Belgrade, Serbia will host the Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities, which will take from January 29 to February 5, 2023. This is a team competition, played over four boards, and limited to a maximum of 30 participant teams: 27 teams are selected by rating, and four are nominated by the FIDE President. If there is an odd number of participating teams, the host Federation (Serbia) is entitled to register a second team.
Preliminary list of participating teams & lineups:
1. Israel (RtgAvg:2329 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Levitan, Shon
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Gruenfeld Yehuda
2414
ISR
2
FM
Streltsov Alexey
2313
ISR
3
GM
Zilberman Yaacov
2312
ISR
4
IM
Gurbanov Andrei
2275
ISR
2. Poland (RtgAvg:2323 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Stachanczyk, Jacek
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
GM
Tazbir Marcin
2508
POL
2
FM
Molenda Marcin
2381
POL
3
IM
Dukaczewski Piotr
2152
POL
4
Piekielny Pawel
2230
POL
5
IM
Stachanczyk Jacek
2171
POL
3. Hungary (RtgAvg:2216 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Kovacs, Apollo
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Gyorkos Lajos
2208
HUN
2
FM
Zambo Zoltan Istvan
2303
HUN
3
FM
Laszlo Janos
2212
HUN
4
Mate Balazs
2005
HUN
5
Kovacs Apollo
2142
HUN
4. Cuba (RtgAvg:2124 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Morales Romero Pedro
2339
CUB
2
FM
Larduet Despaigne Carlos
2277
CUB
3
Interian Rodriguez Alberto D.
2082
CUB
4
Batista Rivera Idalis
1798
CUB
5. Croatia (RtgAvg:2120 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Bozinovic Bogdan
2131
CRO
2
Glazar Domagoj
2119
CRO
3
Cajzler Hinko
2060
CRO
4
FM
Nestorovic Vladimir
2171
CRO
5
Vuljanic Ana
1613
CRO
6. India (RtgAvg:2073 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Shashikant, Kutwal
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Shashikant Kutwal
2182
IND
2
Kishan Gangolli
2059
IND
3
Naveen Kumar A.
2035
IND
4
Darpan Inani
2016
IND
5
Soundarya Kumar Pradhan
1881
IND
7. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2070 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Orsag Milan
2308
CZE
2
IM
Babula Milan
2118
CZE
3
FM
Valenta Vit Vaclav
2030
CZE
4
WFM
Ryvova Anna
1823
CZE
8. Philippines (RtgAvg:2055 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Infiesto, James
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Severino Sander
2364
PHI
2
Bernardo Darry
2114
PHI
3
AGM
Lopez Henry
2102
PHI
4
Mendoza Cheyzer Crystal J.
1639
PHI
9. IPCA (RtgAvg:1959 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nazarov, Alexander
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Sargissyan Sargis
2214
ARM
2
IM
Campos Eugenio
2227
ANG
3
Andriienko Artom
1693
UKR
4
WFM
Aleksandrova Aleksandra
1702
ISR
10. Romania (RtgAvg:1955 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Sofran, Radu-Pompiliu
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
FM
Pribeanu Mihail-Dacian
2134
ROU
2
Dima Mihai
1948
ROU
3
Morariu Ionel
1915
ROU
4
Bursuc Mihai
1823
ROU
11. Venezuela (RtgAvg:1931 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Torres Gonzalez, Jose Arturo
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Otero Munelo Harlen Jose
2099
VEN
2
Rivas Cabrera Edgar
1987
VEN
3
Abiad Parra Victor
1880
VEN
4
Monterrey Henry
1759
VEN
5
Polanco Colina Juan Marcos
1731
VEN
12. ICCD (RtgAvg:1931 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Gardner, Phillip K
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Jankunas Tomas
2127
LTU
2
Moldovanovic Dragan
2019
SRB
3
Gomez Fernandez Alfredo
1760
ESP
4
Johansen Torbjorn Reidar
1764
NOR
5
Gardner Phillip K
1814
ENG
13. Turkiye (RtgAvg:1841 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Polatel, Ali
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
WCM
Sahin Handenur
1915
TUR
2
Deniz Ugur
1946
TUR
3
Donmez Unal
1816
TUR
4
Saltik Suleyman
1687
TUR
14. Montenegro (RtgAvg:1837 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Djukanovic, Mitar
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
IM
Nikac Predrag
2285
MNE
2
Ivanovic Milan
1908
MNE
3
Damjanovic Radovan
1807
MNE
4
Lacmanovic Radenko
1349
MNE
5
Jovanovic Vera
0
MNE
15. Kazakhstan (RtgAvg:1670 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nussipbayeva Zinyatkyz
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Maklushov Serik
0
KAZ
2
FM
Soltanov Serik
2266
KAZ
3
Zhukovskaya Nina
1474
KAZ
4
Kozhabekov Adilkhan
1939
KAZ
16. Bangladesh (RtgAvg:1635 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mallick, Masudur Rahman
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Husain Ejaz
1952
BAN
2
Sarkar Bappi
1778
BAN
3
Sarkar Md. Ali Newaz
1809
BAN
4
Nurnahar Tonima
0
BAN
17. Zambia (RtgAvg:1583 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mayoche Monica
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Banda Aaron
1901
ZAM
2
Nkhupi Robert
1738
ZAM
3
Sauti Harry
1693
ZAM
4
Kadilamwando Tambuzhai
0
ZAM
18. Kyrgyzstan (RtgAvg:1469 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Zhumashova Medina
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Arstanbekov Dzhanysh
1621
KGZ
2
Bolotov Toktobek
1437
KGZ
3
Ibraimov Kubanychbek
1316
KGZ
4
Rakhatbekov Tilegen
1501
KGZ
19. Panama (RtgAvg:1457 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mathews Romero, Cesar
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Jimenez Moron Elias
1967
PAN
2
Osorio Jesus Camilo
1859
PAN
3
Arias Cano Iliak Omar
0
PAN
4
Munoz Alba Cristal
0
PAN
20. Kenya (RtgAvg:1387 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mugi Harrison Nyaga
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Miheso Clement Chomu
1661
KEN
2
Sadam Ali Sheikh
1545
KEN
3
Wambalo Wong
1342
KEN
4
Nduku Mary
0
KEN
21. Zimbabwe (RtgAvg:1363 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Moyo, Lloyd
Bo.
Name
Rtg
FED
1
Gora Tapiwa
1959
ZIM
2
Chikafu Onai
1494
ZIM
3
Machona Tichaona
0
ZIM
4
Basopo Kissmore
0
ZIM