Until captains are invited to submit their fixed board order in accordance with the Olympiad Regulations, team members are provisionally listed in descending rating order.46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand2026 OpenLast update 13.08.2026 22:47:29, Creator/Last Upload: IA Laurent FREYD
Team-Starting rank
| No. | FED | Team | RtgAvg | Captain |
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| 1 | USA | United States of America | 2751 | John Donaldson |
| 2 | IND | India | 2733 | Srinath Narayanan |
| 3 | UZB | Uzbekistan | 2720 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
| 4 | CHN | China | 2706 | Yang Wen |
| 5 | GER | Germany | 2686 | Jan Gustafsson |
| 6 | NED | Netherlands | 2683 | Jan Smeets |
| 7 | AZE | Azerbaijan | 2665 | Teimour Radjabov |
| 8 | HUN | Hungary | 2658 | Csaba Balogh |
| 9 | ARM | Armenia | 2639 | Arman Pashikian |
| 10 | FRA | France | 2639 | Sebastien Maze |
| 11 | UKR | Ukraine | 2638 | Alexander G Beliavsky |
| 12 | ESP | Spain | 2624 | Jordi Magem Badals |
| 13 | ENG | England | 2623 | William N Watson |
| 14 | POL | Poland | 2621 | Kamil Miton |
| 15 | TUR | Turkiye | 2619 | Ivan Cheparinov |
| 16 | SRB | Serbia | 2617 | Ivan Ivanisevic |
| 17 | CRO | Croatia | 2591 | Zdenko Kozul |
| 18 | CZE | Czech Republic | 2590 | Petr Boleslav |
| 19 | GRE | Greece | 2584 | Ioannis Nikolaidis |
| 20 | IRI | Iran | 2583 | Saeid Pirmaleki |
| 21 | NOR | Norway | 2578 | Jon Kristian Haarr |
| 22 | SLO | Slovenia | 2578 | Aljosa Grosar |
| 23 | ROU | Romania | 2565 | Ivan Sokolov |
| 24 | ISR | Israel | 2562 | Ilana David Glaz |
| 25 | DEN | Denmark | 2558 | Soren Bech Hansen |
| 26 | ARG | Argentina | 2557 | Tomas Sosa |
| 27 | ITA | Italy | 2554 | Pierluigi Piscopo |
| 28 | AUT | Austria | 2552 | Ferenc Berkes |
| 29 | BUL | Bulgaria | 2538 | Kiril Georgiev |
| 30 | GEO | Georgia | 2535 | Zurab Sturua |
| 31 | BRA | Brazil | 2531 | Rafael Leitao |
| 32 | UZB | Uzbekistan 2 | 2525 | Pavel Eljanov |
| 33 | AUS | Australia | 2518 | Mihajlo Radovanovic |
| 34 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 2516 | Anuar Ismagambetov |
| 35 | SWE | Sweden | 2516 | Peter Bergstrom |
| 36 | SUI | Switzerland | 2516 | Felix Hindermann |
| 37 | LTU | Lithuania | 2514 | Eduardas Rozentalis |
| 38 | SVK | Slovakia | 2508 | Lubomir Ftacnik |
| 39 | MNE | Montenegro | 2505 | Dragan Kosic |
| 40 | BLR | Belarus | 2504 | Semen Meribanov |
| 41 | CAN | Canada | 2488 | Evgeny Bareev |
| 42 | FIN | Finland | 2485 | Toni Ponnio |
| 43 | CUB | Cuba | 2474 | Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia |
| 44 | LAT | Latvia | 2471 | Aleksej Pakula |
| 45 | BEL | Belgium | 2471 | Luc Cornet |
| 46 | SGP | Singapore | 2460 | Andrey Kvon |
| 47 | VIE | Vietnam | 2460 | Trong Minh Luong |
