Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
PNG
Seeded 194, category E
4 won, 1 drawn, 6 lost
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Papua New Guinea as a nation

Papua New Guinea

In numbers

150

place of 206 after round 11

9

match points from 11 matches

19½

game points; TB1 140, TB3 88

1913

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	FM Stuart Fancy	1923	7	4	1943	+6
2	Resurrecion Barredo	–	10	4½	1981	–
3	Ishmael Amnol	–	9	7	2114	–
4	CM Tom McCoy	1903	9	1½	1479	−136
5	Kavaea Evara	–	8	1½	1507	–

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 Sri Lanka SRI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage 24691Resurrecion Barredo 0 2Ishmael Amnol 0CM S Sivathanujan 21801 3T H D Thisarindu Induwara 21621CM Tom McCoy 19030 4Kavaea Evara +Chenitha Mithvidu Ovitigala 2121−

Round 2 v Palau PLW

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Stuart Fancy 19231Aron Pedro 15980 2FM John Ranel Morazo 22421Resurrecion Barredo 0 3Ishmael Amnol 1CM Tito Cabunagan 17760 4CM Cyril Tomas Montel Jr 1920½Kavaea Evara ½

Round 3 v Trinidad and Tobago TTO

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Quinn Cabralis 22691Resurrecion Barredo 0 2Ishmael Amnol 0FM Ryan Harper 20851 3FM Joshua Johnson 22541CM Tom McCoy 19030 4Kavaea Evara 0IM Vishnu Singh 21971

Round 4 v Saudi Arabia KSA

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Ahmed Abdullah S Alrehaili 21061FM Stuart Fancy 19230 2Resurrecion Barredo 0Mohammed Fahad M Alsemail 19821 3Mohammed Dhaidan N Alotaibi 18680Ishmael Amnol 1 4CM Tom McCoy 1903½Yazeed Alshnaiber 1866½

Round 5 v Mali MLI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite 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 Sierra Leone SLE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1FM Stuart Fancy 1923½Winston Gerald Mansfield Thomas 1928½ 2CM Ronald Lwebuga 1880½Resurrecion Barredo ½ 3Ishmael Amnol 1Joseph Adeshole Brian Beckley 18020 4Samzu.o.h. Agbaje 16361Kavaea Evara 0

Round 7 v Gambia GAM

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Ebrima Bah 20761FM Stuart Fancy 19230 2Ishmael Amnol 1Joseph Dalliah 19380 3Matthew Luke Aziz 18031CM Tom McCoy 19030 4Kavaea Evara 0Essa Ndow 17011

Round 8 v Fiji FIJ

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Stuart Fancy 19231CM Goru Arvind 17520 2CM Rudr Prasad 17690Resurrecion Barredo 1 3Ishmael Amnol 1CM Ronald Terubea 18270 4Yash Krishen Maharaj 18131CM Tom McCoy 19030

Round 9 v Bahamas BAH

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Stuart Fancy 1923½Nicholas Johnson 1932½ 2Philip Hanna Jr 18380Resurrecion Barredo 1 3CM Tom McCoy 19030Avian Pride 18291 4William Davis 16601Kavaea Evara 0

Round 10 v Kiribati KIR

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Benetio Bio 0Resurrecion Barredo 1 2Ishmael Amnol 1Martin Ataake 0 3Tamaroa Rutio 0CM Tom McCoy 19031 4Kavaea Evara ½Tebou Tata Itaaka ½

Round 11 v San Marino SMR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Stuart Fancy 19231Mirko Leardini 18630 2FM Danilo Volpinari 19710Resurrecion Barredo 1 3CM Tom McCoy 19030Nicola D`Amico 18191 4FM Ezio Righi 1869½Kavaea Evara ½

Team awards

Thrill Ride

7eval swings

Round 4
Papua New Guinea PNG1½Saudi Arabia KSA2½

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.