MONGOLIA TEAM WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE 44TH WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD

The World Chess Olympiad is an intellectual sport of chess that is held every two years. The World Chess Federation is going to organize the 44th World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Republic of India from July 26 to August 10, 2022. In the 44th World Chess Olympiad, the largest number of member associations in the history of the World Chess Federation, 343 of the best teams and athletes from 187 countries will compete in the women's and men's categories.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the World Chess Olympiad was held online twice on the www.chess.com website, and this year, the World Chess Olympiad is held in a traditional indoor format after 4 years. Every year, during the World Chess Olympiad, the "GAPRINDASHVILI" trophy is presented to each country based on the combined results of men and women. We had a great success in the last 2018 World Chess Olympiad in men's and women's combined results, winning the first top 5 places in Asia. Also, in 2014, the Mongolian women's team won the gold medal in the "B" category, and in 2018, the men's team won the silver medal in the "C" category. In 25 times participating in the World Chess Olympiad as a team, L. Myagmarsuren won gold in 1960, T. Yitumen won silver in 1964 and 1970, Z. Byambaa won silver in 2002, bronze in 2000, and B. Khatanbaatar and T. Battsetseg won bronze medals in 2004. was mingling.

The finals of the men's 60th and women's 52nd tournaments of the 2022 National Championship, attended by the 24 best male and female chess players selected from the 2-stage regional and capital tournaments, were successfully held in Chinggis, Khentii province on May 12-23. , the best chess players who won the first 5 places in each category of the National Championship will represent Mongolia at the 44th World Chess Olympiad. The following players will represent Mongolia at the World Chess Olympiad:

OPEN TEAM

Team leader: National team coach, FT, FA, FM Gan-Od Sereenen

Table 1: GM Batsuren Dambasuren

Table 2: FM Amartuvshin Ganzorig

Table 3: GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan

Table 4: GM Bilguun Sumiya

Reserve player: IM Gan-Erdene Sugar

WOMENS TEAM

Team Leader: Executive Director of MCF, FT, NM Batsaikhan Tserendorj

Table 1: WGM Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii

Table 2: WIM Bayarmaa Bayarjargal

Table 3: WIM Munkhzul Turmunkh

Table 5: WCM Mungunzul Bat-Erdene

Reserve player: WFM Munkhzul Davaakhuu

From the pages of history, when our country won gold in Moscow for the first time in the 12th Olympiad in 1956, the team of T. Jugder, B. Jamsran, S. Moomoo, P. Tomerbaatar, D. Tserendagva, and N. Namjil, led by S. Toivgoo, won 30 out of 34 teams. was occupying the first place. It will be his 26th appearance since then. See the list below for who has participated in the past 25 times and how many times.

1-2. IM L. Myagmarsuren and IM B. Khatanbaatar 10

3. FM J. Lkhagva 7

4-5. IM T. Uytumen, GM B. Gundavaa, GM Ts. Batchuluun 6

6-7. GM D. Sharavdorj and IM N. Battulga 5

In 1963, our women participated for the first time in the Olympiad held in the city of Split in the former Yugoslavia (now Croatia) and took 11th place out of 15 teams. This time, we are going to participate for the 19th time. Please see the list below who has participated in the previous 18 times and how many times.

1. IM B. Munguntuul 9

2. WIM B. Ankhchimeg 7

3. WIM Ts. Battsetseg, IM T. Batchimeg, WIM D. Yanjindulam 5

4-6. WIM T. Battsetseg 4

GOOD LUCK TEAM MONGOLIA