| 48 | PER | Peru | 2456 | Viktor Moskalenko |
| 49 | ISL | Iceland | 2453 | Helgi Olafsson |
| 50 | POR | Portugal | 2451 | Mikhail Kobalia |
| 51 | MDA | Moldova | 2451 | Ruslan Soltanici |
| 52 | MGL | Mongolia | 2445 | Bayar Anu |
| 53 | INA | Indonesia | 2432 | Kristianus Liem |
| 54 | CHI | Chile | 2429 | Pablo Garcia Cardenas |
| 55 | UZB | Uzbekistan 3 | 2427 | Murtas Kazhgaleyev |
| 56 | BIH | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2416 | Dalibor Stojanovic |
| 57 | COL | Colombia | 2411 | Alejandro Mateus |
| 58 | PHI | Philippines | 2411 | Eugenio Torre |
| 59 | MKD | North Macedonia | 2403 | Trajko Nedev |
| 60 | EST | Estonia | 2398 | Villu Otsmann |
| 61 | TJK | Tajikistan | 2398 | Seyed Khalil Mousavi |
| 62 | URU | Uruguay | 2393 | Daniel Rivera |
| 63 | SCO | Scotland | 2392 | Neil Farrell |
| 64 | TKM | Turkmenistan | 2387 | Serdar Annaberdiyev |
| 65 | BAN | Bangladesh | 2377 | Mehdi Hasan Parag |
| 66 | EGY | Egypt | 2376 | Bassem Amin |
| 67 | IRL | Ireland | 2366 | Conor O`Donnell |
| 68 | BOL | Bolivia | 2365 | Roberto Aprili |
| 69 | MAS | Malaysia | 2348 | Abang Mohammad Reduan Sahari |
| 70 | PAR | Paraguay | 2348 | Andres Riquelme |
| 71 | MEX | Mexico | 2341 | |
| 72 | UAE | United Arab Emirates | 2339 | Bartosz Socko |
| 73 | ALB | Albania | 2338 | Fatos Muco |
| 74 | NZL | New Zealand | 2331 | Dejan Bojkov |
| 75 | CRC | Costa Rica | 2330 | Carlos Ricardo Granados Ramirez |
| 76 | JPN | Japan | 2328 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan |
| 77 | CYP | Cyprus | 2326 | Andreas Tzermiadianos |
| 78 | VEN | Venezuela | 2324 | Antonio Palacios Lanza |
| 79 | RSA | South Africa | 2322 | Henry Robert Steel |
| 80 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 2319 | Petr Kostenko |
| 81 | KOS | Kosovo * | 2316 | Afrim Fejzullahu |
| 82 | ALG | Algeria | 2312 | Hatem Ould Rouis |
| 83 | KOR | South Korea | 2298 | Yeonhee Cho |
| 84 | TPE | Chinese Taipei | 2295 | Po-Chun Chen |
| 85 | DOM | Dominican Republic | 2288 | Carlos Del Rosario Moreno |
| 86 | AND | Andorra | 2281 | Francesc Rechi Perez |
| 87 | ECU | Ecuador | 2270 | Mauro Aucay Pelaez |
| 88 | NGR | Nigeria | 2268 | Bomo Lovet Kigigha |
| 89 | ZAM | Zambia | 2250 | Mulenga Benjamin |
| 90 | PAN | Panama | 2247 | Jorge Luis Sanchez Manzanares |
| 91 | LBN | Lebanon | 2239 | Kobeissi Mohamad |
| 92 | ANG | Angola | 2234 | Domingos Luis Ferraz |
| 93 | SRI | Sri Lanka | 2233 | Efstratios Grivas |
| 94 | ESA | El Salvador | 2223 | Nelson Castillo |
| 95 | GUA | Guatemala | 2220 | Renier Vazquez Igarza |
| 96 | YEM | Yemen | 2217 | Jaan Ehlvest |
| 97 | LUX | Luxembourg | 2212 | Alberto David |
| 98 | WLS | Wales | 2206 | Marcos Camacho Collados |
