Turkmen athletes have risen to a new level in the world rankings at the 45th World Chess Championship that ended in Budapest, Hungary Olympics, the medals of which were contested according to the Swiss system in 11 rounds 188 men's and 169 women's teams. They are all depending on the average The ratings were divided into five categories.

Turkmenistan men's and women's teams, both seeded 73rd in overall standings, were awarded small gold medals for first place in their categories. Men with 15 points took the lead in group B, leaving in second and third places, respectively, with 14 points, the teams of Latvia and Kazakhstan. And the women with 14 points won in group C, ahead of additional indicators for the Malaysian team (14 points) and the final Sri Lankan chess players top three with 13 points.

Having won two victories in a row at the finish of the tournament over opponents from Singapore (45th seed) – 3:1 and Israel (20th seed) – 2.5:1.5, the men's team of Turkmenistan took 24th place in the Open section. And in the Women's competition our team having beaten the Croatian national team (40th place) in the last round seeding – 2.5:1.5 rose to 32nd place. These results are the best in the entire history of participation of Turkmen chess players at World Chess Olympiads.

The 39-year-old international showed the best result in the men's team grandmaster Meylis Annaberdiyev (2nd board), who scored 7 points out of 11. The 25-year-old international master has half a point less to his name Saparmyrat Atabaev (1st board). Scored 5 points out of 10 possible on the 3rd board 18-year-old Amanmuhammet Hommadov, 4.5 points out of 8 – 21-year-old current national champion Allayar Shirliyev (4th board) and 3.5 points out of 4 – 19-year-old Vepaly Halynyazov, who played with a replacement on the 4th board.

The 17-year-old reserve showed a 100 percent result in the women's team Enesh Arazmedova, who scored 5 wins in five games on board 4. 18- summer champion of Turkmenistan Meryem Agajanova (2nd board) scored 6 points in 10 games. Personal indicators of other Turkmen chess players look like this: 17-year-old Leyla Shohradova (3rd board) and 14-year-old Jahan Rejepova (4th board) – 5.5 points respectively after 10 and 9 games, 18-year-old vice-champion of the country Lala Shohradova (1st board) – 5 points from 10 possible.

The 46th World Chess Olympiad will take place in 2026 year in Uzbekistan.

The Turkmen sporty newspaper