Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
GAM
Seeded 164, category D
4 won, 1 drawn, 6 lost
Gambia as a nation

Gambia

In numbers

156

place of 206 after round 11

9

match points from 11 matches

17

game points; TB1 108½, TB3 86

1880

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	FM Ebrima Bah	2076	6	2½	1922	−19
2	Joseph Dalliah	1938	9	2½	1726	−39
3	Matthew Luke Aziz	1803	11	6	1884	+28
4	Essa Ndow	1701	11	4½	1664	−40
5	Ousman Singhateh	1760	3	1½	1646	−17

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 Tajikistan TJK

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1FM Ebrima Bah 2076−IM Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev 2404+2IM Jaloliddin Ilkhomi 23911Joseph Dalliah 19380 3Matthew Luke Aziz 18030FM Mekhriddin Sharifov 24191 4IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev 24081Essa Ndow 17010

Round 2 v Barbados BAR

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1FM Justin Blackman 2255+FM Ebrima Bah 2076−2Joseph Dalliah 19380FM Martyn Del Castilho 22311 3Emar Edwards 19581Matthew Luke Aziz 18030 4Essa Ndow 17010CM Justin Parsons 19061

Round 3 v Dominica DMA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1FM Ebrima Bah 2076−Nicholas Goldberg 1596+2CM Nigel Francis 1770½Joseph Dalliah 1938½ 3Matthew Luke Aziz 1803½Robert Bridet 1679½ 4Larry Thomas 17101Essa Ndow 17010

Round 4 v Vanuatu VAN

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1Tasso Jayson 1827+FM Ebrima Bah 2076−2Joseph Dalliah 19380Marc Delrieu 15641 3Lesly Nompavos 15420Matthew Luke Aziz 18031 4Essa Ndow 17011Nasse Igor 15120

Round 5 v Tonga TGA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Ebrima Bah 20761Tonutonu Donald 14660 2Tau Satini 0Joseph Dalliah 19381 3Matthew Luke Aziz 18031Tevita Sootanga 0 4Tevita Fau 0Essa Ndow 17011

Round 6 v Liechtenstein LIE

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Andrew Heron 21311FM Ebrima Bah 20760 2Joseph Dalliah 19380Markus Krieger 21841 3FM Marcel Mannhart 20471Matthew Luke Aziz 18030 4Essa Ndow 17010Renato Frick 18941

Round 7 v Papua New Guinea PNG

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Ebrima Bah 20761FM Stuart Fancy 19230 2Ishmael Amnol 1Joseph Dalliah 19380 3Matthew Luke Aziz 18031CM Tom McCoy 19030 4Kavaea Evara 0Essa Ndow 17011

Round 8 v Curacao CUR

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Ursus Van Bemmelen 20811FM Ebrima Bah 20760 2Matthew Luke Aziz 1803½Johan Van Delden 1990½ 3FM Rurik Capella 1946½Essa Ndow 1701½ 4Ousman Singhateh 1760½Tjerk Albregtse 1824½

Round 9 v Bhutan BHU

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Thinlee Wangyel 16920Joseph Dalliah 19381 2Matthew Luke Aziz 18031CM Suk Raj Monger 18530 3Mahendra Gurung 17150Essa Ndow 17011 4Ousman Singhateh 17600Karma Kelzang 15581

Round 10 v Senegal SEN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Ebrima Bah 20760GM Felix Izeta Txabarri 24521 2Cheikh Sidy Mohamed Deme 18641Joseph Dalliah 19380 3Matthew Luke Aziz 18030Diop Mamadou Lamine Dame 17811 4Mlik Omar 16181Essa Ndow 17010

Round 11 v Eswatini SWZ

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Ebrima Bah 2076½CM Mabuza Mbongeni 1824½ 2Mabuza Nkosivile 16750Matthew Luke Aziz 18031 3Essa Ndow 17010Santiago De Nobrega 17651 4Simelane Nhlanhla 15580Ousman Singhateh 17601

Team awards

Finishers

1checkmate

Round 4, 1 of 2 wins by checkmate on the board
Gambia GAM

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Whitewash

Round 5
Gambia GAM4Tonga TGA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Finishers

4checkmates

4 of 14 wins by checkmate on the board
Gambia GAM

Most checkmates delivered on the board.