Olympiad Training Squads Announced

The 2026 Chess Olympiad with take place in Uzbekistan. In preparation for this, the NZCF has selected two training squads, who will receive training from our national team coaches, GM Dejan Bojkov and IM Herman van Riemsdijk, ahead of the final team selections early in 2026.

Congratulations to the following players:

Open Squad (in no particular order)

• Oscar Qin
• Cohen Young
• Justin Wang
• Daniel Gong
• Felix Xie
• Daqi Mao
• Kendrick Zhang
• Zachary Yu
• Oliver Archer
• Tom Middleburg
• Sravan Renjith
• Miles Lee
• Anthony Ker

Women’s Squad (in no particular order)

• Luna Lu
• Nadia Braganza
• Emily Gan
• Luna Xu
• Isabelle Yixuan Ning
• Vyanla Punsalan
• Anya Thurner
• Sophia Feng
• Sarah Sun
• Ashlee-Deanna McNabb
• Abigail Rowe
• Jasmine Haomo Zhang