2026 Olympiad Teams Announced

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2026 Olympiad Teams Announced

The 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad will take place from September 15 through 27 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Team USA looks to improve on its silver and bronze medal finishes of the Open and Women's sections, respectively, of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad held in 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. 

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Photo courtesy Maria Emelianova/FIDE

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Photo courtesy Maria Emelianova/FIDE

The following list is the official players, captain, and trainer for the 2026 Olympiad Team USA Open and Women’s teams. The respective team chose their Captains and Trainers.

Open Team

Team USA's players are: GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Hans Niemann, Levon Aronian, and Awonder Liang. The team returns three players, with Niemann and Liang each making their Olympiad debut.

IM John Donaldson is the Captain, and GM Grigory Oparin is this year's Trainer. 

Women’s Team

This year's players are: IM Carissa Yip, IM Alice Lee, GM Irina Krush, IM-Elect/FM Rose Atwell, and IM Tatev Abrahamyan. Team USA Women's also returns three players (Yip, Lee, and Krush) from the 2024 squad. Atwell is making her Olympiad debut, while Abrahamyan is playing her seventh Olympiad for Team USA. 

This year, Team USA Women's Captain is GM Melikset Khachiyan and GM Liem Le is the Trainer.