List of teams participating in 44th Chess Olympiad announced

List of teams participating in 44th Chess Olympiad announced. The Chess Olympiad for the year is going to be grand as there will be a record number of participations with 343 teams. The number of nations participating in the 2022 Chess Olympiad announced is 187. This year’s Olympiad is going to be the 44^th session.

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 The number of participants in the women’s section will be 162. The 44th Chess Olympiad venue is Chennai, India. Duration of the chess Olympiad will be July 28 to August 10. The impressive parameter of the chess Olympiad is that every year there is significant number of hikes in the number of participating teams and nations. It’s a clear indication that Chess is gaining popularity across the globe. There are 2 categories in the Olympiad: 

• Open Section 
• Women’s section. 

Being the host nation, India will be eligible to have one extra team in both categories. In addition to that India will also get the chance to have a third team if in case there is any odd number of entries. The former world Champion from India Viswanathan Anand will represent as the mentor for the India teams.

The 3 team members includes:

• GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly
•  GM Karthikeyan Murali
•  GM Sethuraman S P
•  GM Abhijeet Gupta 
• GM Abhimanyu Puranik. 

Participation list of previous years in Chess Olympiad:

Teams	Open	Women
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010	148	115
Instanbul 2012	157	127
Tromso 2014	177	136
Baku 2016	180	142
Batumi 2020	185	151
Chennai 2022	187	162

