Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
LUX
Seeded 97, category C
5 won, 1 drawn, 5 lost
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Luxembourg as a nation

Luxembourg

In numbers

105

place of 206 after round 11

11

match points from 11 matches

22

game points; TB1 184, TB3 113

2197

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	FM Nicolas Bourg	2254	11	7	2322	+39
2	IM Fred Berend	2231	10	5½	2242	+3
3	FM Philippe Linster	2230	8	3½	2006	−39
4	Christian Jeitz	2155	7	1½	1913	−38
5	Marc Mertens	2116	8	4½	2054	−6

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 Greenland GRL

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Nicolas Bourg 22541Egon Mattaaq 0 2Hans-Christian Dahl 18580IM Fred Berend 22311 3FM Philippe Linster 22301Aputsiak Niels Janussen 0 4Carl Fleischer 16400Christian Jeitz 21551

Round 2 v Vietnam VIE

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Dau Khuong Duy 25091FM Nicolas Bourg 22540 2IM Fred Berend 2231½IM Banh Gia Huy 2464½ 3IM Quoc Hy Nguyen 24281FM Philippe Linster 22300 4Christian Jeitz 21550IM Pham Tran Gia Phuc 24241

Round 3 v Kuwait KUW

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Nicolas Bourg 22541FM Bader Al-Hajiri 20330 2CM Abdulrahman Al Ibrahim 20220IM Fred Berend 22311 3FM Philippe Linster 22301Ali Khalaf 18090 4WCM Amenah Alawadhi 15710Marc Mertens 21161

Round 4 v Scotland SCO

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Frederick Waldhausen Gordon 24551FM Nicolas Bourg 22540 2IM Fred Berend 22310FM Rishi Vijayakumar 23871 3IM Konstantinos Megalios 23731Christian Jeitz 21550 4Marc Mertens 2116½FM Murad Abdulla 2323½

Round 5 v Guyana GUY

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Nicolas Bourg 22541CM Sachin Dhilan Pitamber 19910 2Kyle Couchman 2003½FM Philippe Linster 2230½ 3Christian Jeitz 2155½FM Anthony Drayton 2003½ 4Keron Sandiford 18740Marc Mertens 21161

Round 6 v Malaysia MAS

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Kim Yew Chan 23830FM Nicolas Bourg 22541 2IM Fred Berend 22310FM Kavin Mohan 23481 3FM Zhuo Ren Lim 23091FM Philippe Linster 22300 4Christian Jeitz 21550CM Yi Chen Chow 21521

Round 7 v Ethiopia ETH

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Nicolas Bourg 22541Miki Abdissa Bekele 20680 2Flawer Habtu Moges 19960IM Fred Berend 22311 3FM Philippe Linster 22300Robel Brhane Abrha 20261 4Petros Olana Bulcha 19340Marc Mertens 21161

Round 8 v Tajikistan TJK

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev 24041FM Nicolas Bourg 22540 2IM Fred Berend 22310IM Jaloliddin Ilkhomi 23911 3FM Mekhriddin Sharifov 24191Christian Jeitz 21550 4Marc Mertens 21160FM Amin Kabilov 22851

Round 9 v Nepal NEP

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1FM Nicolas Bourg 2254½CM Purushottam Silwal 2093½ 2FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21511IM Fred Berend 22310 3FM Philippe Linster 22301Aashish Phunyal 20080 4Rajan Subedi 1967½Marc Mertens 2116½

Round 10 v Kenya KEN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Simiyu Jadon 21660FM Nicolas Bourg 22541 2IM Fred Berend 22311CM Oluka Robert Mcligeyo 21380 3CM Ben Magana 19921Christian Jeitz 21550 4Marc Mertens 2116½Kenneth Omolo 1972½

Round 11 v Ecuador ECU

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Kevin Noboa Silva 2400½FM Nicolas Bourg 2254½ 2IM Fred Berend 22311IM Christopher Leonel Garzon Zapatanga 23050 3IM Miguel Munoz Sanchez 21731FM Philippe Linster 22300 4Marc Mertens 21160IM Alberto Santos Flores 21641

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Luxembourg LUX4Greenland GRL0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 3
Luxembourg LUX4Kuwait KUW0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Sprint Match

131moves

Round 3, 24 + 18 + 38 + 51
Luxembourg LUX4Kuwait KUW0

The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.

Quietest Match

51captures

Round 3
Luxembourg LUX4Kuwait KUW0

The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.

Favourite Piece

27.55% of the team's moves

Round 4, Queens, 54 of 196 moves
Luxembourg LUX

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.