The FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2022 starts tomorrow in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, and will be played from 1-11 October in Nakhchivan Chess Center. 34 teams from 24 countries registered for the event which will be played in 9 rounds, Swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the end of the games, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. Each match between teams will be played over 4 boards.
Teams of Iran (average rating of players 2379, captain Asghar Golizadeh), Azerbaijan (average rating of players, captain Farid Abbasov), Turkey (average rating of players 2324, captain Serkan Yeke) and India (average rating of players, captain Tajas Bakre) are the top seeds. The best rated participants are: IM Pranav (India), IM Bardiya Daneshvar (Iran), FM Read Samadov (Azerbaijan), IM Pranesh (India), FM Eray Kilic (Turkey). Scroll down for starting rank list of teams and players
Starting rank list of teams:
| No. | Team | RtgAvg | Captain |
| 1 | Iran | 2379 | Golizadeh, Asghar |
| 2 | Azerbaijan-1 | 2353 | Abbasov, Farid |
| 3 | Turkiye-White | 2324 | Yeke, Serkan |
| 4 | India | 2313 | Tejas Ravindra Bakre |
| 5 | Turkiye-Red | 2312 | Aghamaliyev, Cemil |
| 6 | Uzbekistan-1 | 2286 | Fayzullaev, Akmal |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 2251 | Kotsul, Pavel |
| 8 | Cuba | 2155 | Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia |
| 9 | Turkiye-Anatolia | 2134 | Goksel, Doga Cihan |
| 10 | Azerbaijan-2 | 2126 | Aliyev, Ravan |
| 11 | Moldova | 2076 | Bargan Sergiu |
| 12 | Mexico | 2061 | Pablo Della Morte |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 2041 | Dzhumaev, Marat |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 2001 | Abu Sufian Shakil |
| 15 | Mongolia | 1989 | |
| 16 | Georgia-1 | 1979 | Kuparadze, Giga |
| 17 | Latvia | 1970 | Putka, Verners |
| 18 | Uzbekistan-2 | 1908 | Khakimov Akbar |
| 19 | England | 1862 | |
| 20 | Panama | 1861 | Cesar Mathews Romero |
| 21 | Canada | 1833 | Musat, Adrian |
| 22 | Azerbaijan4 | 1816 | Hasanov, Rashad |
| 23 | South Africa1 | 1812 | Amardeep, Magu |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 1797 | Welipitiya, W M Kanishka |
| 25 | Nakhchivan | 1709 | Sevdimaliyev, Urfan |
| 26 | Azerbaijan-3 | 1683 | Sideifzade, Fikret |
| 27 | Malaysia | 1670 | Teh Rui Gen |
| 28 | Lebanon | 1610 | Haidar, Ali |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 1555 | Shen, Chenyi |
| 30 | South Africa2 | 1435 | |
| 31 | South Africa3 | 1428 | |
| 32 | Zambia | 1372 | Nsakanya Chanda |
| 33 | Egypt | 1350 | Hamido, Mostafa Ibrahim |
| 34 | Georgia-2 | 1000 | Khizanishvili, Davit |
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Starting rank list of players:
| No. | Name | Rtg | FED | Team | |
| 1 | IM | Pranav V | 2530 | IND | India |
| 2 | IM | Daneshvar Bardiya | 2516 | IRI | Iran |
| 3 | FM | Samadov Read | 2455 | AZE | Azerbaijan-1 |
| 4 | IM | Pranesh M | 2437 | IND | India |
| 5 | FM | Kilic Eray | 2428 | TUR | Turkiye-Red |
| 6 | IM | Madaminov Mukhiddin | 2425 | UZB | Uzbekistan-1 |
| 7 | CM | Caputcuoglu Zeki Berke | 2370 | TUR | Turkiye-White |
