Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
LTU
Seeded 37, category A
6 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost
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Lithuania as a nation

Lithuania

In numbers

50

place of 206 after round 11

13

match points from 11 matches

27

game points; TB1 306, TB3 139

2481

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Titas Stremavicius	2554	9	5½	2669	+15
2	GM Paulius Pultinevicius	2542	8	3½	2451	−8
3	GM Tomas Laurusas	2536	8	5	2504	+1
4	IM Pijus Stremavicius	2362	9	6	2526	+22
5	IM Gleb Pidluznij	2410	10	7	2524	+19

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 Saudi Arabia KSA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Ahmed Abdullah S Alrehaili 21060GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25421 2GM Tomas Laurusas 25361Mohammed Fahad M Alsemail 19820 3Mohammed Dhaidan N Alotaibi 18680IM Pijus Stremavicius 23621 4IM Gleb Pidluznij 24101Yazeed Alshnaiber 18660

Round 2 v Dominican Republic DOM

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Titas Stremavicius 25541IM Josue Araujo Sanchez 23190 2FM David Daniel Camacho Campusano 21950GM Tomas Laurusas 25361 3IM Pijus Stremavicius 23621FM Victor Mendez Ramirez 22400 4FM Christopher Guzman 22360IM Gleb Pidluznij 24101

Round 3 v England ENG

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½GM Nikita Vitiugov 2666½ 2GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones 26330GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25421 3GM Tomas Laurusas 25360GM Luke J McShane 25981 4GM Daniel Howard Fernandez 2542½IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½

Round 4 v Croatia CRO

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Ivan Saric 2623½GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½ 2GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25421GM Ante Brkic 26100 3GM Leon Livaic 2560½GM Tomas Laurusas 2536½ 4IM Pijus Stremavicius 23621GM Sasa Martinovic 25530

Round 5 v Iran IRI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½GM M. Amin Tabatabaei 2737½ 2GM Bardiya Daneshvar 25721GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25420 3IM Pijus Stremavicius 23620GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi 25531 4IM Arash Daghli 2429½IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½

Round 6 v Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Sanjin Culum 24410GM Titas Stremavicius 25541 2GM Tomas Laurusas 2536½IM Rijad Burovic 2414½ 3GM Dalibor Stojanovic 2412½IM Pijus Stremavicius 2362½ 4IM Gleb Pidluznij 24101FM Ismet Mesic 22260

Round 7 v Czech Republic CZE

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen 2633½GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½ 2GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25420GM David Navara 26061 3GM Vaclav Finek 2578½GM Tomas Laurusas 2536½ 4IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½IM Jan Vykouk 2524½

Round 8 v Egypt EGY

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25420IM Hamed Wafa 23581 2FM Ahmed Kandil 23530GM Tomas Laurusas 25361 3IM Pijus Stremavicius 23621IM David George Samir 23170 4IM Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed 23220IM Gleb Pidluznij 24101

Round 9 v Israel ISR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½ 2GM Paulius Pultinevicius 2542½GM Ido Gorshtein 2560½ 3GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25460IM Pijus Stremavicius 23621 4IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½GM Ilia Smirin 2578½

Round 10 v Serbia SRB

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½GM Alexey Sarana 2666½ 2GM Aleksandar Indjic 2598½GM Tomas Laurusas 2536½ 3IM Pijus Stremavicius 23620GM Alexandr Predke 25981 4GM Bojan Maksimovic 2534½IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½

Round 11 v Romania ROU

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Titas Stremavicius 2554½GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2644½ 2GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras 25071GM Paulius Pultinevicius 25420 3IM Pijus Stremavicius 2362½GM David Gavrilescu 2527½ 4IM Filip Magold 2494½IM Gleb Pidluznij 2410½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Lithuania LTU4Saudi Arabia KSA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Pawn Pushers

41.43pawn moves per 100 moves

Round 1, 58 of 140 moves
Lithuania LTU

Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.

Whitewash

Round 2
Lithuania LTU4Dominican Republic DOM0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 8, board 1 lost
Lithuania LTU3Egypt EGY1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Déjà Vu

8½identical moves

Round 9, with Black: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. O-O Bd7 9. b4
Lithuania LTU

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

Pawn Pushers

28.31pawn moves per 100 moves

554 of 1957 moves
Lithuania LTU

Most pawn moves per 100 of the team's own moves.