Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
BUR
Seeded 182, category E
2 won, 2 drawn, 7 lost
Burkina Faso as a nation

Burkina Faso

In numbers

198

place of 206 after round 11

6

match points from 11 matches

13½

game points; TB1 78, TB3 86

1753

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre	1797	9	1	1672	−26
2	Sylvain Morand	1763	8	2½	1561	−69
3	Nicolas Carbonell	1745	9	3	1731	−10
4	Saidou Koita	1707	9	3	1125	−64
5	Ilbouldo Soumaila	–	9	4	1690	–

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 Kyrgyzstan KGZ

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970IM Erzhan Zhakshylykov 23521 2IM Eldiyar Orozbaev 23491Nicolas Carbonell 17450 3Saidou Koita 17070FM Ruslan Sezdbekov 22161 4Timur Daudov 20631Ilbouldo Soumaila 0

Round 2 v Liechtenstein LIE

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Andrew Heron 21311Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970 2Nicolas Carbonell 17450Markus Krieger 21841 3FM Marcel Mannhart 20471Saidou Koita 17070 4Ilbouldo Soumaila ½FM Willy Iclicki 1887½

Round 3 v Mauritius MRI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Stefan Lee Luen Mang 18981Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970 2Nicolas Carbonell 17451CM Hoolan Naipal 18810 3CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19511Saidou Koita 17070 4Ilbouldo Soumaila 0Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 17421

Round 4 v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970CM Brian S Cottle 18801 2Oris L Robinson 15500Sylvain Morand 17631 3Nicolas Carbonell 17450Vedant Shetty 18121 4Jahnyiah Gumbs 0Saidou Koita 17071

Round 5 v Kiribati KIR

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Boata Tierata Tekanene 0Sylvain Morand 17631 2Nicolas Carbonell 1745½Martin Ataake ½ 3Tamaroa Rutio 0Saidou Koita 17071 4Ilbouldo Soumaila 1Tebou Tata Itaaka 0

Round 6 v Ghana GHA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970FM John Kojo Hasford 19051 2CM Cephas Clinton Fomevor 19261Sylvain Morand 17630 3Nicolas Carbonell 17450Akpa Prince 18551 4Daniel Loglo 17991Ilbouldo Soumaila 0

Round 7 v Greenland GRL

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1Egon Mattaaq 1Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970 2Sylvain Morand 17630Hans-Christian Dahl 18581 3Aputsiak Niels Janussen 0Saidou Koita 17071 4Ilbouldo Soumaila 1Carl Fleischer 16400

Round 8 v Somalia SOM

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970CM Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame 20131 2CM Farah Ali Abdullahi 19231Sylvain Morand 17630 3Nicolas Carbonell 17450Kassim Islam Sh.Nour 19431 4Mahad Dahir Muhumad 18291Saidou Koita 17070

Round 9 v Niger NIG

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Abdoul-Karim Seydou Mahamadou 17610Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17971 2Sylvain Morand 1763½Saidou Rigo Boubacar 1742½ 3Aboubacar Akarintkitt 0Nicolas Carbonell 17451 4Ilbouldo Soumaila 0Mouhammed Oumarou 1

Round 10 v Togo TOG

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970Yakini Tchouka 20121 2Kokou Difendramakada Jacques Ballebako 18201Sylvain Morand 17630 3Saidou Koita 17070Lumen Paco Semeko 17441 4CM Mikhail Strovskiy 1760½Ilbouldo Soumaila ½

Round 11 v Belize BIZ

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Alfred Awe 17191Sylvain Morand 17630 2Nicolas Carbonell 1745½Kelvin Marvin Baizar ½ 3Nathaniel Leonel Reyes 17641Saidou Koita 17070 4Ilbouldo Soumaila 1Roger Rashid Canto 0

Team awards

Favourite Piece

29.08% of the team's moves

Round 2, Knights, 41 of 141 moves
Burkina Faso BUR

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Bloodiest Match

97captures

Round 5
Burkina Faso BUR3½Kiribati KIR½

The match with the most captures over its four boards.

Promotion Party

2promotions

Round 5, 2 in 4 games (0.5 per game)
Burkina Faso BUR

Most promotions by the team's players.

Escape Artists

3games saved

Round 5, the deepest hole -5.00
Burkina Faso BUR

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

Thrill Ride

8eval swings

Round 9
Burkina Faso BUR2½Niger NIG1½

The match with the most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black over its four boards; every board needs Lichess's full analysis.