Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
ALG
Seeded 80, category B
6 won, 0 drawn, 5 lost
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Algeria as a nation

Algeria

In numbers

80

place of 206 after round 11

12

match points from 11 matches

23½

game points; TB1 227½, TB3 125

2276

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Adlane Arab	2453	10	6	2438	+4
2	IM Saad Belouadah	2320	10	4	2245	−9
3	Ala Eddine Boulrens	2205	10	6	2295	+19
4	FM Khalil Bengherabi	2131	7	4	2305	+26
5	FM Massinas Djabri	2270	7	3½	2248	−5

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 US Virgin Islands ISV

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Adlane Arab 24531Darryl Allen 17690 2FM William Van Rensselaer 19390IM Saad Belouadah 23201 3Ala Eddine Boulrens 22051Patrick Miller 0 4Marco Emile ½FM Khalil Bengherabi 2131½

Round 2 v Uzbekistan 2 UZB

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Adlane Arab 24530GM Jakhongir Vakhidov 25271 2GM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov 25401IM Saad Belouadah 23200 3Ala Eddine Boulrens 22050GM Ortik Nigmatov 24841 4GM Khumoyun Begmuratov 25141FM Khalil Bengherabi 21310

Round 3 v Burundi BDI

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Ezra Paul Chambers 23930IM Adlane Arab 24531 2IM Saad Belouadah 23201Wilfried Ntamatungiro 19060 3Mutabazi Hugues 18860Ala Eddine Boulrens 22051 4FM Khalil Bengherabi 21311Rukundo Joe Stephane 17380

Round 4 v Belarus BLR

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Adlane Arab 24530GM Denis Lazavik 26211 2GM Maksim Tsaruk 2487½IM Saad Belouadah 2320½ 3Ala Eddine Boulrens 22050IM Artiom Stribuk 24891 4GM Mihail Nikitenko 2415½FM Khalil Bengherabi 2131½

Round 5 v Jordan JOR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Malek Saif 2185½IM Saad Belouadah 2320½ 2Ala Eddine Boulrens 22051CM Khaled Seyam 19170 3CM Rakan Dasa 20940FM Khalil Bengherabi 21311 4FM Massinas Djabri 2270½FM Anas Khwaira 2210½

Round 6 v Montenegro MNE

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Denis Kadric 25131IM Adlane Arab 24530 2IM Saad Belouadah 23200GM Nikita Petrov 25651 3GM Luka Draskovic 2468½Ala Eddine Boulrens 2205½ 4FM Massinas Djabri 2270½FM Nemanja Vukcevic 2294½

Round 7 v Tunisia TUN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Adlane Arab 24531CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530 2CM Yacine Barbaria 2176½IM Saad Belouadah 2320½ 3Ala Eddine Boulrens 22051FM Zoubaier Amdouni 21660 4FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20990FM Massinas Djabri 22701

Round 8 v Norway NOR

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 26560IM Adlane Arab 24531 2IM Saad Belouadah 23200GM Elham Amar 25771 3GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal 2571½Ala Eddine Boulrens 2205½ 4FM Massinas Djabri 22700GM Aksel Bu Kvaloy 25051

Round 9 v Uganda UGA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Adlane Arab 24531FM Patrick Kawuma 22370 2FM Harold Wanyama 21611Ala Eddine Boulrens 22050 3FM Khalil Bengherabi 21311Nyola Wasswa Mark 22360 4CM Egesa emmanuel 20760FM Massinas Djabri 22701

Round 10 v Slovenia SLO

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Anton Demchenko 25801IM Adlane Arab 24530 2IM Saad Belouadah 23200GM Jan Subelj 25241 3GM Matej Sebenik 24911FM Khalil Bengherabi 21310 4FM Massinas Djabri 22700IM Pierre Barbot 24801

Round 11 v Jamaica JAM

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Adlane Arab 24531FM Joshua Christie 22160 2FM Shreyas Smith 2272½IM Saad Belouadah 2320½ 3Ala Eddine Boulrens 22051FM Raheem Glaves 21270 4CM Akeem Brown 2072½FM Massinas Djabri 2270½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 3
Algeria ALG4Burundi BDI0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 3, the deepest hole -5.18
Algeria ALG

Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 6, the deepest hole -4.46
Algeria ALG

Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.