Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
MAD
Seeded 99, category C
6 won, 0 drawn, 5 lost
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Madagascar as a nation

Madagascar

In numbers

87

place of 206 after round 11

12

match points from 11 matches

22½

game points; TB1 201, TB3 119

2168

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo	2426	10	6½	2498	+13
2	CM Heritiana Andrianiaina	2191	9	4	2169	0
3	CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo	2129	10	5½	2212	+27
4	CM Miora Andriamasoandro	2076	9	5	2231	+30
5	Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison	2018	6	1½	1869	−35

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 Laos LAO

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 21911CM Chi Yang 16910 2Souminta Yomvilath 14950CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21291 3CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20761Saengtavanh Thipvongsa 0 4Bounthengnoy Sengphachan 0Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison 20181

Round 2 v Portugal POR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 25290IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24261 2CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 21911IM Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga 24040 3IM Bruno Andre Leite Martins 2408½CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 2129½ 4CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20760GM Luis Galego 24001

Round 3 v Romania ROU

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24260GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 26441 2GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras 25071CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 21910 3CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21290GM David Gavrilescu 25271 4IM Filip Magold 24941Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison 20180

Round 4 v Estonia EST

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 24850IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24261 2CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 2191½IM Ilja Sirosh 2385½ 3FM Kirill Chukavin 23621CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20760 4Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison 20180FM Dion Krivenko 23191

Round 5 v Mauritania MTN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24261CM Moulaye Brahim Hemam 19260 2Ahmed cherif Khaled Abdellahi 18790CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 21911 3CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21291CM Abdou Ahmed Alem 20060 4Mohamed El Moctar sidaty 2031½Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison 2018½

Round 6 v New Zealand NZL

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Felix Xie 24231IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24260 2CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 2191½IM Sravan Renjith 2318½ 3FM Daniel Hanwen Gong 22481CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21290 4CM Miora Andriamasoandro 2076½FM Daqi Mao 2277½

Round 7 v Cote d’Ivoire CIV

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Simplice Armel De Gondo 20710IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24261 2CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21291CM Yoboue Hermann Manan 20610 3Yao Aubin Maximilien Tanoe 20020CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20761 4Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison 20180CM Franck Anderson Nean 19931

Round 8 v Paraguay PAR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 2426½GM Guillermo Vazquez 2543½ 2IM Antonio Almiron 23281CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 21910 3CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21291Enrique Allo Collante 21720 4CM Juan Uvaldo Heinichen R. 21240CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20761

Round 9 v Finland FIN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Tomi Nyback 25931IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24260 2CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21290IM Toivo Keinanen 24981 3FM Henri Lahdelma 23531CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20760 4Ny Andolalaina Fitia Noah Rabarison 20180FM Oliver Wartiovaara 23401

Round 10 v Albania ALB

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24261IM Franc Ashiku 23880 2FM Mateu Boci 23171CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 21910 3CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21290FM Aleksander Xhembulla 22921 4FM Ergit Ramaj 2317½CM Miora Andriamasoandro 2076½

Round 11 v Malawi MAW

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Joseph Mwale 22870IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 24261 2CM Heritiana Andrianiaina 21910CM Chiletso Chipanga 20851 3CM George Mwale 20620CM Dylan Rakotomaharavo 21291 4CM Miora Andriamasoandro 20761CM Joseph Xavier Nyambalo 20140

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Madagascar MAD4Laos LAO0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Marathon Match

301moves

Round 2, 42 + 54 + 79 + 126
Madagascar MAD2½Portugal POR1½

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

Endgame Match

186endgame moves

Round 2
Madagascar MAD2½Portugal POR1½

The match with the most endgame moves over its four boards.