Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
IOM
Seeded 146, category D
3 won, 3 drawn, 5 lost
Isle of Man as a nation

Isle of Man

In numbers

157

place of 206 after round 11

9

match points from 11 matches

17

game points; TB1 100½, TB3 87

1892

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	FM Li Wu	2266	8	5	2073	−22
2	Sanjay Gumireddy	1890	7	2	1857	−17
3	John Costello	1832	10	3½	1759	−26
4	Sandor Talas	1796	10	5	1764	−15
5	Harry Quayle	1675	9	1½	1440	−103

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 Latvia LAT

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Li Wu 22660GM Toms Kantans 25501 2GM Nikita Meshkovs 25351Sanjay Gumireddy 18900 3John Costello 18320CM Georgijs Germanovs 23891 4FM Reinis Paikens 22961Sandor Talas 17960

Round 2 v Belize BIZ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1Alfred Awe 17191FM Li Wu 22660 2Sanjay Gumireddy 18901Nathaniel Leonel Reyes 17640 3Roger Rashid Canto 0John Costello 18321 4Harry Quayle 16750Kenet Alejandro Perez 16711

Round 3 v Myanmar MYA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sanjay Gumireddy 18900CM Zaw Ye Htut 20581 2FM Sai Han Thiha 20991John Costello 18320 3Sandor Talas 17960CM Linn Phone Myat 21821 4Nyan Lin Htin 19501Harry Quayle 16750

Round 4 v Nauru NRU

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Li Wu 22661Lanni Gadeanang 18190 2Tieta Apadinuwe 17790Sanjay Gumireddy 18901 3Sandor Talas 17961Jamiedson Temaki 17010 4Andrew Gadeanang 17701Harry Quayle 16750

Round 5 v Barbados BAR

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Justin Blackman 22551FM Li Wu 22660 2Sanjay Gumireddy 18900FM Martyn Del Castilho 22311 3IM Orlando Husbands 22221John Costello 18320 4Sandor Talas 17960Emar Edwards 19581

Round 6 v Gabon GAB

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Mounguen Jose Evrard Koumba 19731Sanjay Gumireddy 18900 2John Costello 18320Jerome Mboula Mboumba 18121 3Onass Theo Jonady Tchibinda Ondo Mve 0Sandor Talas 17961 4Harry Quayle 16750Charles Taty 16801

Round 7 v Eswatini SWZ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1FM Li Wu 22661CM Mabuza Mbongeni 18240 2Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso 16940John Costello 18321 3Sandor Talas 17960Santiago De Nobrega 17651 4Simelane Nhlanhla 15581Harry Quayle 16750

Round 8 v Comoros Islands COM

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sanjay Gumireddy 18900Alfene Ambdullah 17661 2Mohamed Abdou 18060John Costello 18321 3Sandor Talas 17960Beanjara Azhar Said Halidy 16771 4Mchangama Omar 17011Harry Quayle 16750

Round 9 v Vanuatu VAN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Tasso Jayson 18270FM Li Wu 22661 2John Costello 1832½Marc Delrieu 1564½ 3Lesly Nompavos 15420Sandor Talas 17961 4Harry Quayle 16751Nasse Igor 15120

Round 10 v Tanzania TAN

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1Parsa Naser 18460FM Li Wu 22661 2John Costello 18320Henry Marwa Michael 18071 3Patrick Christopher Sarota 16880Sandor Talas 17961 4Harry Quayle 16750Rashid Mansour Sharif 17781

Round 11 v Democratic Republic of the Congo COD

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Li Wu 22661Yves De Billoez 19880 2FM Mashala Kabamwanishi 19401John Costello 18320 3Sandor Talas 17961Nkubuluku Diangienda Chadi 0 4Makuwa Mbayo Gaetan 1804½Harry Quayle 1675½

Team awards

Déjà Vu

5½identical moves

Round 6, with White: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. Bd2
Isle of Man IOM

Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.

Promotion Party

3promotions

Round 9, 3 in 4 games (0.75 per game)
Isle of Man IOM

Most promotions by the team's players.