Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
CUB
Seeded 44, category B
5 won, 3 drawn, 3 lost
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Cuba as a nation

Cuba

In numbers

53

place of 206 after round 11

13

match points from 11 matches

26

game points; TB1 277½, TB3 117

2460

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes	2505	10	6½	2461	−1
2	GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason	2462	10	6½	2392	−4
3	GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany	2440	10	4½	2204	−28
4	GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz	2460	10	6½	2285	−13
5	GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza	2433	4	2	2226	−10

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 Suriname SUR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 25051FM Roger Matoewi 18930 2CM Suradj Hanoeman 19430GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24621 3GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 24401Orasji Roger Junior 19440 4Ethan Tjin Kon Kiem 18280GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 24601

Round 2 v El Salvador ESA

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Morales Carlos 22441GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 25050 2GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24621FM Daniel Arias 22270 3FM Santiago Jose Guevara Ruiz 21601GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 24400 4GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 2460½FM Marvin Andres Guevara Ruiz 2029½

Round 3 v Lebanon LBN

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 25051IM Akram Khoder 23040 2FM Zayne-Eddine El Zein 22911GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24620 3GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 24401CM Joe Assaad 22060 4Ahmad Ali Hazimeh 19480GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 24601

Round 4 v Nigeria NGR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha 22870GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 25051 2GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24621FM Abdulrahman Akintoye Abdulraheem 23160 3IM Odion Aikhoje 2246½GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 2440½ 4GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza 2433½Odey Goodness Ekunke 2280½

Round 5 v Serbia SRB

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 2505½GM Aleksandar Indjic 2598½ 2GM Alexandr Predke 25981GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24620 3GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 2440½GM Velimir Ivic 2601½ 4GM Bojan Maksimovic 25341GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 24600

Round 6 v Chinese Taipei TPE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1IM Adelard Bai 2468½GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 2505½ 2GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 2462½GM Raymond Song 2498½ 3Jun-Wei Chen 2180½GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 2440½ 4GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 2460½CM Yeh Yang Liu 2051½

Round 7 v Egypt EGY

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 2505½GM Adham Kandil 2382½ 2IM Hamed Wafa 23581GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24620 3GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 2440½IM David George Samir 2317½ 4IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 2322½GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 2460½

Round 8 v Libya LBA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Mohamed Alsori Alharari 20340GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24621 2GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 24400Mohammed Midhat Abdulrahman 20911 3CM Ali Elier 22100GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 24601 4GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza 24331FM Yousef A. Alhassadi 21490

Round 9 v South Africa RSA

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 25051IM Jan Karsten 23860 2IM Caleb Levi Levitan 23161GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 24400 3GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 24601FM Banele Mhango 23540 4Charlton Mnyasta 22361GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza 24330

Round 10 v Cyprus CYP

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Andreas Kelires 2532½GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 2505½ 2GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24621FM Rafail Antoniou 22440 3FM Konstantinos Michaelides 22270GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 24601 4GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza 2433½FM Alexandros Isaakidis 2241½

Round 11 v New Zealand NZL

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1IM Felix Xie 2423½GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes 2505½ 2GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 24621IM Sravan Renjith 23180 3IM Tom Middelburg 2344½GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 2440½ 4GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 24600FM Daniel Hanwen Gong 22481

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Cuba CUB4Suriname SUR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Pawn Pushers

37.5pawn moves per 100 moves

Round 2, 57 of 152 moves
Cuba CUB

Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.

Treaty of Samarkand

Round 6
Cuba CUB2Chinese Taipei TPE2

A 2–2 match of four draws, peace signed on every board.

Quietest Match

38captures

Round 7
Cuba CUB1½Egypt EGY2½

The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.

Favourite Piece

29.56% of the team's moves

Round 7, Bishops, 47 of 159 moves
Cuba CUB

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

Safety First

5.33average castling move

Round 7, castled in 3 of 4 games
Cuba CUB

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