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countries competed over 11 rounds. Germany took bronze, while Hungary, France and Spain also finished in the top 10, alongside Azerbaijan and Armenia.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>The biggest Chess Olympiad in history brought almost 400 teams from around the world to Samarkand, where host nation Uzbekistan won gold in the Open competition after defeating Ukraine in the final round.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Uzbekistan won its first Chess Olympiad title in India&#8217;s Chennai in 2022 and followed it with bronze in Budapest two years later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our second Olympiad victory. Winning it at home feels different,\u201d Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov said. \u201cI think we played the tournament at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sindarov\u2019s next major test will come later this year. After winning the Candidates Tournament, he will challenge India\u2019s Gukesh Dommaraju for the world title in Geneva from 22 November to 12 December. <\/p>\n<p>Both players will be 20 when the match begins, making it the youngest World Championship contest in chess history.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How the Chess Olympiad works<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), the Chess Olympiad is the leading international team competition in chess.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most major chess tournaments, players compete for their countries rather than only for themselves. <\/p>\n<p>Four players from one national team face four from another at the same time, with their individual results combined to determine the result between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Teams compete over 11 rounds, facing different opponents as the tournament progresses.<\/p>\n<p>Uzbekistan finished the competition with 20 of 22 possible match points, winning 10 of its 11 matches. Among the teams it defeated were defending champions India, China and the top-seeded US. Its only loss came against eventual bronze medallists Germany.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Uzbekistan claims second Open title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nodirbek Abdusattorov was another key member of the winning team. Playing on Uzbekistan\u2019s first board, meaning he generally faced the strongest player from each opposing team, he completed the Chess Olympiad without losing a game and received an individual gold medal for his performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we can now confidently say that Uzbekistan is unrivalled in the world of chess,\u201d Abdusattorov said after the victory.<\/p>\n<p>India finished with silver, while Germany took bronze.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/18\/85\/808x539_cmsv2_32b3c238-0fcb-56b4-8ce1-af6ff9ef070e-9931885.jpg\" alt=\"Uzbekistan, India and Germany take the podium at the closing ceremony of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Uzbekistan, India and Germany take the podium at the closing ceremony of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\"> Rafal Oleksiewicz\/FIDE<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Germany, the result marked its first Open team medal at a Chess Olympiad since 2000, when it won silver in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s by far the best Olympiad we\u2019ve had in recent years, at least as long as I\u2019ve been playing,\u201d German grandmaster Vincent Keymer told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Several European countries also finished near the top, with Hungary, France and Spain all placing inside the top 10, alongside Azerbaijan and Armenia.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s competition, China won gold, Kazakhstan finished second and defending champions India took bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Indian grandmaster Koneru Humpy was part of the bronze-medal-winning team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of attention from all the spectators and followers, and this is one of the widely followed tournaments from all over the world,\u201d Humpy told Euronews.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The biggest Olympiad yet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The final field included 205 teams in the Open and 189 in the Women\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<p>For almost two weeks, hundreds of games were played simultaneously in the same competition hall, bringing national teams from around the world together in Samarkand.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament also coincided with a change at the top of international chess. Timur Turlov, then president of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, was elected president of FIDE during the federation\u2019s General Assembly in Samarkand. At 38, he became the youngest person ever elected to the post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/93\/18\/85\/808x539_cmsv2_425c848e-bd9e-59dd-9916-95fdee6912c2-9931885.jpg\" alt=\"FIDE President Timur Turlov makes a ceremonial first move for Uzbekistan\u2019s Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final round.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">FIDE President Timur Turlov makes a ceremonial first move for Uzbekistan\u2019s Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final round.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Michal Walusza \/ FIDE<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe interest in the game is definitely rising year over year,\u201d Turlov told Euronews. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a professional sport. It\u2019s a sport which is getting more and more popular almost everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the tournament, the Olympiad flag was handed to representatives of the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Dhabi will host the 47th Chess Olympiad in 2028.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n   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its first Chess Olympiad title in India&#8217;s Chennai in 2022 and followed it with bronze in Budapest two years later.\u201cThis is our second Olympiad victory. Winning it at home feels different,\u201d Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov said. \u201cI think we played the tournament at the highest level.\u201dSindarov\u2019s next major test will come later this year. After winning the Candidates Tournament, he will challenge India\u2019s Gukesh Dommaraju for the world title in Geneva from 22 November to 12 December.Both players will be 20 when the match begins, making it the youngest World Championship contest in chess history.How the Chess Olympiad worksOrganised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), the Chess Olympiad is the leading international team competition in chess.Unlike most major chess tournaments, players compete for their countries rather than only for themselves.Four players from one national team face four from another at the same time, with their individual results combined to determine the result between the two countries.Teams compete over 11 rounds, facing different opponents as the tournament progresses.Uzbekistan finished the competition with 20 of 22 possible match points, winning 10 of its 11 matches. Among the teams it defeated were defending champions India, China and the top-seeded US. Its only loss came against eventual bronze medallists Germany.Uzbekistan claims second Open titleNodirbek Abdusattorov was another key member of the winning team. Playing on Uzbekistan\u2019s first board, meaning he generally faced the strongest player from each opposing team, he completed the Chess Olympiad without losing a game and received an individual gold medal for his performance.\u201cI think we can now confidently say that Uzbekistan is unrivalled in the world of chess,\u201d Abdusattorov said after the victory.India finished with silver, while Germany took bronze.For Germany, the result marked its first Open team medal at a Chess Olympiad since 2000, when it won silver in Istanbul.\u201cI think it\u2019s by far the best Olympiad we\u2019ve had in recent years, at least as long as I\u2019ve been playing,\u201d German grandmaster Vincent Keymer told Euronews.Several European countries also finished near the top, with Hungary, France and Spain all placing inside the top 10, alongside Azerbaijan and Armenia.In the women\u2019s competition, China won gold, Kazakhstan finished second and defending champions India took bronze.Indian grandmaster Koneru Humpy was part of the bronze-medal-winning team.\u201cThere is a lot of attention from all the spectators and followers, and this is one of the widely followed tournaments from all over the world,\u201d Humpy told Euronews.The biggest Olympiad yetThe final field included 205 teams in the Open and 189 in the Women\u2019s competition.For almost two weeks, hundreds of games were played simultaneously in the same competition hall, bringing national teams from around the world together in Samarkand.The tournament also coincided with a change at the top of international chess. Timur Turlov, then president of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, was elected president of FIDE during the federation\u2019s General Assembly in Samarkand. At 38, he became the youngest person ever elected to the post.\u201cThe interest in the game is definitely rising year over year,\u201d Turlov told Euronews. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a professional sport. 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