Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
TKM
Seeded 65, category B
5 won, 2 drawn, 4 lost
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Turkmenistan as a nation

Turkmenistan

In numbers

64

place of 206 after round 11

12

match points from 11 matches

25½

game points; TB1 277, TB3 134

2351

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Saparmyrat Atabayev	2503	11	6	2485	+2
2	GM Meylis Annaberdiyev	2384	10	5½	2502	+16
3	FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov	2389	11	6	2400	+5
4	Shahruh Turayev	2222	8	4	2352	+27
5	Vepaly Halynyazov	2257	4	4	3091	+33

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 Timor-Leste TLS

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Helder de Araujo 19050GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 25031 2FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23891Andrade Pinto 18200 3Paulo Fernandes de Carvalho 18100Shahruh Turayev 22221 4Vepaly Halynyazov 22571Mario Melo Nascimento 17880

Round 2 v Serbia SRB

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Alexey Sarana 26661GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 25030 2GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 2384½GM Alexandr Predke 2598½ 3GM Velimir Ivic 26011FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23890 4Shahruh Turayev 2222½GM Bojan Maksimovic 2534½

Round 3 v Mozambique MOZ

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 25031FM Ivan Andrade 21650 2FM Donaldo Paiva 22020GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23841 3FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23891CM Hamid Harmon Gulamo Jamal 20670 4FM Wilton Inacio Calicoca 19530Vepaly Halynyazov 22571

Round 4 v Sudan SUD

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Omar Eltigani 2259½GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 2503½ 2GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23841FM Ahmed Hassan 21900 3FM Mohamed Abdalla Abdelazeez 21690FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23891 4Shahruh Turayev 22221CM Moawia Ahmed Holi Ali 20890

Round 5 v Slovakia SVK

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 2503½GM Jergus Pechac 2538½ 2GM Peter Michalik 25430GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23841 3FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 2389½IM Samir Sahidi 2478½ 4GM Juraj Druska 24591Shahruh Turayev 22220

Round 6 v Denmark DEN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 2503½GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2615½ 2GM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo 25790GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23841 3FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23891GM Bjorn Moller Ochsner 24780 4IM Filip Boe Olsen 24530Vepaly Halynyazov 22571

Round 7 v Austria AUT

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Kirill Alekseenko 26560GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 25031 2GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23840IM Lukas Dotzer 24721 3IM Konstantin Peyrer 24851FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23890 4Shahruh Turayev 22221GM Valentin Baidetskyi 25110

Round 8 v Bulgaria BUL

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Arkadij Naiditsch 25741GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 25030 2GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23840GM Momchil Petkov 25441 3GM Kiril Georgiev 25201FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23890 4Shahruh Turayev 2222½GM Radoslav Dimitrov 2475½

Round 9 v Canada CAN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 25031GM Anthony Atanasov 24810 2GM Razvan Preotu 2475½GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 2384½ 3FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23891IM Nikolay Noritsyn 24440 4IM Sai Krishna G V 24511Shahruh Turayev 22220

Round 10 v Kazakhstan KAZ

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Denis Makhnev 2568½GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 2503½ 2GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23840IM Sauat Nurgaliyev 24931 3GM Aldiyar Ansat 2495½FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 2389½ 4Shahruh Turayev 22220GM Zhandos Agmanov 24901

Round 11 v Montenegro MNE

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 25030GM Denis Kadric 25131 2GM Nikita Petrov 2565½GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 2384½ 3FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 23890GM Nikola Djukic 24471 4GM Luka Draskovic 24680Vepaly Halynyazov 22571

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Turkmenistan TKM4Timor-Leste TLS0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Zeitnot Nation

33.8% under five minutes

Round 2, 76 of 225 moves in 4 games
Turkmenistan TKM

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

Whitewash

Round 3
Turkmenistan TKM4Mozambique MOZ0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Finishers

1checkmate

Round 4, 1 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
Turkmenistan TKM

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Favourite Piece

40.34% of the team's moves

Round 8, Rooks, 96 of 238 moves
Turkmenistan TKM

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Perfect Board

100%

Board 5, 4/4
Vepaly Halynyazov 2257 Turkmenistan TKM

Best score on each board of the team list, over at least three finished games.