Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
AFG
Seeded 132, category D
5 won, 0 drawn, 6 lost
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Afghanistan as a nation

Afghanistan

In numbers

128

place of 206 after round 11

10

match points from 11 matches

22

game points; TB1 161, TB3 100

2036

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	CM Khaiber Farazi	2128	10	6	2202	+21
2	CM Habibullah Amini	2047	10	4½	2061	−1
3	FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad	2032	8	4	2072	+6
4	Homayoun Mohtaat	1928	10	5	1981	+7
5	CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi	2044	6	2½	1829	−28

Boards follow the order the players have appeared in, as the team list keeps it; board 5 is the reserve. Games and scores count played games only. Performance and rating change come from Lichess. A name opens the player’s page.

Who carries the team

Each board from the player’s rating (hollow) to the performance so far (filled); red, the largest lift, grey, a board below its rating. The grey line is the team’s average rating, the score closes the row. A performance on few games moves a long way.

Matches

Round 1 v Uzbekistan 2 UZB

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov 25481CM Khaiber Farazi 21280 2CM Habibullah Amini 20470GM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov 25401 3GM Ortik Nigmatov 24841FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 20320 4Homayoun Mohtaat 19281GM Khumoyun Begmuratov 25140

Round 2 v Djibouti DJI

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Khaiber Farazi 21281Mohamed Bilal Houssein 18070 2Mohamed Mahamoud Mahamoud 17600CM Habibullah Amini 20471 3Homayoun Mohtaat 19281Ali Dima Mohamed 17410 4Farhan Nour Nour 1658½CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 2044½

Round 3 v Japan JPN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Khaiber Farazi 2128½IM Thanh Tu Tran 2406½ 2FM Shou Otsuka 23141CM Habibullah Amini 20470 3Homayoun Mohtaat 19280IM Ryosuke Nanjo 22991 4FM Kohei Yamada 22031CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 20440

Round 4 v Fiji FIJ

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Goru Arvind 17520CM Khaiber Farazi 21281 2CM Habibullah Amini 20471CM Rudr Prasad 17690 3CM Ronald Terubea 18270FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 20321 4Homayoun Mohtaat 19280Yash Krishen Maharaj 18131

Round 5 v Yemen YEM

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Zendan Al-Zendani 2249½CM Khaiber Farazi 2128½ 2CM Habibullah Amini 2047½FM Abdo Abdullah Saleh Ahmed 2160½ 3IM Ayman Al-Halila 21381FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 20320 4CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 20440Khaled waleed Abdullah 20421

Round 6 v Timor-Leste TLS

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Khaiber Farazi 21281Helder de Araujo 19050 2Andrade Pinto 18200CM Habibullah Amini 20471 3FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 20321Paulo Fernandes de Carvalho 18100 4Mario Melo Nascimento 17880Homayoun Mohtaat 19281

Round 7 v Guatemala GUA

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Khaiber Farazi 21280FM Winston Darwin Cu Hor 23301 2IM Carlos A. Juarez Flores 22941CM Habibullah Amini 20470 3FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 2032½FM Ricardo Andres Ordonez Bonilla 2139½ 4FM Gustavo Adolfo Monroy Lopez 20741Homayoun Mohtaat 19280

Round 8 v Macau, China MAC

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Tong Kuan Mak 19150CM Khaiber Farazi 21281 2FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 20321CM Seak Hin Ieong 19140 3De V R Joao Car Bartilotti 15450Homayoun Mohtaat 19281 4CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 20441David Sun 15910

Round 9 v Wales WLS

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Jonathan L B Blackburn 22391CM Habibullah Amini 20470 2FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 2032½CM Ifan Rathbone-Jones 2117½ 3Iwan Cave 21071Homayoun Mohtaat 19280 4CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 20440CM Alex Bullen 20961

Round 10 v Sudan SUD

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Khaiber Farazi 21280IM Omar Eltigani 22591 2FM Ahmed Hassan 21901CM Habibullah Amini 20470 3FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 20320CM Siddig Eltag 21491 4CM Moawia Ahmed Holi Ali 20890Homayoun Mohtaat 19281

Round 11 v Mali MLI

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Bakary Traore 21340CM Khaiber Farazi 21281 2CM Habibullah Amini 20471Oumar Keita 18920 3Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18451Homayoun Mohtaat 19280 4CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 20441Youssouf Niare 17290

Team awards

Finishers

1checkmate

Round 4, 1 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
Afghanistan AFG

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Marathon Match

269moves

Round 5, 91 + 59 + 46 + 73
Afghanistan AFG1Yemen YEM3

The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.

Whitewash

Round 6
Afghanistan AFG4Timor-Leste TLS0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 8
Afghanistan AFG4Macau, China MAC0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Space Invaders

43.56per 100 moves

Round 8, 98 of 225 moves crossed the middle
Afghanistan AFG

Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.

Chicken Nation

23.75retreats per 100 moves

Round 10, 62 of 261 moves went backwards
Afghanistan AFG

Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.