Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
MDA
Seeded 45, category B
5 won, 4 drawn, 2 lost
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Moldova as a nation

Moldova

In numbers

38

place of 206 after round 11

14

match points from 11 matches

26

game points; TB1 288½, TB3 136

2439

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Jegor Lashkin	2490	10	5	2486	+2
2	GM Ivan Schitco	2498	9	4½	2483	−1
3	FM Semion Sapocinic	2362	7	3	2320	−6
4	FM Dmitrii Gubin	2398	10	6½	2493	+30
5	GM Vladimir Hamitevici	2446	8	7	2617	+16

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 Somalia SOM

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame 20130GM Jegor Lashkin 24901 2FM Semion Sapocinic 23621CM Farah Ali Abdullahi 19230 3Kassim Islam Sh.Nour 19430FM Dmitrii Gubin 23981 4GM Vladimir Hamitevici 24461Rami Ramadan Abdow 18950

Round 2 v United Arab Emirates UAE

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½IM Omran Al Hosani 2317½ 2FM Al Taher Abdulrahman Mohammad 22620GM Ivan Schitco 24981 3FM Dmitrii Gubin 23981FM Sedrani Ammar 21890 4FM Fareed Ahmed 21320GM Vladimir Hamitevici 24461

Round 3 v Croatia CRO

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½GM Ivan Saric 2623½ 2GM Ante Brkic 2610½GM Ivan Schitco 2498½ 3FM Semion Sapocinic 23620GM Sasa Martinovic 25531 4GM Marin Bosiocic 25630FM Dmitrii Gubin 23981

Round 4 v Iran IRI

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM M. Amin Tabatabaei 27371GM Jegor Lashkin 24900 2GM Ivan Schitco 24980GM Bardiya Daneshvar 25721 3GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi 25531FM Semion Sapocinic 23620 4FM Dmitrii Gubin 23980IM Arash Daghli 24291

Round 5 v South Korea KOR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Ivan Schitco 24981IM Junhyeok Lee 24010 2IM Hongjin Ahn 23280FM Semion Sapocinic 23621 3FM Dmitrii Gubin 23981FM Isaak Huh 23240 4FM Sehyun Kwon 22740GM Vladimir Hamitevici 24461

Round 6 v Georgia GEO

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2550½GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½ 2GM Ivan Schitco 24980GM Nikolozi Kacharava 25251 3GM Baadur Jobava 2576½FM Dmitrii Gubin 2398½ 4GM Vladimir Hamitevici 24461GM Levan Pantsulaia 24920

Round 7 v Mexico MEX

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Luis Carlos Torres Rosas 2385½GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½ 2FM Semion Sapocinic 2362½GM Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero 2379½ 3FM Joshua Adrian Avila Rodriguez 22790FM Dmitrii Gubin 23981 4GM Vladimir Hamitevici 24461FM Arturo A. Fernandez Hernandez 22670

Round 8 v Greece GRE

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½GM Nikolas Theodorou 2633½ 2GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2525½GM Ivan Schitco 2498½ 3FM Semion Sapocinic 23620GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis 25671 4GM Dimitris Alexakis 25331FM Dmitrii Gubin 23980

Round 9 v Albania ALB

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Franc Ashiku 2388½GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½ 2GM Ivan Schitco 24981FM Mateu Boci 23170 3FM Aleksander Xhembulla 2292½FM Semion Sapocinic 2362½ 4GM Vladimir Hamitevici 2446½FM Ergit Ramaj 2317½

Round 10 v Czech Republic CZE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen 2633½ 2GM David Navara 26061GM Ivan Schitco 24980 3FM Dmitrii Gubin 2398½IM Jan Vykouk 2524½ 4IM Jachym Nemec 24830GM Vladimir Hamitevici 24461

Round 11 v Brazil BRA

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Luis Paulo Supi 2582½GM Jegor Lashkin 2490½ 2GM Ivan Schitco 2498½GM Alexandr Fier 2537½ 3IM Diego Rafael Di Berardino 2471½FM Dmitrii Gubin 2398½ 4GM Vladimir Hamitevici 2446½IM Roberto Junio Brito Molina 2390½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Moldova MDA4Somalia SOM0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Safety First

5.67average castling move

Round 2, castled in 3 of 4 games
Moldova MDA

Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.

Whitewash

Round 5
Moldova MDA4South Korea KOR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Treaty of Samarkand

Round 11
Moldova MDA2Brazil BRA2

A 2–2 match of four draws, peace signed on every board.