Participating teams in the Open section

Names of Team	Average Rating	Captain of Team
USA	2771	Donaldson, John
Azerbaijan	2705	Abasov, Nijat
India	2696	Narayanan, Srinath
Norway	2692	Haarr, Jon Kristian
Spain	2687	Magem Badals, Jordi
Poland	2683	Socko, Bartosz
Netherlands	2672	Smeets, Jan
Ukraine	2666	Sulypa, Oleksandr
Germany	2664	Gustafsson, Jan
England	2662	Pein, Malcolm
India 2	2649	Ramesh, R B
Armenia	2642	Pashikian, Arman
Iran	2636	Pourramezanali, Amirreza
Uzbekistan	2625	Sokolov, Ivan
France	2621	Maze, Sebastien
Hungary	2621	Acs, Peter
Czech Republic	2612	Simacek, Pavel
Croatia	2611	Kozul, Zdenko
Romania	2605	Miron, Lucian-Costin
Turkey	2602	Kanmazalp, Ogulcan
Greece	2602	Nikolaidis, Ioannis
Israel	2598	Glaz, Ilana David
Serbia	2595	Perunovic, Miodrag
Georgia	2580	Sturua, Zurab
Italy	2574	Van Wely, Loek
Denmark	2566	Hansen, Sune Berg
Brazil	2563	Priyadharshan, Kannappan
Australia	2559	Rodgers, Jack
Argentina	2558	Hungaski, Robert
Bulgaria	2557
Sweden	2556	Ahlander, Bjorn
Cuba	2552	Oscar Perez Garcia, Rodney
Austria	2546	Predojevic, Borki
Slovakia	2543	Movsesian, Sergei
Lithuania	2540	Vaznonis, Donatas
Switzerland	2534	Hindermann, Felix
Peru	2533	Gutierrez, Renzo
Egypt	2530	Mohamed, Farag Amrou
Kazakhstan	2526	Ibrayev, Nurlan
Montenegro	2521	Kosic, Dragan
Slovenia	2510	Sebenik, Matej
Chile	2510	Garcia Cardenas, Pablo
Iceland	2509	Petursson, Margeir
Canada	2496	Plotkin, Victor
Mongolia	2478	Gan-Od, Sereenen
Indonesia	2472	Majella, Rudijanto
Turkmenistan	2469	Kakabayev, Mergen
Paraguay	2467	Riquelme, Andres
Moldova	2462
Uruguay	2460	Rivera, Daniel
Belgium	2460	Hovhannisyan, Mher
Colombia	2456	Mosquera, Miguel
Philippines	2452	Torre, Eugenio
Portugal	2440	Galvao, Henrique
Albania	2434	Muco, Fatos
Finland	2433	Keinanen, Toivo
Singapore	2427	Kvon, Andrey
Estonia	2414	Kaido, Kulaots
Andorra	2398	Martinez Balastegui, Marti
Ireland	2396	Jackson, Carl
Faroe Islands	2394	Gaard, Ingolf
North Macedonia	2389	Nedev, Trajko
Mexico	2389	Della Morte, Pablo
Latvia	2382	Ungurs, Edgars
Bangladesh	2380	Mallick, Masudur Rahman
Ecuador	2370	Noboa, Silva Kevin
Kosovo	2343	Fejzullahu, Afrim
Scotland	2342	Minnican, Alan
South Africa	2342	Grover, Sahaj
Kyrgyzstan	2337	Imanaliev, Talaibek
Bolivia	2324	Munoz Contreras, Nelson
Venezuela	2317	Palacios, Lanza Antonio
Zambia	2314	Banda, Aaron
Malaysia	2304	Subramaniam, Sumant
Dominican Republic	2286	Mazara Ruiz, Adan Manuel
Costa Rica	2280	Fernandez Sanchez, Mario Andres
Tunisia	2270	Bouaziz, Mehdi
Nigeria	2263	Akhiwu, Eugene Ehidiamhen
Luxembuorg	2263	David, Alberto
Japan	2258	Stojanovic, Mihajlo
Yemen	2257	Abdulla, Ba Mallm
Guatemala	2249	Leyva, Hector
Panama	2246	Collantes, Juan Ramon
Iraq	2244	Al-Sahlanee, Hayder A. Jaafar
New Zealand	2242	Bojkov, Dejan
Tajikistan	2242	Hisoriev, Shorahmat
South Korea	2228	Song, Jinwoo
El Salvador	2222	Castillo, Nelson
Monaco	2216	Loseva, Yulia
Uganda	2216	Teeba, Jorden
Trinidad & Tobago	2213	Hunte, Keelan
Angola	2209	Domingos, Catarino
Zimbabwe	2208	Moyo, Lloyd
Lebanon	2198	Khodashenas, Mersad
Wales	2192	Hunt, Adam C
Syria	2191	Hamad, Alsaed
Algeria	2189	Badreddine Khelfallah, Omar
Jordan	2180	Kruppa, Yuri
Thailand	2176	Pitirotjirathon, Jirapak
Sudan	2161	Delchev, Aleksander
