Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
NED
Seeded 6, category A
7 won, 1 drawn, 3 lost
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Netherlands as a nation

Netherlands

In numbers

16

place of 206 after round 11

15

match points from 11 matches

26

game points; TB1 342½, TB3 153

2657

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Anish Giri	2757	10	6½	2701	−5
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest	2706	9	7	2798	+10
3	GM Loek Van Wely	2643	9	4	2503	−16
4	GM Erwin L'Ami	2595	6	2	2332	−19
5	GM Casper Schoppen	2582	6	2½	2343	−15

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 Hong Kong, China HKG

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Anish Giri 27571FM Niilo Man Nissinen 23540 2FM Chun Yung Samuel Lam 22550GM Loek Van Wely 26431 3GM Erwin L'Ami 2595½CM Yiheng Li 2126½ 4Edmond Meng Zhang 1896½GM Casper Schoppen 2582½

Round 2 v North Macedonia MKD

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Emil Risteski 24260GM Anish Giri 27571 2GM Jorden Van Foreest 27061FM Anton Zlatkov 24220 3IM Filip Pancevski 2422½GM Erwin L'Ami 2595½ 4GM Casper Schoppen 25820IM Nikola Nikolovski 23931

Round 3 v Australia AUS

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Anish Giri 27571GM Bobby Cheng 25700 2GM Temur Kuybokarov 25340GM Jorden Van Foreest 27061 3GM Loek Van Wely 26430IM Rishi Sardana 25181 4IM James Morris 2442½GM Erwin L'Ami 2595½

Round 4 v Greece GRE

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Nikolas Theodorou 26330GM Anish Giri 27571 2GM Jorden Van Foreest 27061GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 25250 3GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis 2567½GM Loek Van Wely 2643½ 4GM Casper Schoppen 2582½GM Dimitris Alexakis 2533½

Round 5 v India IND

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Praggnanandhaa R 27611GM Anish Giri 27570 2GM Jorden Van Foreest 2706½GM Erigaisi Arjun 2759½ 3GM Nihal Sarin 2718½GM Loek Van Wely 2643½ 4GM Erwin L'Ami 25950GM Gukesh D 27031

Round 6 v Israel ISR

4–0

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

1GM Anish Giri 2757+GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576−2GM Ido Gorshtein 2560−GM Jorden Van Foreest 2706+3GM Loek Van Wely 2643+GM Yahli Sokolovsky 2546−4GM Ilia Smirin 2578−GM Casper Schoppen 2582+

Round 7 v Bulgaria BUL

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Anish Giri 27571GM Arkadij Naiditsch 25740 2GM Momchil Petkov 25440GM Jorden Van Foreest 27061 3GM Loek Van Wely 26431GM Martin Petrov 25280 4GM Radoslav Dimitrov 2475½GM Casper Schoppen 2582½

Round 8 v Armenia ARM

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Anish Giri 2757½GM Haik M. Martirosyan 2664½ 2GM Robert Hovhannisyan 26420GM Jorden Van Foreest 27061 3GM Loek Van Wely 26430GM Shant Sargsyan 26301 4GM Manuel Petrosyan 2569½GM Erwin L'Ami 2595½

Round 9 v Uzbekistan 2 UZB

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jakhongir Vakhidov 25271GM Anish Giri 27570 2GM Jorden Van Foreest 2706½GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov 2548½ 3GM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov 25401GM Loek Van Wely 26430 4GM Erwin L'Ami 25950GM Ortik Nigmatov 24841

Round 10 v Romania ROU

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2644½GM Anish Giri 2757½ 2GM Jorden Van Foreest 27061GM Constantin Lupulescu 25690 3GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras 2507½GM Loek Van Wely 2643½ 4GM Casper Schoppen 2582½IM Filip Magold 2494½

Round 11 v Germany GER

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Anish Giri 2757½GM Vincent Keymer 2764½ 2GM Matthias Bluebaum 26621GM Jorden Van Foreest 27060 3GM Loek Van Wely 2643½GM Frederik Svane 2655½ 4GM Rasmus Svane 2610½GM Casper Schoppen 2582½

Team awards

Theory Match

59½opening moves

Round 5
Netherlands NED1India IND3

The match that stayed in the book longest: the opening phases of its four boards added, in moves.

Whitewash

Round 6
Netherlands NED4Israel ISR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Bloodiest Match

98captures

Round 7
Netherlands NED3½Bulgaria BUL½

The match with the most captures over its four boards.

Precision Nation

98.5% accuracy

Round 10, 4 analysed games
Netherlands NED

Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.

Board Medal Race

2798performance

Board 2, 9 games
GM Jorden Van Foreest 2706 Netherlands NED

Highest performance rating on each board among players with eight or more games.