| 8 | FM | Orozbaev Eldiar | 2369 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan |
| 9 | Ashraf Artin | 2361 | IRI | Iran | |
| 10 | FM | Begmuratov Khumoyun | 2353 | UZB | Uzbekistan-1 |
| 11 | FM | Orujov Farid | 2352 | AZE | Azerbaijan-1 |
| 12 | Movahed Sina | 2345 | IRI | Iran | |
| 13 | FM | Taspinar Yanki | 2325 | TUR | Turkiye-White |
| 14 | FM | Celik Hasan Huseyin | 2323 | TUR | Turkiye-Red |
| 15 | FM | Camlar Arda | 2322 | TUR | Turkiye-White |
| 16 | FM | Tarhan Adar | 2320 | TUR | Turkiye-Anatolia |
| 17 | FM | Hidalgo Diaz Daniel | 2315 | CUB | Cuba |
| 18 | WIM | Kairbekova Amina | 2305 | KAZ | Kazakhstan |
| 19 | FM | Azadaliyev Jahandar | 2304 | AZE | Azerbaijan-2 |
| 20 | FM | Suleymanli Suleyman | 2304 | AZE | Azerbaijan-1 |
| 21 | FM | Ozkan Taha | 2299 | TUR | Turkiye-Red |
| 22 | FM | Talibov Shiroghlan | 2299 | AZE | Azerbaijan-1 |
| 23 | FM | Zhakshylykov Erzhan | 2293 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan |
| 24 | FM | Mahdavi Reza | 2292 | IRI | Iran |
| 25 | CM | Ozturk Efe Hakan | 2279 | TUR | Turkiye-White |
| 26 | FM | Sapenov Daniyal | 2276 | KAZ | Kazakhstan |
| 27 | CM | Aslanov Umid | 2273 | AZE | Azerbaijan-2 |
| 28 | IM | Ansat Aldiyar | 2264 | KAZ | Kazakhstan |
| 29 | Gonzalez Soler Leduard Manuel | 2251 | CUB | Cuba | |
| 30 | Akin Yagiz Cinar | 2249 | TUR | Turkiye-Anatolia | |
| 31 | FM | Harshad S | 2218 | IND | India |
| 32 | CM | Yavuz Efe Metehan | 2215 | TUR | Turkiye-Anatolia |
| 33 | FM | Anand Batsukh | 2201 | MGL | Mongolia |
| 34 | Ahmad Khagan | 2196 | AZE | Azerbaijan-2 | |
| 35 | WFM | Aydin Gulenay | 2196 | TUR | Turkiye-Red |
| 36 | WFM | Omonova Umida | 2196 | UZB | Uzbekistan-1 |
| 37 | Baranciuc Alexandr | 2184 | MDA | Moldova | |
| 38 | FM | Tenuunbold Battulga | 2178 | MGL | Mongolia |
| 39 | Bakhrillaev Bakhrom | 2168 | UZB | Uzbekistan-1 | |
| 40 | Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid | 2159 | UZB | Uzbekistan-1 | |
| 41 | WIM | Nurmanova Alua | 2158 | KAZ | Kazakhstan |
| 42 | Hernandez Izquierdo Jose A. | 2140 | CUB | Cuba | |
| 43 | FM | Amilal Munkhdalai | 2137 | MGL | Mongolia |
| 44 | Mohammadian Sechani Arshia | 2117 | IRI | Iran | |
| 45 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | 2107 | BAN | Bangladesh |
| 46 | CM | Chen Max | 2104 | CAN | Canada |
| 47 | Seyid Huseyn | 2097 | AZE | Nakhchivan | |
| 48 | Zacarias Rodriguez Santiago | 2091 | MEX | Mexico | |
| 49 | Shamatava Nikolozi | 2089 | GEO | Georgia-1 | |
| 50 | CM | Galaviz Medina Atlas Adomaitis | 2069 | MEX | Mexico |
| 51 | Rohit S | 2065 | IND | India | |
| 52 | Levitan Caleb Levi | 2063 | RSA | South Africa1 | |
| 53 | Montes Orozco Miguel Angel | 2060 | MEX | Mexico | |
| 54 | Springis Jevgenijs | 2057 | LAT | Latvia | |
| 55 | Triboi Alexander | 2052 | MDA | Moldova | |
| 56 | Cebotari Stanislav | 2047 | MDA | Moldova | |
| 57 | WFM | Khamdamova Afruza | 2040 | UZB | Uzbekistan-2 |
| 58 | Adamovics Aleksejs | 2037 | LAT | Latvia | |
| 59 | Paredes Guzman Francisco Javier | 2023 | MEX | Mexico | |
| 60 | Sustov Savva | 2020 | MDA | Moldova | |
| 61 | Omonov Asrorjon | 2016 | UZB | Uzbekistan-2 | |
| 62 | Nemsadze Daviti | 2010 | GEO | Georgia-1 | |
