Chess Olympiad 2026

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GUI
Seeded 201, category E
3 won, 2 drawn, 6 lost
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Guinea as a nation

Guinea

In numbers

178

place of 206 after round 11

8

match points from 11 matches

17

game points; TB1 96½, TB3 81

1626

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Bansoumane Sougoule	1658	11	2½	1715	–
2	Pepe Amara Traore	1593	10	4	1682	+18
3	Mamadou Diandia Barry	–	11	5½	1766	–
4	Aguibou Fofana	–	11	5	1595	–

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 Guatemala GUA

0–4

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

1Bansoumane Sougoule 16580FM Winston Darwin Cu Hor 23301 2IM Carlos A. Juarez Flores 2294+Pepe Amara Traore 1593−3Mamadou Diandia Barry 0FM Ricardo Andres Ordonez Bonilla 21391 4FM Gustavo Adolfo Monroy Lopez 20741Aguibou Fofana 0

Round 2 v Brunei Darussalam BRU

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Md Omar Ak Hafizon Pg 21001Bansoumane Sougoule 16580 2Pepe Amara Traore 15930Muhammad Ahsanuddien Badarudin 18501 3Rodney Lim Teck Guan 19021Mamadou Diandia Barry 0 4Aguibou Fofana 0Md. Danish Zaqwan Md. Hadi 18301

Round 3 v Sierra Leone SLE

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Bansoumane Sougoule 16580Winston Gerald Mansfield Thomas 19281 2CM Ronald Lwebuga 1880½Pepe Amara Traore 1593½ 3Mamadou Diandia Barry 0Joseph Adeshole Brian Beckley 18021 4Samzu.o.h. Agbaje 1636½Aguibou Fofana ½

Round 4 v Solomon Islands SOL

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Fred Resture 1854½Bansoumane Sougoule 1658½ 2Pepe Amara Traore 15930Chris Kaituu 18901 3Junior Lui 18190Mamadou Diandia Barry 1 4Aguibou Fofana 1Melanie Chottu 0

Round 5 v Equatorial Guinea GEQ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1FM Xavier Mompel Ferruz 23401Bansoumane Sougoule 16580 2Pepe Amara Traore 15930Angel Estanislao Gatjens Capche 18311 3Oscar Naranjo Gonzalez 17840Mamadou Diandia Barry 1 4Aguibou Fofana 1Eugenio Ndemesogo Nguema Oye 0

Round 6 v Oman OMA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Bansoumane Sougoule 16580Mohammed Khalfan Al Saidi 19341 2Mohammed Al Ryami 17101Pepe Amara Traore 15930 3Mamadou Diandia Barry 0CM Mana Al Kathiri 18861 4Mahad Al Amri 17601Aguibou Fofana 0

Round 7 v Guernsey GCI

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Gerda Nevska 18151Bansoumane Sougoule 16580 2Pepe Amara Traore 1593½Alexander Potter 1883½ 3CM Toby Brookfield 1798½Mamadou Diandia Barry ½ 4Aguibou Fofana ½CM Jamie Morgan 1794½

Round 8 v Dominica DMA

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Bansoumane Sougoule 16581Nicholas Goldberg 15960 2CM Nigel Francis 17701Pepe Amara Traore 15930 3Mamadou Diandia Barry ½Robert Bridet 1679½ 4Larry Thomas 17101Aguibou Fofana 0

Round 9 v Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Carl Victor Adams ½Bansoumane Sougoule 1658½ 2Pepe Amara Traore 15931Nohar Anganoo 0 3Kaeden Fyfield-Jones 0Mamadou Diandia Barry 1 4Aguibou Fofana 1David Jeetlall 14880

Round 10 v Bhutan BHU

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1Bansoumane Sougoule 16580CM Suk Raj Monger 18531 2Mahendra Gurung 17150Pepe Amara Traore 15931 3Mamadou Diandia Barry 1Karma Kelzang 15580 4Sidhanth Bhandari 15481Aguibou Fofana 0

Round 11 v Djibouti DJI

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Mohamed Bilal Houssein 1807½Bansoumane Sougoule 1658½ 2Pepe Amara Traore 15931Ali Dima Mohamed 17410 3Farhan Nour Nour 1658½Mamadou Diandia Barry ½ 4Aguibou Fofana 1Salah Ibrahim Sabri 16470

Team awards

Marathon Match

293moves

Round 4, 67 + 72 + 58 + 96
Guinea GUI2½Solomon Islands SOL1½

The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.

Bloodiest Match

107captures

Round 4
Guinea GUI2½Solomon Islands SOL1½

The match with the most captures over its four boards.

Finishers

1checkmate

Round 4, 1 of 2 wins by checkmate on the board
Guinea GUI

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Quick Draw

1:04per move

Round 9, 168 moves timed in 4 games
Guinea GUI

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