Mali

In numbers

160

place of 206 after round 11

match points from 11 matches

game points; TB1 152, TB3 99

1900

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±
1	FM Bakary Traore	2134	11	6½	2166	+10
2	Oumar Keita	1892	11	2	1784	−63
3	Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga	1845	11	5½	1993	+31
4	Youssouf Niare	1729	11	5	1853	+34

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 Uzbekistan 3 UZB

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Bakary Traore 2134½IM Saidakbar Saydaliev 2475½ 2IM Almas Rakhmatullaev 24181Oumar Keita 18920 3Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18450IM Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov 23901 4IM Asrorjon Omonov 23471Youssouf Niare 17290

Round 2 v Uganda UGA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Patrick Kawuma 2237½FM Bakary Traore 2134½ 2Oumar Keita 18920FM Harold Wanyama 21611 3Nyola Wasswa Mark 2236½Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 1845½ 4Youssouf Niare 17290CM Egesa emmanuel 20761

Round 3 v Djibouti DJI

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Bakary Traore 2134½Mohamed Bilal Houssein 1807½ 2Ali Dima Mohamed 17411Oumar Keita 18920 3Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18451Farhan Nour Nour 16580 4Salah Ibrahim Sabri 16470Youssouf Niare 17291

Round 4 v Puerto Rico PUR

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Bakary Traore 21341FM Edgardo J. Almedina Ortiz 22000 2FM Sebastian J. Toro Cruz 21431Oumar Keita 18920 3Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18450CM Diego Zilleruelo Irizarry 20611 4Joshua Pedrosa Rivera 20121Youssouf Niare 17290

Round 5 v Papua New Guinea PNG

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Resurrecion Barredo 0FM Bakary Traore 21341 2Oumar Keita 18920Ishmael Amnol 1 3CM Tom McCoy 19030Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18451 4Youssouf Niare 17291Kavaea Evara 0

Round 6 v Malawi MAW

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Bakary Traore 21340FM Joseph Mwale 22871 2CM Chiletso Chipanga 2085½Oumar Keita 1892½ 3Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18450CM George Mwale 20621 4Aaron Phiri 19620Youssouf Niare 17291

Round 7 v Burundi BDI

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Ezra Paul Chambers 23931FM Bakary Traore 21340 2Oumar Keita 18920Wilfried Ntamatungiro 19061 3Mutabazi Hugues 18860Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18451 4Youssouf Niare 1729½Rukundo Joe Stephane 1738½

Round 8 v Chad CHA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Jamal Adam 20160FM Bakary Traore 21341 2Oumar Keita 1892½Arso Ahmed Hassaballh 1880½ 3Aboubakar Ali ½Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 1845½ 4Youssouf Niare 1729½Mahamat Idriss Seidna ½

Round 9 v Guyana GUY

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Bakary Traore 21341CM Sachin Dhilan Pitamber 19910 2Kyle Couchman 20031Oumar Keita 18920 3Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18450CM Taffin Khan 20051 4Keron Sandiford 18741Youssouf Niare 17290

Round 10 v Comoros Islands COM

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Alfene Ambdullah 17660FM Bakary Traore 21341 2Oumar Keita 18921Aziradji Mohamed Ismael 18610 3Mohamed Abdou 1806½Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 1845½ 4Youssouf Niare 17291Mchangama Omar 17010

Round 11 v Afghanistan AFG

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Bakary Traore 21340CM Khaiber Farazi 21281 2CM Habibullah Amini 20471Oumar Keita 18920 3Baba Moulaye Abdalla Maiga 18451Homayoun Mohtaat 19280 4CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 20441Youssouf Niare 17290

Team awards

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 3, the deepest hole -10.00
Mali MLI

Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.

Finishers

2checkmates

Round 5, 2 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
Mali MLI

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

The Late Knight Show

6.5per game

Round 8, 26 late knight moves in 4 games
Mali MLI

Most knight moves from move 31 on, per game, over the team's finished games.

Promotion Party

2promotions

Round 10, 2 in 4 games (0.5 per game)
Mali MLI

Most promotions by the team's players.

Déjà Vu

12identical moves

with White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. a3 Rb8
Mali MLI

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