Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities to take place in Belgrade, Serbia
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 |