46th Olympiad
Samarkand 2026
Chess on the Silk Road
Starts in
100d
Sept 15
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WOMEN
CHN
AVG R
2557
PLACE
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WOMEN
IND
AVG R
2475
PLACE
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WOMEN
UKR
AVG R
2450
PLACE
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WOMEN
GEO
AVG R
2444
PLACE
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WOMEN
KAZ
AVG R
2418
PLACE
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WOMEN
USA
AVG R
2409
PLACE
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WOMEN
POL
AVG R
2399
PLACE
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WOMEN
FRA
AVG R
2377
PLACE
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WOMEN
AZE
AVG R
2373
PLACE
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WOMEN
GER
AVG R
2366
PLACE
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WOMEN
BUL
AVG R
2334
PLACE
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WOMEN
UZB
AVG R
2331
PLACE
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WOMEN
ESP
AVG R
2330
PLACE
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WOMEN
HUN
AVG R
2327
PLACE
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WOMEN
SRB
AVG R
2325
PLACE
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WOMEN
ENG
AVG R
2308
PLACE
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WOMEN
ISR
AVG R
2306
PLACE
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WOMEN
ARM
AVG R
2303
PLACE
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WOMEN
NED
AVG R
2298
PLACE
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WOMEN
ROU
AVG R
2284
PLACE
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WOMEN
MGL
AVG R
2276
PLACE
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WOMEN
GRE
AVG R
2264
PLACE
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WOMEN
ITA
AVG R
2256
PLACE
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WOMEN
VIE
AVG R
2256
PLACE
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WOMEN
TUR
AVG R
2253
PLACE
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WOMEN
CZE
AVG R
2231
PLACE
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WOMEN
SVK
AVG R
2231
PLACE
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WOMEN
SWE
AVG R
2210
PLACE
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WOMEN
CRO
AVG R
2190
PLACE
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WOMEN
AUS
AVG R
2128
PLACE
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