Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
FAI
Seeded 107, category C
5 won, 1 drawn, 5 lost
Faroe Islands as a nation

Faroe Islands

In numbers

109

place of 206 after round 11

11

match points from 11 matches

19

game points; TB1 173, TB3 121

2139

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol	2305	11	5½	2310	+4
2	IM John Rodgaard	2250	10	4½	2200	−13
3	Jon I Horni Nielsen	2078	9	3½	2116	+2
4	Elias Petersen	2075	9	4	2073	−6
5	Rokur Davidsen	1988	5	1½	1953	−16

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 Germany GER

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23050GM Matthias Bluebaum 26621 2GM Frederik Svane 26551IM John Rodgaard 22500 3Jon I Horni Nielsen 20780GM Alexander Donchenko 26251 4GM Rasmus Svane 26101Elias Petersen 20750

Round 2 v Cayman Islands CAY

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Ryan Blackwood 19370FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23051 2IM John Rodgaard 22501Mike McDonald 18920 3CM Christopher Young 18241Jon I Horni Nielsen 20780 4Elias Petersen 2075½CM Shaun M Tracey 1767½

Round 3 v Peru PER

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jorge Cori 25751FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23050 2IM John Rodgaard 22500IM Diego Saul Rodri Flores Quillas 23981 3IM Steven Rojas Salas 23871Elias Petersen 20750 4Rokur Davidsen 19880IM Fernando Miguel Fernandez Sanchez 23691

Round 4 v Suriname SUR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23051FM Viresh Giasi 19970 2FM Roger Matoewi 18930Jon I Horni Nielsen 20781 3Elias Petersen 2075½Orasji Roger Junior 1944½ 4Ethan Tjin Kon Kiem 1828½Rokur Davidsen 1988½

Round 5 v New Zealand NZL

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23050IM Felix Xie 24231 2IM Sravan Renjith 23181IM John Rodgaard 22500 3Jon I Horni Nielsen 2078½FM Daniel Hanwen Gong 2248½ 4FM Daqi Mao 22771Rokur Davidsen 19880

Round 6 v Mauritania MTN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Moulaye Brahim Hemam 19260FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23051 2IM John Rodgaard 22501CM Abdou Ahmed Alem 20060 3Abdellahi Khaled Abdellahi 2010½Jon I Horni Nielsen 2078½ 4Elias Petersen 20751Mohamed El Moctar sidaty 20310

Round 7 v Uruguay URU

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23050IM Facundo Vazquez 24111 2IM Luis Ernesto Rodi 22240IM John Rodgaard 22501 3Jon I Horni Nielsen 2078½IM Bernardo Roselli Mailhe 2311½ 4Eduardo Elena 21320Elias Petersen 20751

Round 8 v Mexico MEX

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero 2379½FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 2305½ 2IM John Rodgaard 22500FM Joshua Adrian Avila Rodriguez 22791 3FM Arturo A. Fernandez Hernandez 22671Jon I Horni Nielsen 20780 4Rokur Davidsen 19880FM Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez 21841

Round 9 v Paraguay PAR

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Guillermo Vazquez 25431FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23050 2IM John Rodgaard 2250½IM Antonio Almiron 2328½ 3IM Juan Sebastian Melian 23571Jon I Horni Nielsen 20780 4Elias Petersen 2075½CM Juan Uvaldo Heinichen R. 2124½

Round 10 v Haiti HAI

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23051FM Davidson Gabriel 21140 2CM Kemly Germinal 19550IM John Rodgaard 22501 3Elias Petersen 2075½Ritchy David Volcimus 1908½ 4Wyclef Victor 18530Rokur Davidsen 19881

Round 11 v Kosovo * KOS

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 23051IM Nderim Saraci 24530 2FM Endrit Uruci 23121IM John Rodgaard 22500 3Jon I Horni Nielsen 20781FM Muhamet Asllani 22290 4Bardh Avdiu 21471Elias Petersen 20750

Team awards

Deep Thinkers

3:15per move

Round 3, 133 moves timed in 4 games
Faroe Islands FAI

Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 6, the deepest hole -6.84
Faroe Islands FAI

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

Comeback Match

Round 7, board 1 lost
Faroe Islands FAI2½Uruguay URU1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.