Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
GEO
Seeded 29, category A
6 won, 2 drawn, 3 lost
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Georgia as a nation

Georgia

In numbers

28

place of 206 after round 11

14

match points from 11 matches

28

game points; TB1 326, TB3 140

2521

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili	2550	10	5½	2502	−3
2	GM Nikolozi Kacharava	2525	10	6	2508	+1
3	GM Baadur Jobava	2576	8	5	2505	−4
4	GM Levan Pantsulaia	2492	7	5	2521	+6
5	GM Luka Paichadze	2461	9	6½	2539	+10

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 Ethiopia ETH

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Miki Abdissa Bekele 20680GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 25501 2GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25251Flawer Habtu Moges 19960 3Robel Brhane Abrha 20260GM Baadur Jobava 25761 4GM Levan Pantsulaia 24921Petros Olana Bulcha 19340

Round 2 v Kyrgyzstan KGZ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2550½IM Erzhan Zhakshylykov 2352½ 2IM Nikita Khoroshev 23401GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25250 3GM Baadur Jobava 25761IM Eldiyar Orozbaev 23490 4FM Ruslan Sezdbekov 2216½GM Luka Paichadze 2461½

Round 3 v Finland FIN

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Tomi Nyback 25931GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 25500 2GM Baadur Jobava 25761IM Toivo Keinanen 24980 3FM Henri Lahdelma 23530GM Levan Pantsulaia 24921 4GM Luka Paichadze 24611FM Oliver Wartiovaara 23400

Round 4 v Belgium BEL

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Sim Maerevoet 2461½GM Nikolozi Kacharava 2525½ 2GM Baadur Jobava 2576½IM Elias Ruzhansky 2427½ 3IM Thibaut Vandenbussche 24110GM Levan Pantsulaia 24921 4GM Luka Paichadze 24611FM Arben Dardha 22290

Round 5 v England ENG

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite 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 Moldova MDA

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2550½GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½ 2GM Ivan Schitco 24980GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25251 3GM Baadur Jobava 2576½FM Dmitrii Gubin 2398½ 4GM Vladimir Hamitevici 24461GM Levan Pantsulaia 24920

Round 7 v Bangladesh BAN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Rahman Mohammad Fahad 24310GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 25501 2GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25251IM Reja Neer Manon 24200 3GM Niaz Murshed 2342½GM Baadur Jobava 2576½ 4GM Luka Paichadze 24611FM Sajid Sakline Mostafa 23160

Round 8 v Costa Rica CRC

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 25501IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 23050 2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia 23801GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25250 3GM Levan Pantsulaia 24921IM Sebastian Mihajlov 23720 4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros 21690GM Luka Paichadze 24611

Round 9 v Ukraine UKR

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2550½GM Igor Kovalenko 2642½ 2GM Vasyl Ivanchuk 2630½GM Nikolozi Kacharava 2525½ 3GM Baadur Jobava 25760GM Ihor Samunenkov 26081 4GM Roman Dehtiarov 2508½GM Luka Paichadze 2461½

Round 10 v Indonesia INA

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Susanto Megaranto 2488½GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2550½ 2GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25251IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan 24160 3IM Satria Duta Cahaya 24120GM Levan Pantsulaia 24921 4GM Luka Paichadze 24611IM Nayaka Budhidharma 23830

Round 11 v Spain ESP

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM David Anton Guijarro 26321GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 25500 2GM Nikolozi Kacharava 2525½GM Maksim Chigaev 2629½ 3GM Jaime Santos Latasa 26151GM Levan Pantsulaia 24920 4GM Luka Paichadze 2461½GM Alexei Shirov 2603½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Georgia GEO4Ethiopia ETH0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 3, board 1 lost
Georgia GEO3Finland FIN1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.