| 63 | Mendez Machado Andre | 2003 | PAN | Panama | |
| 64 | CM | Sakline Mostafa Sajid | 2001 | BAN | Bangladesh |
| 65 | Swarnavo Choudhury | 1979 | BAN | Bangladesh | |
| 66 | Francs Marats | 1956 | LAT | Latvia | |
| 67 | Southcott-Moyers Indy | 1952 | ENG | England | |
| 68 | Iunusov Nuriddin | 1940 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | |
| 69 | Sabitov Ilyas | 1924 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | |
| 70 | Kirtadze Anastasia | 1922 | GEO | Georgia-1 | |
| 71 | Karsten Jan | 1921 | RSA | South Africa1 | |
| 72 | Batista Rosas Nicolas Arturo | 1919 | PAN | Panama | |
| 73 | Md. Sajidul Haque | 1918 | BAN | Bangladesh | |
| 74 | Pal Rohan | 1913 | ENG | England | |
| 75 | Caballero Ramos Greter | 1912 | CUB | Cuba | |
| 76 | Kiriella K G T S D | 1907 | SRI | Sri Lanka | |
| 77 | WCM | Gasimova Samra | 1902 | AZE | Azerbaijan-1 |
| 78 | WCM | Ismayilova Khanim | 1901 | AZE | Azerbaijan-3 |
| 79 | Kiladze Luka | 1894 | GEO | Georgia-1 | |
| 80 | Arkadan Adib | 1884 | LBN | Lebanon | |
| 81 | Israilov Agil | 1883 | AZE | Azerbaijan4 | |
| 82 | Safarov Deniel | 1881 | GEO | Georgia-1 | |
| 83 | Davudov Tunar | 1868 | AZE | Azerbaijan4 | |
| 84 | Navaratnam Ishaan Quan Tze | 1862 | MAS | Malaysia | |
| 85 | Nabil Nazar Mohamed | 1861 | SRI | Sri Lanka | |
| 86 | Schnell Sebastian Narayana | 1846 | PAN | Panama | |
| 87 | Mrittika Mallick | 1845 | IND | India | |
| 88 | Karimi Setayesh | 1844 | IRI | Iran | |
| 89 | Cheng Justin Hong-Chen | 1843 | HKG | Hong Kong | |
| 90 | AIM | Subramanian Anusha | 1840 | ENG | England |
| 91 | Alagoz Zumra Meryem | 1830 | TUR | Turkiye-White | |
| 92 | Savicevs Arsenijs | 1830 | LAT | Latvia | |
| 93 | Mustu Hatice Asli | 1826 | TUR | Turkiye-Red | |
| 94 | Abdukhakimov Akbarali | 1815 | UZB | Uzbekistan-2 | |
| 95 | Chen Rachel Ruoxuan | 1783 | CAN | Canada | |
| 96 | Zhao Jeffrey R | 1774 | CAN | Canada | |
| 97 | Alizada Pasham | 1770 | AZE | Azerbaijan4 | |
| 98 | Li Yiheng | 1766 | HKG | Hong Kong | |
| 99 | Botiraliev Abdumajid | 1762 | UZB | Uzbekistan-2 | |
| 100 | Hernandez Diaz Paula Sofia | 1760 | MEX | Mexico | |
| 101 | Teh Rui Gen | 1756 | MAS | Malaysia | |
| 102 | Baloglu Dila | 1752 | TUR | Turkiye-Anatolia | |
| 103 | Badenhorst Chloe | 1751 | RSA | South Africa1 | |
| 104 | Abdulkarimli Eljan | 1742 | AZE | Azerbaijan4 | |
| 105 | Dasgupta Avyukt | 1741 | ENG | England | |
| 106 | Wiratunga Jenith | 1741 | SRI | Sri Lanka | |
| 107 | Abdinova Narmin | 1740 | AZE | Azerbaijan-1 | |
| 108 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | 1740 | IND | India | |
| 109 | Shukurova Aydan | 1732 | AZE | Azerbaijan-2 | |
| 110 | Zajakins Artjoms | 1730 | LAT | Latvia | |
| 111 | Levitan Judah Nathan | 1725 | RSA | South Africa2 | |
| 112 | Bargan Victoria | 1720 | MDA | Moldova | |
| 113 | WCM | Kayis Gulcan Sena | 1702 | TUR | Turkiye-Anatolia |
| 114 | Nuriyeva Nurtan | 1691 | AZE | Azerbaijan-3 | |
| 115 | Diaz Bartolo Elizabeth Schahrazad | 1681 | MEX | Mexico | |
| 116 | Saravanabaavan Brijeash | 1679 | SRI | Sri Lanka | |
| 117 | Castillo Beitia Ashley Alexandra | 1674 | PAN | Panama | |
| 118 | Bozorov Javokhir | 1670 | UZB | Uzbekistan-2 | |
| 119 | Jiang Kate Yuhua | 1670 | CAN | Canada | |
