Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
CRC
Seeded 73, category B
6 won, 0 drawn, 5 lost
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Costa Rica as a nation

Costa Rica

In numbers

72

place of 206 after round 11

12

match points from 11 matches

25½

game points; TB1 241, TB3 123

2299

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Leonardo Valdes Romero	2305	9	5	2428	+13
2	IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia	2380	10	6	2397	+5
3	IM Sebastian Mihajlov	2372	9	6½	2457	+14
4	FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano	2271	8	3½	2127	−22
5	FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros	2169	8	4½	2190	+11

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 Seychelles SEY

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Michel Zialor 19670IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23801 2IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23721Timothy Kate 17720 3CM Ragul Pillay 16030FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 22711 4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21691CM Benjamin Hoareau 18270

Round 2 v Romania ROU

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 26441IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 23050 2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23800GM Constantin Lupulescu 25691 3GM David Gavrilescu 25271IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23720 4FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 22710IM Filip Magold 24941

Round 3 v Palestine PLE

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 2305½Ahmad Abdel Wahab 2066½ 2Majed Altell 2044½IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 2380½ 3FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 22711Yazid Elhayek 20630 4CM Mohammed Damaj 21120FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21691

Round 4 v Switzerland SUI

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 2305½GM Sebastian Bogner 2547½ 2GM Nico Georgiadis 25351IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23800 3IM Sebastian Mihajlov 2372½IM Fabian Baenziger 2426½ 4FM Colin Federer 2269½FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 2271½

Round 5 v Morocco MAR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Mohamed-Mehdi Aithmidou 22550IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 23051 2IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23721CM Yasser Hadj Kholti 22380 3Nidal Ghanoui 21120FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 22711 4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21691Noureddine Messala 20920

Round 6 v Sudan SUD

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Omar Eltigani 22590IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 23051 2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23801FM Ahmed Hassan 21900 3CM Siddig Eltag 21490IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23721 4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21691CM Moawia Ahmed Holi Ali 20890

Round 7 v Latvia LAT

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 2305½GM Toms Kantans 2550½ 2GM Nikita Meshkovs 25350IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23801 3IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23721CM Georgijs Germanovs 23890 4FM Reinis Paikens 22961FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 22710

Round 8 v Georgia GEO

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 25501IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 23050 2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23801GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25250 3GM Levan Pantsulaia 24921IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23720 4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21690GM Luka Paichadze 24611

Round 9 v Indonesia INA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23800GM Susanto Megaranto 24881 2IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan 24160IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23721 3FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 22710IM Satria Duta Cahaya 24121 4IM Nayaka Budhidharma 23831FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21690

Round 10 v Wales WLS

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Jose Camacho Collados 2358½IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 2305½ 2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 2380½FM Jonathan L B Blackburn 2239½ 3CM Ifan Rathbone-Jones 21171FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano 22710 4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21690CM Alex Bullen 20961

Round 11 v Iraq IRQ

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 23051FM Zozek Salah Mohammed 22410 2CM Ali Ehsan Aryan 21630IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23801 3IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23721FM Ali Layth Ahmed Alothman 22140 4FM Dhahir Habeeb Muazaz 2119½FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 2169½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Costa Rica CRC4Seychelles SEY0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Finishers

2checkmates

Round 1, 2 of 4 wins by checkmate on the board
Costa Rica CRC

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Whitewash

Round 5
Costa Rica CRC4Morocco MAR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Safety First

5.25average castling move

Round 5, castled in 4 of 4 games
Costa Rica CRC

Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.

Whitewash

Round 6
Costa Rica CRC4Sudan SUD0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Safety First

5average castling move

Round 11, castled in 3 of 4 games
Costa Rica CRC

Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.