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Azerbaijan's men's national team defeats Greece at the World Chess Olympiad

First News Media20:55 - 23 / 09 / 2026
Azerbaijan's men's national team defeats Greece at the World Chess Olympiad

Azerbaijan's men's national team scored a crushing victory in the seventh round of the World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand (Uzbekistan).

As İdman.Biz reports, the Azerbaijani chess players convincingly beat the Greek team with a score of 3.5–0.5.

Aydin Suleymanli, Mahammad Muradli, and Rauf Mammadov won their games for our team. On the first board, the team's leader Shakhriyar Mamedyarov drew his game.

Greece – Azerbaijan – 0.5:3.5

Nikolas Theodorou – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – 0.5:0.5
Dimitrios Mastrovasilis – Aydin Suleymanli – 0:1
Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis – Mahammad Muradli – 0:1
Ioannis Papaioannou – Rauf Mammadov – 0:1

Thus, after the rest day, the men's team continued its winning streak in Samarkand, still remaining undefeated. Let us recall that in the sixth round, which took place on Monday, the Azerbaijani chess players defeated Argentina with a score of 2.5–1.5.

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