Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
ENG
Seeded 11, category A
7 won, 2 drawn, 2 lost
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England as a nation

England

In numbers

12

place of 206 after round 11

16

match points from 11 matches

27½

game points; TB1 335½, TB3 145

2607

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov	2666	10	6	2632	−3
2	GM Michael Adams	2598	8	4½	2588	−1
3	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2633	9	6	2582	−3
4	GM Luke J McShane	2598	10	7½	2648	+9
5	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez	2542	7	3½	2388	−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 Monaco MNC

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Igor Efimov 22630GM Nikita Vitiugov 26661 2GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26331FM Alexis Cahen 20780 3IM Damir Levacic 21000GM Luke J McShane 25981 4GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 25421FM Patrice Verdier 20090

Round 2 v Tajikistan TJK

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nikita Vitiugov 26661IM Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev 24040 2IM Jaloliddin Ilkhomi 2391½GM Michael Adams 2598½ 3GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26331FM Mekhriddin Sharifov 24190 4IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev 2408½GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 2542½

Round 3 v Lithuania LTU

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½GM Nikita Vitiugov 2666½ 2GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26330GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25421 3GM Tomas Laurusas 25360GM Luke J McShane 25981 4GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 2542½IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½

Round 4 v Singapore SGP

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nikita Vitiugov 2666½GM Jingyao Tin 2584½ 2GM Jagadeesh Siddharth 24970GM Michael Adams 25981 3GM Luke J McShane 2598½FM Zi Han Goh 2347½ 4FM Ashwath Kaushik 23030GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 25421

Round 5 v Georgia GEO

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2550½GM Nikita Vitiugov 2666½ 2GM Michael Adams 2598½GM Nikolozi Kacharava 2525½ 3GM Baadur Jobava 2576½GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 2633½ 4GM Luke J McShane 25981GM Luka Paichadze 24610

Round 6 v France FRA

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2718½GM Nikita Vitiugov 2666½ 2GM Michael Adams 25981GM Etienne Bacrot 26200 3GM MarcAndria Maurizzi 26121GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26330 4GM Luke J McShane 2598½GM Jules Moussard 2602½

Round 7 v India IND

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nikita Vitiugov 26660GM Praggnanandhaa R 27611 2GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½GM Michael Adams 2598½ 3GM Luke J McShane 25981GM Nihal Sarin 27180 4GM Gukesh D 27031GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 25420

Round 8 v Uzbekistan 2 UZB

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Michael Adams 2598½GM Jakhongir Vakhidov 2527½ 2GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov 2548½GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 2633½ 3GM Luke J McShane 2598½GM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov 2540½ 4GM Khumoyun Begmuratov 25141GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 25420

Round 9 v Peru PER

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jorge Cori 25750GM Nikita Vitiugov 26661 2GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26331IM Steven Rojas Salas 23870 3IM German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe 2381½GM Luke J McShane 2598½ 4GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 2542½IM Fernando Miguel Fernandez Sanchez 2369½

Round 10 v Belarus BLR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nikita Vitiugov 26660GM Denis Lazavik 26211 2IM Artiom Stribuk 2489½GM Michael Adams 2598½ 3GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26331GM Mihail Nikitenko 24150 4IM Viachaslau Zarubitski 23920GM Luke J McShane 25981

Round 11 v Italy ITA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Lorenzo Lodici 25730GM Nikita Vitiugov 26661 2GM Michael Adams 25980GM Luca Jr Moroni 25561 3GM Francesco Sonis 25390GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26331 4GM Luke J McShane 2598½IM Edoardo Di Benedetto 2473½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
England ENG4Monaco MNC0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 10, board 1 lost
England ENG2½Belarus BLR1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Safety First

7.5average castling move

castled in 40 of 44 games
England ENG

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