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.
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