Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
IND
Seeded 2, category A
8 won, 2 drawn, 1 lost
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India as a nation

India

In numbers

2

place of 206 after round 11

18

match points from 11 matches

28½

game points; TB1 405½, TB3 162

2728

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Praggnanandhaa R	2761	10	6½	2771	+2
2	GM Erigaisi Arjun	2759	10	5½	2654	−13
3	GM Nihal Sarin	2718	10	6	2626	−9
4	GM Gukesh D	2703	11	8½	2717	+7
5	GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	2697	3	2	2489	−4

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 Thailand THA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Erigaisi Arjun 27590IM Prin Laohawirapap 23631 2FM Thanadon Kulpruethanon 22200GM Nihal Sarin 27181 3GM Gukesh D 27031Faris Rashid Alriyami 19090 4Tupfah Khumnorkaew 20780GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 26971

Round 2 v Indonesia INA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Susanto Megaranto 2488½GM Praggnanandhaa R 2761½ 2GM Nihal Sarin 27181IM Arif Abdul Hafiz 24280 3IM Satria Duta Cahaya 2412½GM Gukesh D 2703½ 4GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 2697½IM Nayaka Budhidharma 2383½

Round 3 v Italy ITA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Praggnanandhaa R 2761½GM Lorenzo Lodici 2573½ 2GM Luca Jr Moroni 2556½GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½ 3GM Nihal Sarin 27181GM Francesco Sonis 25390 4GM Sabino Brunello 25360GM Gukesh D 27031

Round 4 v Spain ESP

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM David Anton Guijarro 2632½GM Praggnanandhaa R 2761½ 2GM Erigaisi Arjun 27591GM Maksim Chigaev 26290 3GM Jaime Santos Latasa 2615½GM Nihal Sarin 2718½ 4GM Gukesh D 27031GM Alexei Shirov 26030

Round 5 v Netherlands NED

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Praggnanandhaa R 27611GM Anish Giri 27570 2GM Jorden Van Foreest 2706½GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½ 3GM Nihal Sarin 2718½GM Loek Van Wely 2643½ 4GM Erwin L'Ami 25950GM Gukesh D 27031

Round 6 v Uzbekistan UZB

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2762½GM Praggnanandhaa R 2761½ 2GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½GM Javokhir Sindarov 2778½ 3GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 26851GM Nihal Sarin 27180 4GM Gukesh D 2703½GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2654½

Round 7 v England ENG

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Nikita Vitiugov 26660GM Praggnanandhaa R 27611 2GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½GM Michael Adams 2598½ 3GM Luke J McShane 25981GM Nihal Sarin 27180 4GM Gukesh D 27031GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 25420

Round 8 v Azerbaijan AZE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Praggnanandhaa R 2761½GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2720½ 2GM Aydin Suleymanli 2664½GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½ 3GM Gukesh D 2703½GM Mahammad Muradli 2653½ 4GM Rauf Mamedov 2631½GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 2697½

Round 9 v Germany GER

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Praggnanandhaa R 2761½GM Vincent Keymer 2764½ 2GM Matthias Bluebaum 2662½GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½ 3GM Nihal Sarin 2718½GM Frederik Svane 2655½ 4GM Alexander Donchenko 26250GM Gukesh D 27031

Round 10 v Uzbekistan 2 UZB

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jakhongir Vakhidov 25270GM Praggnanandhaa R 27611 2GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov 2548½ 3GM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov 25400GM Nihal Sarin 27181 4GM Gukesh D 27031GM Ortik Nigmatov 24840

Round 11 v Hungary HUN

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Praggnanandhaa R 2761½GM Richard Rapport 2726½ 2GM Peter Leko 26760GM Erigaisi Arjun 27591 3GM Nihal Sarin 2718½GM Benjamin Gledura 2620½ 4GM Gleb Dudin 25601GM Gukesh D 27030

Team awards

Comeback Match

Round 1, board 1 lost
India IND3Thailand THA1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Theory Match

59½opening moves

Round 5
India IND3Netherlands NED1

The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.

Treaty of Samarkand

Round 8
India IND2Azerbaijan AZE2

A 2–2 match of four draws, peace signed on every board.