Turkiye at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 18 of 206 — 15 match points, 27.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716) — 8/10
Board 2: GM Ediz Gurel (2636) — 6.5/10
Board 3: GM Isik Can (2569) — 5/10
Board 3: GM Vahap Sanal (2544) — 3.5/6
Board 4: GM Emre Can (2534) — 4.5/8

Matches

Round 1: Turkiye 4 – 0 Jordan
1	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1-0	CM Malek Saif (2185)	game
2	GM Isik Can (2569)	0-1	CM Khaled Seyam (1917)	game
3	GM Vahap Sanal (2544)	1-0	CM Rakan Dasa (2094)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	0-1	Alqaisi Ali (2057)	game
Round 2: Turkiye 2.5 – 1.5 Bangladesh
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	0-1	IM Rahman Mohammad Fahad (2431)	game
2	GM Isik Can (2569)	1/2-1/2	IM Reja Neer Manon (2420)	game
3	GM Vahap Sanal (2544)	1/2-1/2	FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia (2362)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	1/2-1/2	GM Niaz Murshed (2342)	game
Round 3: Turkiye 3 – 1 Montenegro
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1-0	GM Denis Kadric (2513)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1/2-1/2	GM Nikita Petrov (2565)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1/2-1/2	GM Nikola Djukic (2447)	game
4	GM Vahap Sanal (2544)	0-1	GM Luka Draskovic (2468)	game
Round 4: Turkiye 1.5 – 2.5 Uzbekistan
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1/2-1/2	GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2762)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1/2-1/2	GM Javokhir Sindarov (2778)	game
3	GM Vahap Sanal (2544)	1-0	GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (2685)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	1/2-1/2	GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2649)	game
Round 5: Turkiye 3.5 – 0.5 Latvia
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1-0	GM Nikita Meshkovs (2521)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	0-1	CM Georgijs Germanovs (2389)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1-0	GM Normunds Miezis (2405)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	1/2-1/2	FM Reinis Paikens (2296)	game
Round 6: Turkiye 3 – 1 Switzerland
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1-0	GM Sebastian Bogner (2547)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1/2-1/2	GM Nico Georgiadis (2535)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1/2-1/2	GM Li Min Peng (2568)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	0-1	FM Colin Federer (2269)	game
Round 7: Turkiye 1 – 3 Germany
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1/2-1/2	GM Vincent Keymer (2764)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1/2-1/2	GM Matthias Bluebaum (2666)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1-0	GM Frederik Svane (2662)	game
4	GM Vahap Sanal (2544)	0-1	GM Rasmus Svane (2621)	game
Round 8: Turkiye 2.5 – 1.5 Canada
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1-0	GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (2532)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1/2-1/2	GM Anthony Atanasov (2481)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1/2-1/2	GM Razvan Preotu (2475)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	1/2-1/2	IM Sai Krishna G V (2451)	game
Round 9: Turkiye 2 – 2 Bulgaria
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1/2-1/2	GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1/2-1/2	GM Momchil Petkov (2547)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1/2-1/2	GM Martin Petrov (2525)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	1/2-1/2	GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)	game
Round 10: Turkiye 3.5 – 0.5 Argentina
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1-0	GM Faustino Oro (2560)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	0-1	GM Diego Flores (2590)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1/2-1/2	GM Sandro Mareco (2551)	game
4	GM Vahap Sanal (2544)	0-1	GM Fernando Peralta (2553)	game
Round 11: Turkiye 1 – 3 United States of America
1	GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2716)	1/2-1/2	GM Fabiano Caruana (2789)	game
2	GM Ediz Gurel (2636)	1/2-1/2	GM Wesley So (2774)	game
3	GM Isik Can (2569)	1-0	GM Hans Moke Niemann (2725)	game
4	GM Emre Can (2534)	0-1	GM Levon Aronian (2725)	game

Women

Rank 11 of 189 — 16 match points, 28 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350) — 5.5/9
Board 2: WIM Sila Caglar (2214) — 6/10
Board 3: WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213) — 6/9
Board 3: WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163) — 6.5/10
Board 4: WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034) — 4/6

Matches

Round 1: Turkiye 3.5 – 0.5 Lebanon
1	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	0-1	WCM Skye Attieh (1824)	game
2	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	1/2-1/2	WCM Remy Al Asmar (1784)	game
3	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	0-1	Fatima Abou Taam (1661)	game
4	WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034)	1-0	Kate Attieh (1591)	game
Round 2: Turkiye 3.5 – 0.5 Bangladesh
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	1-0	WIM Ahmed Wadifa (1956)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	0-1	WFM Khusbu Warsia (1916)	game
3	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	1/2-1/2	WFM Anjum Noshin (2028)	game
4	WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034)	0-1	WCM Walijah Ahmed (1949)	game
Round 3: Turkiye 1 – 3 China
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	0-1	GM Jiner Zhu (2444)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	1-0	IM Yuxin Song (2457)	game
3	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	1/2-1/2	IM Miaoyi Lu (2400)	game
4	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	1/2-1/2	WIM Tianqi Yan (2340)	game
Round 4: Turkiye 3.5 – 0.5 Venezuela
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	0-1	WIM Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid (2075)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	1-0	WFM Vicmary C. Perez Hernandez (2011)	game
3	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	1/2-1/2	WIM Tairu Manuela Rovira Contreras (2004)	game
4	WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034)	1-0	WCM Mariana Coromoto Teran Angel (1977)	game
Round 5: Turkiye 3.5 – 0.5 Denmark
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	0-1	WFM Sarah Sima Derlich (2107)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	1-0	WFM Ellen Kakulidis (2088)	game
3	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	0-1	WFM Anna Sofie Li (2002)	game
4	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	1/2-1/2	WFM Esmat Susanne Guindy (2041)	game
Round 6: Turkiye 2 – 2 Serbia
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	0-1	IM Teodora Injac (2405)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	1-0	IM Alina Bivol (2331)	game
3	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	1-0	WGM Elif Mehmed (2325)	game
4	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	0-1	WGM Sofia Pogorelskikh (2263)	game
Round 7: Turkiye 0.5 – 3.5 Netherlands
1	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	0-1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	game
2	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	1/2-1/2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	game
3	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	0-1	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	game
4	WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034)	1-0	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	game
Round 8: Turkiye 2 – 2 Turkmenistan
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	0-1	WFM Lala Shohradova (2147)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	1/2-1/2	WCM Leyla Shohradova (2101)	game
3	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	1-0	WFM Jahan Rejepova (2027)	game
4	WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034)	1/2-1/2	Mahri Agamuradova (1939)	game
Round 9: Turkiye 3 – 1 Ireland
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	1/2-1/2	WGM Trisha Kanyamarala (2288)	game
2	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	0-1	WFM Lara Putar (1975)	game
3	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	1-0	WFM Diana Mirza (1950)	game
4	WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034)	1/2-1/2	WCM Antonina Gora (1946)	game
Round 10: Turkiye 2.5 – 1.5 Canada
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	1/2-1/2	WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet (2281)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	1/2-1/2	WIM Yunshan Li (2228)	game
3	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	1/2-1/2	WFM Oksana Golubeva (2086)	game
4	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	1-0	WFM Hanxi (Hancy) Jiang (1908)	game
Round 11: Turkiye 3 – 1 Sri Lanka
1	IM Ekaterina Atalik (2350)	1/2-1/2	WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (2267)	game
2	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	1-0	WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula (1967)	game
3	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	1/2-1/2	H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis (1776)	game
4	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	1-0	WCM Sayumi Sithumila Halangoda (1763)	game