| 120 | Omnia Binta Yusuf Lubaba | 1642 | BAN | Bangladesh | |
| 121 | Maklakova Naomi | 1635 | LAT | Latvia | |
| 122 | AFM | Emran Muhammad Emir Rasyid | 1634 | MAS | Malaysia |
| 123 | Hajialiyev Islam | 1633 | AZE | Azerbaijan-2 | |
| 124 | Humbatova Nazli | 1632 | AZE | Nakhchivan | |
| 125 | Gamage Desandhi Dhihansa | 1624 | SRI | Sri Lanka | |
| 126 | Jannatul Ferdousi | 1624 | BAN | Bangladesh | |
| 127 | Han Xuqian Ben | 1610 | HKG | Hong Kong | |
| 128 | Abdel Raouf Zyad | 1609 | EGY | Egypt | |
| 129 | AFM | Soojay Jorah | 1573 | RSA | South Africa3 |
| 130 | WCM | Wickramasinghe Minethma Lasandi | 1573 | SRI | Sri Lanka |
| 131 | Huseynli Ayan | 1572 | AZE | Azerbaijan-3 | |
| 132 | WCM | Bashirli Saadat | 1567 | AZE | Azerbaijan-3 |
| 133 | Badieh Mahmoud | 1566 | LBN | Lebanon | |
| 134 | Hasanli Rza | 1566 | AZE | Nakhchivan | |
| 135 | Berdibaeva Edisa | 1563 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | |
| 136 | Abbasov Sadig | 1542 | AZE | Nakhchivan | |
| 137 | AFM | Potgieter Edward | 1513 | RSA | South Africa1 |
| 138 | Abdullabayli Rajab | 1506 | AZE | Nakhchivan | |
| 139 | Nasibova Narmin | 1504 | AZE | Azerbaijan4 | |
| 140 | Mohamed Mostafa Omar | 1503 | EGY | Egypt | |
| 141 | Fawaz Nadia | 1500 | LBN | Lebanon | |
| 142 | Jafarova Aysel | 1489 | AZE | Azerbaijan-2 | |
| 143 | Karam Youssef Mark | 1488 | LBN | Lebanon | |
| 144 | Abbasova Zarifa | 1480 | AZE | Nakhchivan | |
| 145 | Boshoma Chisomo | 1466 | RSA | South Africa2 | |
| 146 | Rzali Leyla | 1451 | AZE | Azerbaijan4 | |
| 147 | Khuslen Erdenebayar | 1439 | MGL | Mongolia | |
| 148 | Ibanez Zanetti Sebastian Andres | 1433 | PAN | Panama | |
| 149 | Chang Sebastian | 1430 | RSA | South Africa3 | |
| 150 | Thamil Manni Swetha | 1428 | MAS | Malaysia | |
| 151 | Darweeche Roaa | 1406 | LBN | Lebanon | |
| 152 | Sauti Luyepo | 1403 | ZAM | Zambia | |
| 153 | Chembe Sean Kunda | 1402 | ZAM | Zambia | |
| 154 | Fawaz Mohamad | 1394 | LBN | Lebanon | |
| 155 | Goliath Brimarion | 1394 | RSA | South Africa3 | |
| 156 | Meise Keagen | 1362 | RSA | South Africa1 | |
| 157 | CM | Shane Kennedy | 1358 | ZAM | Zambia |
| 158 | WCM | Budagova Leyla | 1356 | AZE | Azerbaijan-3 |
| 159 | Nwedo Khodani | 1356 | RSA | South Africa2 | |
| 160 | Mweetwa Victoria | 1325 | ZAM | Zambia | |
| 161 | Wang Pei-Shan | 1315 | RSA | South Africa3 | |
| 162 | Fahmi Adham | 1288 | EGY | Egypt | |
| 163 | Huseynova Dinara | 1257 | AZE | Azerbaijan-3 | |
| 164 | Cairel Adrin Rumi Arjuna Malique | 1223 | MAS | Malaysia | |
| 165 | Lwenyeka Bupe | 1193 | ZAM | Zambia | |
| 166 | Nel Hayley | 1191 | RSA | South Africa2 | |
| 167 | Jacobs Elsje | 1168 | RSA | South Africa3 | |
| 168 | Alakhverdiev Tajir | 0 | GEO | Georgia-2 | |
| 169 | Aliev Kasum | 0 | GEO | Georgia-2 | |
| 170 | Bairamov Jakhandar | 0 | GEO | Georgia-2 | |
| 171 | Chikashi Abigail | 0 | ZAM | Zambia | |
| 172 | Gasanov Turaj | 0 | GEO | Georgia-2 | |
| 173 | Liang Liyun | 0 | HKG | Hong Kong | |
| 174 | Mamardashvili Mariam | 0 | GEO | Georgia-2 | |
| 175 | Price Daelen | 0 | RSA | South Africa2 | |
| 176 | Tamer Jana | 0 | EGY | Egypt |
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