Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
EGY
Seeded 69, category B
5 won, 1 drawn, 5 lost
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Egypt as a nation

Egypt

In numbers

102

place of 206 after round 11

11

match points from 11 matches

21

game points; TB1 193½, TB3 122

2346

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Adham Kandil	2382	9	3½	2312	−17
2	IM Hamed Wafa	2358	10	6	2357	+4
3	FM Ahmed Kandil	2353	7	1	2013	−51
4	IM David George Samir	2317	10	6	2351	+18
5	IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed	2322	8	4½	2211	−6

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 Guernsey GCI

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Gerda Nevska 18150IM Hamed Wafa 23581 2FM Ahmed Kandil 23531Alexander Potter 18830 3CM Toby Brookfield 17980IM David George Samir 23171 4IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23221CM Jamie Morgan 17940

Round 2 v Greece GRE

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Nikolas Theodorou 26331GM Adham Kandil 23820 2IM Hamed Wafa 2358½GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2525½ 3GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis 25671FM Ahmed Kandil 23530 4IM David George Samir 23170GM Dimitris Alexakis 25331

Round 3 v Pakistan PAK

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Adham Kandil 23821FM Muhammad Waqar 21880 2FM Amer Karim 21471IM Hamed Wafa 23580 3FM Ahmed Kandil 23530CM Mafaaz Khalid 20571 4Zaman Sohail 19350IM David George Samir 23171

Round 4 v Myanmar MYA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Zaw Ye Htut 20580GM Adham Kandil 23821 2IM Hamed Wafa 23580FM Sai Han Thiha 20991 3CM Linn Phone Myat 21820IM David George Samir 23171 4IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23221Kyaw Thiha 16550

Round 5 v Finland FIN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Adham Kandil 23820GM Tomi Nyback 25931 2IM Toivo Keinanen 24981FM Ahmed Kandil 23530 3IM David George Samir 2317½IM Vilka Sipila 2474½ 4FM Oliver Wartiovaara 23401IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23220

Round 6 v Barbados BAR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Adham Kandil 23820FM Justin Blackman 22551 2FM Martyn Del Castilho 22310IM Hamed Wafa 23581 3IM David George Samir 23171IM Orlando Husbands 22220 4Emar Edwards 19580IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23221

Round 7 v Cuba CUB

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack 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 Lithuania LTU

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25420IM Hamed Wafa 23581 2FM Ahmed Kandil 23530GM Tomas Laurusas 25361 3IM Pijus Stremavicius 23621IM David George Samir 23170 4IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23220IM Gleb Pidluznij 24101

Round 9 v Trinidad and Tobago TTO

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Adham Kandil 23821FM Quinn Cabralis 22690 2FM Ryan Harper 20850IM Hamed Wafa 23581 3FM Ahmed Kandil 23530FM Joshua Johnson 22541 4IM Vishnu Singh 21970IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23221

Round 10 v Belgium BEL

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Adham Kandil 23820IM Sim Maerevoet 24611 2IM Elias Ruzhansky 24271IM Hamed Wafa 23580 3IM David George Samir 23171IM Thibaut Vandenbussche 24110 4GM Mikhail Gurevich 25331IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23220

Round 11 v Australia AUS

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Bobby Cheng 25701GM Adham Kandil 23820 2IM Hamed Wafa 2358½IM Rishi Sardana 2518½ 3GM David C Smerdon 24611FM Ahmed Kandil 23530 4IM David George Samir 23170IM James Morris 24421

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Egypt EGY4Guernsey GCI0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Déjà Vu

2½identical moves

Round 3, with Black: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
Egypt EGY

Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.

Comeback Match

Round 6, board 1 lost
Egypt EGY3Barbados BAR1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Déjà Vu

5½identical moves

Round 6, with White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Egypt EGY

Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.

Quietest Match

38captures

Round 7
Egypt EGY2½Cuba CUB1½

The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.