Chess Olympiad 2026 National Team Tentative Members

The following players have been informally selected as national team members at the 46th Chess Olympiad to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan this September.

Open Team

IM Nanjo, Ryosuke (2024 Japan Chess Champion)
IM Tran, Thanh Tu (2025 Japan Chess Champion)
FM Aoshima, Mirai (Players with the highest standard rating with the ratio of FIDE:National = 7:3, excluding above 2 players)
IM Kojima, Shinya (Same as above)
FM Otsuka, Shou (Same as above)

Women’s Team

WCM Sakai, Azumi (2024 Japan Women’s Chess Champion)
Ivanov, Elizabeth (2025 Japan Women’s Chess Champion)
Kinoshita, Kanako (Players with the highest standard rating with the ratio of FIDE:National = 7:3, excluding above 2 players)
Kato, Ami (Same as above)
WCM Mitsuyama, Rikka (Same as above)

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Selection Criteria for Japan National Team for Chess Olympiad 2024 Onwards