2026 Olympiad Teams Announced

The New Zealand Chess Federation is delighted to announce the national teams for the 2026 Chess Olympiad to be held in Samarkand in Uzbekistan in September later this year.

Open Team (in board order)

1/ IM Felix Xie
2/ IM Sravan Renjith
3/ IM Tom Middelburg
4/ FM Daniel Gong
5/ FM Daqi Mao

Non-travelling reserve: CM Leo Baker

Team Captain/Coach – GM Dejan Bojkov

Women’s team (in board order)

1/ WIM Isabelle Ning
2/ WFM Anya Thurner
3/ WFM Nadia Braganza
4/ WCM Sarah Sun
5/ WCM Emily Gan

Non-travelling reserve: WCM Luna Xu

Team Captain/Coach – IM Herman Van Riemsdijk

NZL Head of Delegation – Paul McAvoy