Chess Olympiad 2026

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Seeded 156, category D
3 won, 2 drawn, 6 lost
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Mauritius as a nation

Mauritius

In numbers

168

place of 206 after round 11

8

match points from 11 matches

16½

game points; TB1 124, TB3 104

1869

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Stefan Lee Luen Mang	1898	9	3½	2028	+11
2	CM Hoolan Naipal	1881	8	½	1586	−46
3	Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden	1874	9	3½	1927	+4
4	CM Devarajen Chinasamy	1951	9	4	1899	−15
5	Stephane Lam Kin Cheung	1742	9	5	1790	+4

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 Peru PER

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Stefan Lee Luen Mang 18980GM Jorge Cori 25751 2IM Diego Saul Rodri Flores Quillas 23981CM Hoolan Naipal 18810 3Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18740IM Steven Rojas Salas 23871 4IM Fernando Miguel Fernandez Sanchez 23691CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19510

Round 2 v Thailand THA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Prin Laohawirapap 23631Stefan Lee Luen Mang 18980 2CM Hoolan Naipal 1881½FM Thanadon Kulpruethanon 2220½ 3Faris Rashid Alriyami 19091Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18740 4Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 1742½Tupfah Khumnorkaew 2078½

Round 3 v Burkina Faso BUR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Stefan Lee Luen Mang 18981Aurelien Tegawende Lefebvre 17970 2Nicolas Carbonell 17451CM Hoolan Naipal 18810 3CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19511Saidou Koita 17070 4Ilbouldo Soumaila 0Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 17421

Round 4 v Jordan JOR

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Stefan Lee Luen Mang 1898½CM Khaled Seyam 1917½ 2CM Rakan Dasa 20941CM Hoolan Naipal 18810 3Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18740Alqaisi Ali 20571 4FM Anas Khwaira 22101CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19510

Round 5 v Eswatini SWZ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1CM Mabuza Mbongeni 1824½Stefan Lee Luen Mang 1898½ 2Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18741Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso 16940 3Santiago De Nobrega 17651CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19510 4Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 1742½Simelane Nhlanhla 1558½

Round 6 v Belize BIZ

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Alfred Awe 17191CM Hoolan Naipal 18810 2Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18741Kelvin Marvin Baizar 0 3Nathaniel Leonel Reyes 17640CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19511 4Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 17421Roger Rashid Canto 0

Round 7 v Cape Verde CPV

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Stefan Lee Luen Mang 18980IM Mariano Ortega Amarelle 23751 2FM Diogo Alho 22121Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18740 3CM Devarajen Chinasamy 1951½CM Jose Carlos Vaz 1991½ 4Steven Santos 1895½Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 1742½

Round 8 v US Virgin Islands ISV

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Stefan Lee Luen Mang 18981Darryl Allen 17690 2FM William Van Rensselaer 19391CM Hoolan Naipal 18810 3CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19511Patrick Miller 0 4Marco Emile 0Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 17421

Round 9 v Nicaragua NCA

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1Marcos Ortiz 2226½Stefan Lee Luen Mang 1898½ 2CM Hoolan Naipal 18810CM Leonel Alejandro Treminio Umanzor 19631 3Douglas Ariel Arauz Espinoza 20410Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18741 4Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 1742½Natanael Emanuel Vanegas Lopez 2121½

Round 10 v Mozambique MOZ

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Ivan Andrade 21651CM Hoolan Naipal 18810 2Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 1874½CM Hamid Harmon Gulamo Jamal 2067½ 3CM Joao Farisse 20371CM Devarajen Chinasamy 19510 4Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 17420FM Wilton Inacio Calicoca 19531

Round 11 v Liechtenstein LIE

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Stefan Lee Luen Mang 18980CM Andrew Heron 21311 2Markus Krieger 21841Rayen Sarathy Sawmynaden 18740 3CM Devarajen Chinasamy 1951½FM Marcel Mannhart 2047½ 4FM Willy Iclicki 18871Stephane Lam Kin Cheung 17420

Team awards

Thrill Ride

7eval swings

Round 5
Mauritius MRI2Eswatini SWZ2

The match with the most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black over its four boards; every board needs Lichess's full analysis.

Comeback Match

Round 6, board 1 lost
Mauritius MRI3Belize BIZ1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Escape Artists

3games saved

Round 9, the deepest hole -5.40
Mauritius MRI

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