Cyprus	2148	Antoniou, Stathis
Nicaragua	2147	Rocha, Maximiliano
United Arab Emirates	2146	Erdogdu, Mert
Madagascar	2143	Ramalanjaona, Andrianantenaina
Pakistan	2114	Amer, Karim
Nepal	2110	Bogati, Dhan Bahadur
Jamaica	2107	Pitterson, Jomo
South Sudan	2101	Henry, John
Ethiopia	2091	Birhanu, Tegegn Mehadem
Puerto Rico	2089	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando
Sri Lanka	2086	Barsov, Alexei
Botswana	2069	Thompson, Modisane
Honduras	2049	Colindres, Javier Medina
Netherlands Antilles	2046	Curiel, David
Malta	2040	Novak, Atilla Robert
Malawi	2028	Sharra, Leonard
Haiti	2026	Luxama, Jacques Muller
Suriname	2019	Kaslan, Marlon
Qatar	2010	Kuzmin, Alexey
Namibia	2009	Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar
Libya	2008	Abokrais, Kaled
Cape Verde	2004	Carapinha, Francisco Manuel
Barbados	1998	Gurevich, Mikhail
Myanmar	1995	Maung, Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein
Liechtenstein	1982	Frick, Renato
Mali	1977	Doumbia, Amadou
Jersey	1968	Mooney, Graham
Mauritania	1961	Mohamed Salem, Yahi
Bahrain	1957	Abdulgaffar, Jamal
Afghanistan	1949	Farazi, Khaibar
Saudi Arabia	1935	Haddouche, Mohamed
Chinese Taipei	1932	Tsai, Yao-Hung
Somalia	1931	Mohamoud Farah, Mustafa
Kenya	1928	Magana, Ben
Ghana	1918	Ribli, Zoltan
Cote d’Ivoire	1917	Mosso, Guy Serge
Liberia	1905	Tamba, William Saa
Sao Tome and Principe	1897	Sharma, Hemant
Hong Kong	1895	Lam, Chi Wang Raymond
Palestine	1893	Sader, Naji
Guam	1888	Tirador, Elias
Mozambique	1887	Alice, Mateus Felizardo Viageiro
Kuwait	1865	Abdel Razik, Khaled
Mauritius	1865	Bhowany, Koomaren
Oman	1865
Aruba	1863	Bueno Perez, Lazaro Antonio
Saint Lucia	1862	Comas, Martin
Togo	1859	Numatsi, Yawotsu Dzigba
Senegal	1838	Izeta Txabarri, Felix
Gambia	1836	Kenmure, Jamie
Guyana	1826	Mars, Davion
Maldives	1807	Li, Jackson
San Marino	1797	Caruso, Augusto
Bermuda	1796	Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra
Palau	1779	Cabunagan, Tito
Bahamas	1777	Gonzalez, Renier
Tanzania	1763	Mussa, Mangula
Nauru	1762	Depaune, Inza
Rwanda	1736	Nkuyubwatsi, Eddy Christian
Cameroon	1707	Fouda Tocko, Paul Aristide
Timor-Leste	1704	dos Reis, Tito
Lesotho	1692	Mphetole, Mona
Sierra Leone	1670	Lwebuga, Ronald
Brunei Darussalam	1657	Hj, Sulaiman Amir Fakhry
Eswatini	1657	Siame, William
Papua New Guinea	1641	McCoy, Tom
Gabon	1608	Bongo, Akanga Ndjila Barthelemy
Guernsey	1602	Akshat, Khamparia
Fiji	1591	Arvind, Goru
Cayman Islands	1586	Tracey, Shaun M
Burundi	1555	Ntagasigumwami, Deo
Eritrea	1549	Debesai, Zerabruk Sahlu
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1546	Esungi, Guy Botetsi
US Virgin Islands	1492	Smith, Michael
Djibouti	1470	Ismael, Mohamed Goumaneh
Central African Republic	1436	Kourakoumba, Florent
Seychelles	1371	Hoareau, Benjamin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1222	Enemchukwu Chinedu, Benjamin
Dominica	1204	Phadke, Sohan
British Virgin Islands	1154	Sava, Christiansen-Danut-Eugen
Laos	1063	Muth, Matthias Potisarath
Bhutan	1000	Palden Dorji, Thinley
Chad	1000	Hachim Bachar, Mahamat
Comoros	1000	Chamsidine, Bacar Salim
Equatorial Guinea	1000	Gatjens Capche, Angel Estanislao
Niger	1000	Boureima, Adamou Noma
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1000	Kelkar, Abishek

