Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
TUR
Seeded 14, category A
7 won, 1 drawn, 3 lost
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Turkiye as a nation

Turkiye

In numbers

13

place of 206 after round 11

15

match points from 11 matches

27½

game points; TB1 361½, TB3 152

2600

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2716	10	8	2838	+15
2	GM Ediz Gurel	2636	10	6½	2660	+6
3	GM Isik Can	2569	10	5	2469	−9
4	GM Vahap Sanal	2544	6	3½	2519	0
5	GM Emre Can	2534	8	4½	2451	−6

Boards follow the order the players have appeared in, as the team list keeps it; board 5 is the reserve. Games and scores count played games only. Performance and rating change come from Lichess. A name opens the player’s page.

Who carries the team

Each board from the player’s rating (hollow) to the performance so far (filled); red, the largest lift, grey, a board below its rating. The grey line is the team’s average rating, the score closes the row. A performance on few games moves a long way.

Matches

Round 1 v Jordan JOR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Ediz Gurel 26361CM Malek Saif 21850 2CM Khaled Seyam 19170GM Isik Can 25691 3GM Vahap Sanal 25441CM Rakan Dasa 20940 4Alqaisi Ali 20570GM Emre Can 25341

Round 2 v Bangladesh BAN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Rahman Mohammad Fahad 24310GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 27161 2GM Isik Can 2569½IM Reja Neer Manon 2420½ 3FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia 2362½GM Vahap Sanal 2544½ 4GM Emre Can 2534½GM Niaz Murshed 2342½

Round 3 v Montenegro MNE

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 27161GM Denis Kadric 25130 2GM Nikita Petrov 2565½GM Ediz Gurel 2636½ 3GM Isik Can 2569½GM Nikola Djukic 2447½ 4GM Luka Draskovic 24680GM Vahap Sanal 25441

Round 4 v Uzbekistan UZB

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2762½GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2716½ 2GM Ediz Gurel 2636½GM Javokhir Sindarov 2778½ 3GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 26851GM Vahap Sanal 25440 4GM Emre Can 2534½GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2654½

Round 5 v Latvia LAT

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 27161GM Nikita Meshkovs 25350 2CM Georgijs Germanovs 23890GM Ediz Gurel 26361 3GM Isik Can 25691GM Normunds Miezis 24050 4FM Reinis Paikens 2296½GM Emre Can 2534½

Round 6 v Switzerland SUI

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 27161GM Sebastian Bogner 25470 2GM Nico Georgiadis 2535½GM Ediz Gurel 2636½ 3GM Isik Can 2569½GM Li Min Peng 2568½ 4FM Colin Federer 22690GM Emre Can 25341

Round 7 v Germany GER

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Vincent Keymer 2764½GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2716½ 2GM Ediz Gurel 2636½GM Matthias Bluebaum 2662½ 3GM Frederik Svane 26551GM Isik Can 25690 4GM Vahap Sanal 25440GM Rasmus Svane 26101

Round 8 v Canada CAN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 27161GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux 25360 2GM Anthony Atanasov 2481½GM Ediz Gurel 2636½ 3GM Isik Can 2569½GM Razvan Preotu 2475½ 4IM Sai Krishna G V 2451½GM Emre Can 2534½

Round 9 v Bulgaria BUL

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Arkadij Naiditsch 2574½GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2716½ 2GM Ediz Gurel 2636½GM Momchil Petkov 2544½ 3GM Martin Petrov 2528½GM Isik Can 2569½ 4GM Emre Can 2534½GM Radoslav Dimitrov 2475½

Round 10 v Argentina ARG

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 27161GM Faustino Oro 25370 2GM Diego Flores 25900GM Ediz Gurel 26361 3GM Isik Can 2569½GM Sandro Mareco 2551½ 4GM Fernando Peralta 25530GM Vahap Sanal 25441

Round 11 v United States of America USA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Fabiano Caruana 2789½GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2716½ 2GM Ediz Gurel 2636½GM Wesley So 2774½ 3GM Hans Moke Niemann 27251GM Isik Can 25690 4GM Emre Can 25340GM Levon Aronian 27251

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Turkiye TUR4Jordan JOR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Sprint Match

115moves

Round 4, 23 + 30 + 30 + 32
Turkiye TUR1½Uzbekistan UZB2½

The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.

Deep Thinkers

3:16per move

Round 4, 110 moves timed in 4 games
Turkiye TUR

Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.

Zeitnot Nation

46% under five minutes

Round 7, 108 of 235 moves in 4 games
Turkiye TUR

Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.

Treaty of Samarkand

Round 9
Turkiye TUR2Bulgaria BUL2

A 2–2 match of four draws, peace signed on every board.