| 99 | TTO | Trinidad & Tobago | 2201 | Jop Delemarre |
| 100 | SUD | Sudan | 2194 | Izz El Din Faisal Hamadto |
| 101 | IRQ | Iraq | 2191 | Manvel Avetisian |
| 102 | MAD | Madagascar | 2187 | Fy Ny Aina Rabeharivelojaona |
| 103 | SYR | Syria | 2187 | Wassouf Thabet |
| 104 | JAM | Jamaica | 2183 | Warren Elliott |
| 105 | THA | Thailand | 2177 | Oleksandr Sulypa |
| 106 | FAI | Faroe Islands | 2177 | Hjalti Petersen |
| 107 | MAR | Morocco | 2174 | HAMDI MOHAMED |
| 108 | HKG | Hong Kong, China | 2172 | Kannappan Perichiappan |
| 109 | UGA | Uganda | 2171 | Mathias Allan Ssonko |
| 110 | TUN | Tunisia | 2171 | Kamel Njili |
| 111 | MLT | Malta | 2169 | Tadej Sakelsek |
| 112 | BAR | Barbados | 2162 | Sergey Kasparov |
| 113 | LBA | Libya | 2157 | Sayed Barakat Hassan |
| 114 | MNC | Monaco | 2157 | Alexis Cahen |
| 115 | SSD | South Sudan | 2128 | Henry John |
| 116 | ZIM | Zimbabwe | 2126 | Kudakwashe Sibanda |
| 117 | PUR | Puerto Rico | 2122 | Yusnel Bacallao Alonso |
| 118 | MAW | Malawi | 2121 | Peter Jailoss |
| 119 | JOR | Jordan | 2120 | Raiedh Bani Mustafa |
| 120 | CPV | Cape Verde | 2119 | Antonio Fernandes |
| 121 | MOZ | Mozambique | 2118 | Mateus Felizardo Viageiro Alice |
| 122 | HON | Honduras | 2110 | Yelso Bobadilla |
| 123 | NCA | Nicaragua | 2090 | Jorge Picado |
| 124 | KEN | Kenya | 2089 | Victor Ngani |
| 125 | PAK | Pakistan | 2088 | Raja Gauhar |
| 126 | BOT | Botswana | 2087 | Thabo Gumpo |
| 127 | ETH | Ethiopia | 2075 | Teklay Teshager |
| 128 | PLE | Palestine | 2074 | Baha Miswadah |
| 129 | NEP | Nepal | 2073 | Kirill Kuderinov |
| 130 | LIE | Liechtenstein | 2072 | Milan Novkovic |
| 131 | AFG | Afghanistan | 2063 | Zaheeruddeen Asefi |
| 132 | NAM | Namibia | 2062 | Kannappan Priyadharshan |
| 133 | MYA | Myanmar | 2058 | Maung Maung Lwin |
| 134 | CIV | Cote d’Ivoire | 2032 | Lobognon Anderson Olivier Mambe |
| 135 | SEN | Senegal | 2025 | Amadou Lamine Cisse |
| 136 | GUY | Guyana | 1999 | Aleksa Strikovic |
| 137 | HAI | Haiti | 1996 | Jacques Muller Luxama |
| 138 | MTN | Mauritania | 1980 | Aliyoun Mohamed Elboukhari |
| 139 | KSA | Saudi Arabia | 1978 | Mohamed Haddouche |
| 140 | CMR | Cameroon | 1965 | Jauffrey MOMO |
| 141 | CUR | Curacao | 1960 | David Curiel |
| 142 | PLW | Palau | 1959 | Angelo Salvadora |
| 143 | BDI | Burundi | 1958 | Deo Ntagasigumwami |
| 144 | GUM | Guam | 1955 | Elias Tirador |
| 145 | FID | FIDE/UNHCR Refugee Team | 1955 | Sergejs Klimakovs |
| 146 | BRN | Bahrain | 1954 | Musab Shaker |
| 147 | IOM | Isle of Man | 1953 | Colin Watkinson |
| 148 | SUR | Suriname | 1944 | Vladimir Lazarev |
| 149 | SOM | Somalia | 1943 | Mustafa Mohamoud Farah |
| 150 | STP | Sao Tome and Principe | 1932 | Osvaldo Dos Santos Lima |
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