FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2022 finished in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, on October 10. The 9-round Swiss tournament with classical time control brought together 34 teams from 22 countries, FIDE reports.
The fifth-rated Turkiye-Red swept the field, winning the event with one round to spare. The FM Eray Kilic (2428, board 1) won all the matches. Both FM Hasan Huseyin Celik (2323) and FM Taha Ozkan (2299) had a fantastic event, scoring 8 and 7,5 points, respectively, and showing the best result on Boards 2 and 3. WFM Gulenay Aydin (2109) and Hatice Asli Mustu (1896), on boards four and five, also contributed to the overall success.
Final Standings, top 10 teams:
- Turkiye-Red – 18
- Uzbekistan-1 – 15
- Azerbaijan-1 – 13
- Kazakhstan – 12
- India – 11
- Iran – 11
- Uzbekistan-2 – 11
- Mongolia – 10
- Georgia-1 – 10
- Azerbaijan-2 – 10
