Olympiad-2026 in Tashkent

[Victor Plotkin]

do we have the top 10 femal players list as of January ?

I will do it this weekend. Because of blended rating it requires more time for calculation.

[Victor Plotkin]

Woman Team:

1. WGM M.-J.Ouellet 2384 (2322, 2446).
2. WIM Y.Li 2325 (2237, 2373). +20 points for 2025 Closed. 11 games
3. WIM S.Demchenko 2261.5 (2157, 2346). + 10 points for 2025 Closed.
4. WIM B.Pham 2256 (2203, 2309). 5 games
5. L.Agbabishvili 2194.5 (2109, 2280). 0 games
6. WFM O.Golubeva 2170.5 (2110, 2231). 7 games
7. WFM A.Qian 2169.5 (2048, 2191). +50 points for young age (13).
8. WCM P.Ghomi 2147 (2032, 2242). +10 points for young age (21). 6 games
9. WFM M.Mills 2127 (2042, 2212). 0 games
10. WFM V.Rushinskaya 2096.5 (2016, 2127). +25 points for young age (18).

[Heidi Gay]

Victor, can you clarify if the games requirement is FIDE-rated games or CFC-rated games?

For example, WFM Golubeva was noted as 5 games by you. However, this was a 7-round event, but only 5 of those ended up being FIDE-rated. WIM Pham also has 5 games from a CFC-rated event in BC.

EDIT: I believe WIM Li's 9 games from the Women's Continental in MEX should also count...

[Victor Plotkin]

Heidi, you have a good point. This problem usually doesn't happens in Open section, as contenders don't play against unrated opponents. However, it happened in Woman section for a few Team contenders.

I believe, we should count CFC-rated games with classical time control even if they were played against unrated opponents.

I missed 9 games for Yunshan Li as she played that tournament in May and these games should be counted.

[Victor Plotkin]

National Team as of Feb 1, 2026

1. GM S.Rodrigue-Lemieux - 2547 (2532+10+5)
2. GM P.Charbonneau - 2511. 2 games
3. GM R.Preotu - 2502
4. IM N.Noritsyn - 2483 (2463+20)
5. IM A.Atanasov - 2476 (2441+35)
6. GM A.Lesiege - 2454
7. IM Sai Krishna - 2440
8. IM J.Han - 2427 (2397+30). 6 games
9. IM N.Vettese - 2423 (2418+5)
10. IM T.Krnan - 2423. 2 games

[Victor Plotkin]

Mar 1, 2026. National Team.

1. GM S.Rodrigue-Lemieux - 2547 (2532+10+5).
2. GM P.Charbonneau - 2511. 1 game
3. GM R.Preotu - 2502.
4. IM N.Noritsyn - 2480 (2460+20).
5. IM A.Atanasov - 2464 (2439+25).
6. GM A.Lesiege - 2454
7. IM Sai Krishna - 2440
8. IM J.Han - 2427 (2397+30). 6 games
9. GM B.Sambuev - 2426
10. IM N.Vettese - 2423 (2418+5).

Just 2 months before the deadline. May 1, 2026 would be the final list.

[Victor Plotkin]

Mar 1, 2026. Women Team

1. WGM M.-J.Ouellet - 2370 (2304, 2436).
2. WIM Y.Li - 2319 (2225, 2373). +20 for 2025 Closed. 17 games.
3. WIM B.Pham - 2267 (2203, 2331). 10 games
4. WIM S.Demchenko - 2259 (2155, 2343). + 10 for 2025 Closed.
5. L.Agbabishvili - 2194.5 (2109, 2280). 0 games
6. WFM O.Golubeva - 2166 (2110, 2222). 11 games
7. WFM L.Deepak - 2148 (2013, 2203). + 40 for young age (15).
8. WCM P.Ghomi - 2147 (2032, 2242). + 10 points for young age (21). 6 games.
9. WFM C.Qiao - 2102 (1976, 2228).
10. WFM V.Ruchinskaya - 2096.5 (2016, 2127). + 25 points for young age (18).

2 months before the deadline. May 1, 2026 would be the final list.

[Heidi Gay]

Victor, I believe both Lakshanna Deepak and Cindy Qiao are WFMs?

[Victor Plotkin]

Absolutely. My mistake. For some reason, Lali Agbabishvili has no WFM title, even though her rating was above 2100 for many years. She never expressed interest in this title...