Participating Teams in women’s section

Names of Team	Average Rating	Captain of Team
India	2486	Kunte, Abhijit
Ukraine	2478	Brodsky, Michail
Georgia	2475	Jojua, Davit
Kazakhstan	2441	Kotsur, Pavel
Poland	2423	Dziuba, Marcin
France	2400	Gozzoli, Yannick
Azerbaijan	2399	Mamedov, Nidjat
United States of America	2390	Khachiyan, Melikset
Germany	2383	Yakovich, Yuri
Bulgaria	2367	Arnaudov, G. Petar
Armenia	2367
India 2	2351	Swapnil, S. Dhopade
Hungary	2342	Papp, Gabor
Spain	2327	Martinez Martin, David
Cuba	2324	Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis
Netherlands	2312	Bosch, Jeroen
Serbia	2312	Chelushkina, Irina
Indonesia	2304	Lumondong, Lisa Karlina
Israel	2289	Botvinnik, Ilia
Romania	2283	Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula
England	2274	D’Costa, Lorin
Slovakia	2265	Stohl, Igor
Czech Republic	2260	Polak, Tomas
Vietnam	2259	Nguyen, Minh Thang
Italy	2251	Bellia, Fabrizio
Slovenia	2245	Grosar, Aljosa
Greece	2236	Kotronias, Vesileios
Turkey	2220	Mikhalchishin, Adrian
Mongolia	2220	Tserendorj, Batsaikhan
Switzerland	2219	Novkovic, Milan
Estonia	2215	Kulaots, Kaido
Peru	2212	Pacheco, Marco
Colombia	2207	Rios, Cristhian Camilo
Sweden	2196	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel
Australia	2195	Sandler, Leonid
Brazil	2186	Ankit, R. Rajpara
Austria	2185	Baumegger, Siegfried
Iran	2168	Hashemi, Amir Erfan
Philippines	2165	Gonzales, Jayson
Argentina	2154	Iermito, Sebastian
Lithuania	2148	Vaznonis, Donatas
Canada	2139	Thavandiran, Shiyam
Croatia	2117	Kovacevic, Blazimir
Finland	2113	Nazarova, Anastasia
Uzbekistan	2094	Egin, Vladimir
Denmark	2085	Sylvan, Jacob
Norway	2079	Kaasen, Tor Fredrik
Egypt	2078	Ezat, Mohamed
Belgium	2054	Goossens, Hanne
Latvia	2054	Maklakova, Nellija
Ireland	2045	O`Donnell, Conor
Malaysia	2038	Mok, Tze-Meng
Moldova	2033	Slovineanu, Viacheslav
Mexico	2005	Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Gerardo
Singapore	1999	Luther, Thomas
Chile	1990	Valdes Escobar, Alvaro
Venezuela	1977	Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina
Portugal	1962	Rocha, Sergio
Bolivia	1952	Monroy Carrizo, Javier
Iceland	1951	Johannesson, Ingvar Thor
Algeria	1946	Nassr, Nacer
Turkmenistan	1944	Turayev, Shahruh
Costa Rica	1926	Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal
Bangladesh	1917	Chowdhury, Mahmuda Hoque
Ecuador	1916	Heredia Serrano, Carla
Montenegro	1911	Milovic, Aleksandra
Paraguay	1889	Gonzalez Mancuello, Elisa
Nigeria	1882	Adedayo-Adeosun, Olabowale Doyin
Angola	1874	Assis, Antonio Henriques
Albania	1865	Zadrima, Aldo
North Macedonia	1863	Andonovski, Ljubisa
Scotland	1850	Minnican, Alan
Lebanon	1836	Shamieh, Jamal
New Zealand	1835	Van Riemsdijk, Herman C.
Dominican Republic	1832	Del Rosario Moreno, Carlos
El Salvador	1828	Meza Paz, Luis Rafael
Uruguay	1808	Moccero, Eduardo
