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Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities to take place in Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia will host the Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities, which will take from January 29 to February 5, 2023.  This is a team competition, played over four boards, and limited to a maximum of 30 participant teams: 27 teams are selected by rating, and four are nominated by the FIDE President. If there is an odd number of participating teams, the host Federation (Serbia) is entitled to register a second team. 

Preliminary list of participating teams & lineups:

            1. Israel (RtgAvg:2329 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Levitan, Shon
Bo. NameRtgFED
1GMGruenfeld Yehuda 2414ISR
2FMStreltsov Alexey 2313ISR
3GMZilberman Yaacov 2312ISR
4IMGurbanov Andrei 2275ISR
            2. Poland (RtgAvg:2323 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Stachanczyk, Jacek
Bo. NameRtgFED
1GMTazbir Marcin 2508POL
2FMMolenda Marcin 2381POL
3IMDukaczewski Piotr 2152POL
4 Piekielny Pawel 2230POL
5IMStachanczyk Jacek 2171POL
            3. Hungary (RtgAvg:2216 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Kovacs, Apollo
Bo. NameRtgFED
1IMGyorkos Lajos 2208HUN
2FMZambo Zoltan Istvan 2303HUN
3FMLaszlo Janos 2212HUN
4 Mate Balazs 2005HUN
5 Kovacs Apollo 2142HUN
            4. Cuba (RtgAvg:2124 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar
Bo. NameRtgFED
1IMMorales Romero Pedro 2339CUB
2FMLarduet Despaigne Carlos 2277CUB
3 Interian Rodriguez Alberto D. 2082CUB
4 Batista Rivera Idalis 1798CUB
            5. Croatia (RtgAvg:2120 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo. NameRtgFED
1FMBozinovic Bogdan 2131CRO
2 Glazar Domagoj 2119CRO
3 Cajzler Hinko 2060CRO
4FMNestorovic Vladimir 2171CRO
5 Vuljanic Ana 1613CRO
            6. India (RtgAvg:2073 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Shashikant, Kutwal
Bo. NameRtgFED
1IMShashikant Kutwal 2182IND
2 Kishan Gangolli 2059IND
3 Naveen Kumar A. 2035IND
4 Darpan Inani 2016IND
5 Soundarya Kumar Pradhan 1881IND
            7. Czech Republic (RtgAvg:2070 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo. NameRtgFED
1IMOrsag Milan 2308CZE
2IMBabula Milan 2118CZE
3FMValenta Vit Vaclav 2030CZE
4WFMRyvova Anna 1823CZE
            8. Philippines (RtgAvg:2055 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Infiesto, James
Bo. NameRtgFED
1FMSeverino Sander 2364PHI
2 Bernardo Darry 2114PHI
3AGMLopez Henry 2102PHI
4 Mendoza Cheyzer Crystal J. 1639PHI
            9. IPCA (RtgAvg:1959 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nazarov, Alexander
Bo. NameRtgFED
1FMSargissyan Sargis 2214ARM
2IMCampos Eugenio 2227ANG
3 Andriienko Artom 1693UKR
4WFMAleksandrova Aleksandra 1702ISR
            10. Romania (RtgAvg:1955 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Sofran, Radu-Pompiliu
Bo. NameRtgFED
1FMPribeanu Mihail-Dacian 2134ROU
2 Dima Mihai 1948ROU
3 Morariu Ionel 1915ROU
4 Bursuc Mihai 1823ROU
            11. Venezuela (RtgAvg:1931 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Torres Gonzalez, Jose Arturo
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Otero Munelo Harlen Jose 2099VEN
2 Rivas Cabrera Edgar 1987VEN
3 Abiad Parra Victor 1880VEN
4 Monterrey Henry 1759VEN
5 Polanco Colina Juan Marcos 1731VEN
            12. ICCD (RtgAvg:1931 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Gardner, Phillip K
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Jankunas Tomas 2127LTU
2 Moldovanovic Dragan 2019SRB
3 Gomez Fernandez Alfredo 1760ESP
4 Johansen Torbjorn Reidar 1764NOR
5 Gardner Phillip K 1814ENG
            13. Turkiye (RtgAvg:1841 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Polatel, Ali
Bo. NameRtgFED
1WCMSahin Handenur 1915TUR
2 Deniz Ugur 1946TUR
3 Donmez Unal 1816TUR
4 Saltik Suleyman 1687TUR
            14. Montenegro (RtgAvg:1837 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Djukanovic, Mitar
Bo. NameRtgFED
1IMNikac Predrag 2285MNE
2 Ivanovic Milan 1908MNE
3 Damjanovic Radovan 1807MNE
4 Lacmanovic Radenko 1349MNE
5 Jovanovic Vera 0MNE
            15. Kazakhstan (RtgAvg:1670 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Nussipbayeva Zinyatkyz
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Maklushov Serik 0KAZ
2FMSoltanov Serik 2266KAZ
3 Zhukovskaya Nina 1474KAZ
4 Kozhabekov Adilkhan 1939KAZ
            16. Bangladesh (RtgAvg:1635 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mallick, Masudur Rahman
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Husain Ejaz 1952BAN
2 Sarkar Bappi 1778BAN
3 Sarkar Md. Ali Newaz 1809BAN
4 Nurnahar Tonima 0BAN
            17. Zambia (RtgAvg:1583 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mayoche Monica
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Banda Aaron 1901ZAM
2 Nkhupi Robert 1738ZAM
3 Sauti Harry 1693ZAM
4 Kadilamwando Tambuzhai 0ZAM
            18. Kyrgyzstan (RtgAvg:1469 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Zhumashova Medina
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Arstanbekov Dzhanysh 1621KGZ
2 Bolotov Toktobek 1437KGZ
3 Ibraimov Kubanychbek 1316KGZ
4 Rakhatbekov Tilegen 1501KGZ
            19. Panama (RtgAvg:1457 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mathews Romero, Cesar
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Jimenez Moron Elias 1967PAN
2 Osorio Jesus Camilo 1859PAN
3 Arias Cano Iliak Omar 0PAN
4 Munoz Alba Cristal 0PAN
            20. Kenya (RtgAvg:1387 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Mugi Harrison Nyaga
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Miheso Clement Chomu 1661KEN
2 Sadam Ali Sheikh 1545KEN
3 Wambalo Wong 1342KEN
4 Nduku Mary 0KEN
            21. Zimbabwe (RtgAvg:1363 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Moyo, Lloyd
Bo. NameRtgFED
1 Gora Tapiwa 1959ZIM
2 Chikafu Onai 1494ZIM
3 Machona Tichaona 0ZIM
4 Basopo Kissmore 0ZIM

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