Women's event at the 46th Chess Olympiad

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The Women's event at the 46th Chess Olympiad was held from 16 to 27 September 2026. It was contested by a record number of 189 teams, representing 187 nations. Uzbekistan, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 937 players participated in the Women's event. China won the gold medal in the Women's event, which was their seventh title at the Chess Olympiads and the first since 2018. Kazakhstan took the silver medal and defending champions India completed the podium by winning the bronze medal. The player with the highest performance rating of 2638 was China's Zhu Jiner who scored 7 out of a possible 9 points (five wins and four draws) on board one. Individual gold medals were also won by Alice Lee with 8½ out of 10 and a performance rating of 2572, Lu Miaoyi of China with 9½ out of 11 and a performance rating of 2576, Elnaz Kaliakhmet of Kazakhstan with 7½ out of 9 and a performance rating of 2486, and Savitha Shri Baskar of India with 9 out of 10 and a performance rating of 2569.

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