Nicaragua	1798	Granados Diaz, Maria Esther
Kyrgyzstan	1780	Shyngys Kyzy, Aizharkyn
Tajikistan	1775	Odinaeva, Saodat
South Africa	1764	Jurgensen, Graham
Iraq	1762	Abdullah, Mahdi Attiyah
Syria	1762	Azam, Zeno
Monaco	1753	Berezovska, Svetlana
United Arab Emirates	1734	Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter
Puerto Rico	1733	Rivera De Jesus, Donato
Zambia	1723	Mukumbo, Sydney
Botswana	1690	Pilane Masego, Sylvia
Guatemala	1683	Leyva, Hector
Wales	1673	Healey, Michael W
Panama	1656	Mathews Romero, Cesar
Japan	1656	Petrov, Marian
Uganda	1651	Otim, Isaac Jonathan
Zimbabwe	1648	Gora, Tapiwa
Hong Kong	1623	Kwok, Yuen Shan
Jamaica	1609	Matthews, Shane
Sri Lanka	1592	Perera, GK Nilu Nadeeka
South Korea	1581	You, Garam
Kenya	1577	Andiwoh, Moses
Libya	1568	Alabed, Hadhom Mohamed M.
Nepal	1565	Niraula, Bhupendra
Andorra	1561	Garcia Paolicchi, Raul
Madagascar	1547	Ramorasata, Andrianina
Honduras	1546	Garay Munoz, Mario Gerardo
Thailand	1535	Chongstitwattana, Cholapat
Suriname	1519	Frijde, Reyna
Haiti	1517	Gedeus, Steven Daniel
Malta	1513	Sammut Briffa, Peter
Oman	1511
Mozambique	1494	Soca, Roberto Tiago
Palestine	1488	Ezzedein, Khaled
Barbados	1485	Davies, Nigel R
Ethiopia	1457	Reda, Tofik Berhe
Fiji	1449	Lyons, Ryan Joshua
Timor-Leste	1441	dos Santos, Elfiana
Tunisia	1435	Bouaziz, Mehdi
Guam	1418	Szekely, Zoltan
Trinidad & Tobago	1401	Cupid, Kevin
Kosovo	1392	Ermeni, Bekim
Pakistan	1359	Janjua, Raja Muhammad Gauhar Iqbal
Malawi	1342	Mwangupili, Francisco
Sudan	1341	Anwar, Mohamed
Namibia	1336	Mueller, Leonhard
Chinese Taipei	1322	Shih, Ching-An
Cyprus	1316	Bryan, Mark
Cape Verde	1316	Neves, Diogo Alexandre
Lesotho	1312	Moseli, Phera
Ghana	1302
Aruba	1290	Tromp, Hubert Randolf
Senegal	1289	Ba, El Hadji Saidou Nourou
Bahamas	1265	Ferguson, Joseph
Palau	1263	Mission, Baby Edna
Kuwait	1257	Alkout, Eman
Myanmar	1245	Htun, Min Thu Yein
Eswatini	1212	Sharma, Dinesh K.
Mauritius	1193	Ying, Patrick Li
Guyana	1184	Mohr, Georg
Eritrea	1181	Dirar, Khaled Hassen
Togo	1180	Botsoe, Koffi
Cameroon	1149	Djomou Kouahou, Maximilien
Maldives	1147	Abdul Raheem, Zeeshan
Jersey	1134	Zapata, Alonso
Bahrain	1131	Ali, Alsulaiti
Liberia	1114	Kondoh, Foday W.
Sao Tome and Principe	1109	Costa, Marcelino Tavares Batista
Cote d’Ivoire	1078	Zirimba, Paul
Tanzania	1033	Mustafa, Ebrahim
Sierra Leone	1002	Kamara, Sarah
Bhutan	1000	Pem, Kuenzang
Burundi	1000	Ingabire, Alain-Michel
Central African Republic	1000	Gamba, Merveille-Gloria
Comoros	1000	Farhana, Said Ali
Djibouti	1000	Hassan, Kadir Ali
Gabon	1000	Bongo, Akanga Ndjila Barthelemy
Gambia	1000	Kenmure, Jamie
Laos	1000	Somchanda, Vong Thong
Mali	1000	Camara, Salimata dite Mama
Rwanda	1000	Ngoga, Eustache
Saudi Arabia	1000	Masrahi, Abdulrahman A
Seychelles	1000	Aizenberg, Lior
Somalia	1000	Muhumad, Mahad Dahir
South Sudan	1000	Deng, Aluel Elizabeth Akuei