Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
EST
Seeded 62, category B
5 won, 2 drawn, 4 lost
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Estonia as a nation

Estonia

In numbers

66

place of 206 after round 11

12

match points from 11 matches

24½

game points; TB1 257½, TB3 127

2381

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Aleksandr Volodin	2485	10	5	2353	−16
2	IM Ilja Sirosh	2385	8	5½	2446	+9
3	FM Kirill Chukavin	2362	9	4	2167	−18
4	GM Meelis Kanep	2353	6	3½	2285	−2
5	FM Dion Krivenko	2319	11	6½	2198	−19

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 Antigua and Barbuda ANT

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 24851FM Guillermo Queipo Caballero 22180 2CM Abner Farquhar 1759½FM Kirill Chukavin 2362½ 3GM Meelis Kanep 23531Adrian Jr. Kim 18100 4Joshua Solomon 15650FM Dion Krivenko 23191

Round 2 v Ukraine UKR

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 24850GM Igor Kovalenko 26421 2GM Vasyl Ivanchuk 26300IM Ilja Sirosh 23851 3FM Kirill Chukavin 23620GM Ihor Samunenkov 26081 4GM Roman Dehtiarov 25081FM Dion Krivenko 23190

Round 3 v Jordan JOR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Malek Saif 21850GM Aleksandr Volodin 24851 2IM Ilja Sirosh 23851CM Khaled Seyam 19170 3CM Rakan Dasa 20940FM Kirill Chukavin 23621 4FM Dion Krivenko 23191Alqaisi Ali 20570

Round 4 v Madagascar MAD

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 24850IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24261 2CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 2191½IM Ilja Sirosh 2385½ 3FM Kirill Chukavin 23621CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20760 4Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison 20180FM Dion Krivenko 23191

Round 5 v Kazakhstan KAZ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Denis Makhnev 2568½IM Ilja Sirosh 2385½ 2FM Kirill Chukavin 23620IM Sauat Nurgaliyev 24931 3IM Daniyal Sapenov 2510½GM Meelis Kanep 2353½ 4FM Dion Krivenko 23191GM Aldiyar Ansat 24950

Round 6 v Slovakia SVK

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jergus Pechac 25381GM Aleksandr Volodin 24850 2IM Ilja Sirosh 23850IM Samir Sahidi 24781 3GM Juraj Druska 24591GM Meelis Kanep 23530 4FM Dion Krivenko 23190GM Filip Haring 24391

Round 7 v Chinese Taipei TPE

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 2485½IM Adelard Bai 2468½ 2GM Raymond Song 2498½FM Kirill Chukavin 2362½ 3GM Meelis Kanep 2353½Jun-Wei Chen 2180½ 4CM Yeh Yang Liu 20511FM Dion Krivenko 23190

Round 8 v Malta MLT

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Jack Mizzi 22160GM Aleksandr Volodin 24851 2FM Kirill Chukavin 23621CM Matthew Portelli 21870 3CM Colin Pace 21320GM Meelis Kanep 23531 4FM Dion Krivenko 23191CM Jake Darmanin 20380

Round 9 v Ecuador ECU

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1IM Kevin Noboa Silva 2400½GM Aleksandr Volodin 2485½ 2IM Ilja Sirosh 23851IM Christopher Leonel Garzon Zapatanga 23050 3IM Miguel Munoz Sanchez 21731FM Kirill Chukavin 23620 4FM Dion Krivenko 2319½IM Alberto Santos Flores 2164½

Round 10 v Panama PAN

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 2485½IM Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez 2344½ 2FM Alexei Tapia Ostolaza 2203½IM Ilja Sirosh 2385½ 3GM Meelis Kanep 2353½IM Jorge Luis Baules Rodriguez 2282½ 4FM Efren Andres Ramos Espinoza 21621FM Dion Krivenko 23190

Round 11 v Nepal NEP

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 2485½CM Purushottam Silwal 2093½ 2FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21510IM Ilja Sirosh 23851 3FM Kirill Chukavin 23620Aashish Phunyal 20081 4Rajan Subedi 19670FM Dion Krivenko 23191

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 3
Estonia EST4Jordan JOR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Zeitnot Nation

38.7% under five minutes

Round 3, 89 of 230 moves in 4 games
Estonia EST

Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 3, the deepest hole -10.00
Estonia EST

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

Comeback Match

Round 4, board 1 lost
Estonia EST2½Madagascar MAD1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Déjà Vu

3½identical moves

Round 5, with White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Estonia EST

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

Whitewash

Round 8
Estonia EST4Malta MLT0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.