Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
NEP
Seeded 127, category D
5 won, 1 drawn, 5 lost
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Nepal as a nation

Nepal

In numbers

107

place of 206 after round 11

11

match points from 11 matches

22½

game points; TB1 182, TB3 109

2051

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	CM Purushottam Silwal	2093	9	3½	2212	+40
2	FM Rupesh Jaiswal	2151	11	7	2228	+25
3	CM Sushrut Dahal	2038	7	2½	1875	−28
4	Aashish Phunyal	2008	7	3½	2216	+32
5	Rajan Subedi	1967	9	5	2019	+13

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 Denmark DEN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Purushottam Silwal 20930GM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo 25791 2GM Mads Andersen 25491FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21510 3CM Sushrut Dahal 20380GM Bjorn Moller Ochsner 24781 4IM Filip Boe Olsen 2453½Aashish Phunyal 2008½

Round 2 v Comoros Islands COM

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1Aziradji Mohamed Ismael 18610FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21511 2CM Sushrut Dahal 20381Mohamed Abdou 18060 3Beanjara Azhar Said Halidy 1677−Aashish Phunyal 2008+4Rajan Subedi 19671Mchangama Omar 17010

Round 3 v Albania ALB

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Franc Ashiku 23881CM Purushottam Silwal 20930 2FM Rupesh Jaiswal 2151½IM Dritan Mehmeti 2312½ 3FM Aleksander Xhembulla 22921CM Sushrut Dahal 20380 4Aashish Phunyal 20080FM Ergit Ramaj 23171

Round 4 v Timor-Leste TLS

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Purushottam Silwal 20931Helder de Araujo 19050 2Andrade Pinto 18200FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21511 3CM Sushrut Dahal 20381Paulo Fernandes de Carvalho 18100 4Mario Melo Nascimento 17880Rajan Subedi 19671

Round 5 v Panama PAN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez 23441CM Purushottam Silwal 20930 2FM Rupesh Jaiswal 2151½FM Alexei Tapia Ostolaza 2203½ 3IM Jorge Luis Baules Rodriguez 22821CM Sushrut Dahal 20380 4Rajan Subedi 19670FM Efren Andres Ramos Espinoza 21621

Round 6 v Antigua and Barbuda ANT

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Purushottam Silwal 20931FM Guillermo Queipo Caballero 22180 2CM Abner Farquhar 17590FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21511 3CM Sushrut Dahal 2038½Vendiz Charles 1701½ 4Joshua Solomon 15650Rajan Subedi 19671

Round 7 v Syria SYR

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Purushottam Silwal 2093½FM Aram Chekh Adm Khedr 2194½ 2FM Mazen. Fandi 23221FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21510 3Aashish Phunyal 20080Rodi. Bakr 20921 4IM Bashir Eiti 22701Rajan Subedi 19670

Round 8 v Qatar QAT

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18620FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21511 2CM Sushrut Dahal 20380CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18521 3Khaled AlJamaat 18100Aashish Phunyal 20081 4Rajan Subedi 19671Mohamed Djerbi 16660

Round 9 v Luxembourg LUX

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack 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 Trinidad and Tobago TTO

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Purushottam Silwal 20930FM Quinn Cabralis 22691 2FM Ryan Harper 20850FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21511 3Aashish Phunyal 20081FM Joshua Johnson 22540 4IM Vishnu Singh 2197½Rajan Subedi 1967½

Round 11 v Estonia EST

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Aleksandr Volodin 2485½CM Purushottam Silwal 2093½ 2FM Rupesh Jaiswal 21510IM Ilja Sirosh 23851 3FM Kirill Chukavin 23620Aashish Phunyal 20081 4Rajan Subedi 19670FM Dion Krivenko 23191

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 2
Nepal NEP4Comoros Islands COM0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 4
Nepal NEP4Timor-Leste TLS0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 10, board 1 lost
Nepal NEP2½Trinidad and Tobago TTO1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Bloodiest Match

99captures

Round 10
Nepal NEP2½Trinidad and Tobago TTO1½

The match with the most captures over its four boards.