FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 TEAM JAPAN

  FIDE Chess Olympiad is a major international chess tournament organized by FIDE (the International Chess Federation). It’s the biennial team event where countries/regions from around the world send their best players to compete against one another.

  In September, the 46th Chess Olympiad will kick off in Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Team Japan is heading in with its best members to take on the world’s top players. Stay tuned for the intense battles on the board, and please send us your support!

Team Japan Members
OPEN
*Alphabetical Order

WOMEN

Support for the Team

Crowd Funding

We are going to raise funds by the crowd funding!

YouTube streaming

All matches featuring Team Japan will be streamed live with commentary on the official YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@-JapanChessFederation

PV

Team Japan Introduction PV – Coming Soon!

Schedule
Date Time Events
9/15 (Tue) TBC Opening Ceremony
9/16 (Wed) 15:00
(19:00 JPN time)		 Round 1
9/17 (Thu) Round 2
9/18 (Fri) Round 3
9/19 (Sat) Round 4
9/20 (Sun) Round 5
9/21 (Mon) Round 6
9/22 (Tue) Free day
9/23 (Wed) 15:00
(19:00 JPN time)		 Round 7
9/24 (Thu) Round 8
9/25 (Fri) Round 9
9/26 (Sat) Round 10
9/27 (Sun)

11:00

(15:00 JPN time)

 Round 11
TBC Closing Ceremony

Rules
  • Format: 4-players team tournament,  11-round Swiss.
  • Each team has 5 players, and 4 players will be selected for each round.  Board order will be determined in accordance with the pre-registered order.
  • Each player earns 1 point for a win, 0.5 point for draw, and 0 point for a loss, and the team with more points wins the match.
  • Team pairing will be determined by the match points, or the points of the team, which is calculated as a win scores 2 points, a draw scores 1 point, and a loss scores 0 point.
  • The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
  • Players are not allowed to draw a game by mutual agreement before black’s 30th move.

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