Events · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

Bulgaria at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 41 of 206 — 14 match points, 26 game points. Full standings

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Round 1: Bulgaria 3.5 – 0.5 Liechtenstein
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1-0CM Andrew Heron (2131)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)0-1Markus Krieger (2184)game
3GM Martin Petrov (2525)1/2-1/2FM Marcel Mannhart (2047)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)0-1Renato Frick (1894)game
Round 2: Bulgaria 3.5 – 0.5 Venezuela
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1/2-1/2IM Felix Jose Ynojosa Aponte (2399)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)1-0IM Samid Eduardo Escalona Landi (2374)game
3GM Martin Petrov (2525)0-1FM Moises Antonio Castro Silva (2266)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1-0FM Ali Aaron Jaramillo Lopez (2249)game
Round 3: Bulgaria 0.5 – 3.5 China
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1-0GM Liren Ding (2693)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)0-1GM Yi Wei (2758)game
3GM Kiril Georgiev (2520)1-0GM Yangyi Yu (2704)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1/2-1/2GM Xiangyu Xu (2631)game
Round 4: Bulgaria 3 – 1 Paraguay
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1/2-1/2GM Guillermo Vazquez (2543)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)0-1IM Antonio Almiron (2328)game
3GM Martin Petrov (2525)1-0IM Juan Sebastian Melian (2357)game
4GM Kiril Georgiev (2520)1/2-1/2CM Juan Uvaldo Heinichen R. (2124)game
Round 5: Bulgaria 3.5 – 0.5 North Macedonia
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1-0IM Emil Risteski (2431)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)1/2-1/2FM Anton Zlatkov (2422)game
3GM Martin Petrov (2525)1-0IM Toni Lazov (2387)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)0-1IM Filip Pancevski (2432)game
Round 6: Bulgaria 2.5 – 1.5 Ukraine
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)0-1GM Igor Kovalenko (2642)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)1/2-1/2GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2628)game
3GM Martin Petrov (2525)1-0GM Anton Korobov (2620)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1-0GM Roman Dehtiarov (2508)game
Round 7: Bulgaria 0.5 – 3.5 Netherlands
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1-0GM Anish Giri (2752)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)0-1GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)game
3GM Martin Petrov (2525)1-0GM Loek Van Wely (2627)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1/2-1/2GM Casper Schoppen (2582)game
Round 8: Bulgaria 3.5 – 0.5 Turkmenistan
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1-0GM Saparmyrat Atabayev (2503)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)0-1GM Meylis Annaberdiyev (2402)game
3GM Kiril Georgiev (2520)1-0FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov (2389)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1/2-1/2Shahruh Turayev (2222)game
Round 9: Bulgaria 2 – 2 Turkiye
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1/2-1/2GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2731)game
2GM Momchil Petkov (2547)1/2-1/2GM Ediz Gurel (2642)game
3GM Martin Petrov (2525)1/2-1/2GM Isik Can (2569)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1/2-1/2GM Emre Can (2534)game
Round 10: Bulgaria 1.5 – 2.5 Azerbaijan
1GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)1/2-1/2GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2710)game
2GM Martin Petrov (2525)1/2-1/2GM Aydin Suleymanli (2679)game
3GM Kiril Georgiev (2520)1-0GM Mahammad Muradli (2653)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1/2-1/2GM Eltaj Safarli (2616)game
Round 11: Bulgaria 2 – 2 Belgium
1GM Momchil Petkov (2547)1/2-1/2IM Sim Maerevoet (2462)game
2GM Martin Petrov (2525)1/2-1/2IM Elias Ruzhansky (2427)game
3GM Kiril Georgiev (2520)1-0IM Thibaut Vandenbussche (2411)game
4GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)1-0FM Arben Dardha (2229)game

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Rank 16 of 189 — 15 match points, 28.5 game points. Full standings

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Matches

Round 1: Bulgaria 3.5 – 0.5 Suriname
1WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1-0WCM Elise Wu (1927)game
2WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)0-1WCM Victoria Kaslan (1797)game
3WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)1/2-1/2WFM Catherine Kaslan (1866)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)0-1WCM Alexandra Kaslan (1691)game
Round 2: Bulgaria 4 – 0 Portugal
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)0-1WGM Filipa Fortuna Pipiras (2290)game
2WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)1-0WFM Mariana Silva (2017)game
3WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)0-1WFM Camila Biscaya Avelino (1948)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)1-0Raquel Dos Santos Duque (1948)game
Round 3: Bulgaria 3 – 1 Italy
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)1/2-1/2IM Marina Brunello (2323)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)0-1IM Olga Zimina (2305)game
3WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)1-0WIM Tea Gueci (2134)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)1/2-1/2WFM Giulia Sala (2088)game
Round 4: Bulgaria 3.5 – 0.5 Romania
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)1/2-1/2IM Irina Bulmaga (2365)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1-0WIM Miruna-Daria Lehaci (2265)game
3WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)0-1WIM Andreea-Marioara Cosman (2227)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)1-0WIM Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva (2114)game
Round 5: Bulgaria 1 – 3 China
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)0-1GM Jiner Zhu (2444)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1-0IM Yuxin Song (2457)game
3WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)1/2-1/2IM Miaoyi Lu (2400)game
4WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)1/2-1/2WGM Mo Zhai (2336)game
Round 6: Bulgaria 4 – 0 Israel
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)1-0WIM Noga Orian (2307)game
2WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)0-1IM Masha Klinova (2240)game
3WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)1-0WIM Olga Gutmakher (2216)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)0-1WGM Viktoria Chernyak (2222)game
Round 7: Bulgaria 3 – 1 Ukraine
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)1/2-1/2WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (2463)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1/2-1/2IM Nataliya Buksa (2374)game
3WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)0-1WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova (2300)game
4WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)1-0Tetyana Skarbarchuk (2221)game
Round 8: Bulgaria 1.5 – 2.5 Mongolia
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)1/2-1/2WIM Bat-Erdene Mungunzul (2402)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1-0WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul (2290)game
3WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)1/2-1/2WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan (2285)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)1/2-1/2IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (2317)game
Round 9: Bulgaria 0.5 – 3.5 Vietnam
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)1/2-1/2IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham (2348)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1-0WGM Thi Kim Phung Vo (2311)game
3WGM Gabriela Antova (2236)0-1WIM Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong (2098)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)1-0WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (2277)game
Round 10: Bulgaria 2.5 – 1.5 Belarus
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)1-0WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1-0WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)game
3WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)0-1FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)1/2-1/2WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)game
Round 11: Bulgaria 2 – 2 Latvia
1IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)0-1WGM Laura Rogule (2256)game
2WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)1/2-1/2FM Marija Kuznecova (2257)game
3WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)1-0WIM Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana (2198)game
4FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)1/2-1/2WGM Ilze Berzina (2217)game