1168	RSA	South Africa3
168		Alakhverdiev Tajir	0	GEO	Georgia-2
169		Aliev Kasum	0	GEO	Georgia-2
170		Bairamov Jakhandar	0	GEO	Georgia-2
171		Chikashi Abigail	0	ZAM	Zambia
172		Gasanov Turaj	0	GEO	Georgia-2
173		Liang Liyun	0	HKG	Hong Kong
174		Mamardashvili Mariam	0	GEO	Georgia-2
175		Price Daelen	0	RSA	South Africa2
176		Tamer Jana	0	EGY	Egypt

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