The women's team of Turkmenistan won its sixth victory at the 45^th World Chess Olympiad, which is ongoing in Budapest (Hungary). In the 9^th round, it won with black pieces against the 42^nd seeded team of Montenegro (average rating - 2142) - 2.5:1.5.

A significant contribution to the victory of our team was made by the champion of the country Meryem Agajanova (2^nd board) and Enesh Arazmedova, who played at the 4^th board as a reserve player, who won against the female international master Alexandra Milovich and Mateja Popovich, respectively. And Leyla Shohradova (3^rd board) played a draw with the female FIDE master Nikolina Kolyevich.

It is noteworthy that the 5^th place winner at the 2024 Turkmenistan Championship, 17-year-old Enesh Arazmedova, did not lose a single point in the five games she played, showing a 100% result in our team at the 2024 Olympiad.

After this victory, the Turkmen chess players (73^rd seed; average rating - 1956) moved up 7 steps in the tournament table, occupying 30^th place among 169 women's teams with 12 points and lagging behind the leading Kazakhstan by 4 points.

The men's team of Turkmenistan (73^rd seed; average rating - 2332) also moved up 5 positions on the «tournament ladder», having tied in the 9^th round - 2:2 with the team of Canada, seeded at number 50 (average rating - 2468). In this match, it is worth noting the victories of International Master Saparmyrat Atabayev (1^st board) over Grandmaster Sean Rodrigue-Lemieux and the current champion of the country Allayar Shirliyev (4^th board) over International Master Nikolay Naritsyn.

In addition to A. Atabayev and A. Shirliyev, the Turkmen team in the men's tournament at the Olympiad is also represented by International Grandmaster Meylis Annaberdiyev (2^nd board), 18-year-old Amanmuhammet Hommadov (3^rd board) and reserve player Vepaly Halyniyazov.

With two rounds to go, the chess players of Turkmenistan are in 50^th place among 188 teams with 11 points. The Indian team is leading the men's tournament with 17 points.

In the 10^th round, the men's team of Turkmenistan will play against the Singapore team, which is in 45^th place with 11 points, having won against the Algerian team the day before – 3.5:0.5. And our women's team will meet with their opponents from Greece (23^rd seed), who won against the chess players of Monaco in the previous round – 3.5:0.5 and are currently in 36^th place in the tournament table with 11 points.

The World Chess Olympiad is a team competition in which teams from different countries compete for the title of the strongest chess nation. This is one of the most prestigious and large-scale sporting events, bringing together the strongest chess players from all over the world.