Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
QAT
Seeded 171, category E
4 won, 2 drawn, 5 lost
Qatar as a nation

Qatar

In numbers

126

place of 206 after round 11

10

match points from 11 matches

21

game points; TB1 168, TB3 99

1797

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	CM Hamad Al-Kuwari	1862	9	1½	1907	−17
2	CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus	1852	10	5½	2028	+83
3	Khaled AlJamaat	1810	11	6½	2069	+134
4	Turki Al-Kuwari	1796	4	½	1613	−17
5	Mohamed Djerbi	1666	10	7	1988	+161

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 Bolivia BOL

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Licael Roderick Ticona Rocabado 24281CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18620 2CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18520IM Jose Daniel Gemy 23141 3FM Daniel Pinto 2337½Khaled AlJamaat 1810½ 4Turki Al-Kuwari 17960CM Daniel Titichoca Daza 21381

Round 2 v Cape Verde CPV

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18620IM Mariano Ortega Amarelle 23751 2FM Diogo Alho 22120CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18521 3Khaled AlJamaat 18101Steven Santos 18950 4CM David Mirulla 18900Mohamed Djerbi 16661

Round 3 v Wales WLS

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18620IM Jose Camacho Collados 23581 2CM Ifan Rathbone-Jones 21171CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18520 3Khaled AlJamaat 18100Iwan Cave 21071 4CM Alex Bullen 20960Mohamed Djerbi 16661

Round 4 v Ethiopia ETH

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Miki Abdissa Bekele 20681CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18520 2Khaled AlJamaat 18100Flawer Habtu Moges 19961 3Robel Brhane Abrha 20261Turki Al-Kuwari 17960 4Mohamed Djerbi 1666½Petros Olana Bulcha 1934½

Round 5 v Bahrain BRN

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18620FM Husain Ayyad 20801 2CM Ali Al-Ghasra 19911Khaled AlJamaat 18100 3Turki Al-Kuwari 1796½Khalaf Bukhalaf 1800½ 4Nooh Rajab 1640½Mohamed Djerbi 1666½

Round 6 v Dominica DMA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Nicholas Goldberg 15960CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18621 2CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18521CM Nigel Francis 17700 3Larry Thomas 17100Khaled AlJamaat 18101 4Mohamed Djerbi 16661Romel Laudat 14700

Round 7 v Palau PLW

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Aron Pedro 15980CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18521 2Khaled AlJamaat 18101FM John Ranel Morazo 22420 3CM Tito Cabunagan 17761Turki Al-Kuwari 17960 4Mohamed Djerbi 16661CM Cyril Tomas Montel Jr 19200

Round 8 v Nepal NEP

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite 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 Somalia SOM

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1CM Abdulkadir Mohamed Warsame 20131CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18620 2CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18520CM Farah Ali Abdullahi 19231 3Kassim Islam Sh.Nour 19430Khaled AlJamaat 18101 4Mohamed Djerbi 16661Mahad Dahir Muhumad 18290

Round 10 v Burundi BDI

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Ezra Paul Chambers 23931CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 18620 2CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 18521Mutabazi Hugues 18860 3Deo Ntagasigumwami 18300Khaled AlJamaat 18101 4Mohamed Djerbi 16661Rukundo Joe Stephane 17380

Round 11 v Botswana BOT

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1CM Hamad Al-Kuwari 1862½IM Providence Oatlhotse 2230½ 2CM Thuso Mosutha 1995½CM Erfan Mohamad Firdaus 1852½ 3Khaled AlJamaat 18101CM Mpene Thuto 19930 4Mothudi Mogotsi Arnold 19141Mohamed Djerbi 16660

Team awards

Comeback Match

Round 2, board 1 lost
Qatar QAT3Cape Verde CPV1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Whitewash

Round 6
Qatar QAT4Dominica DMA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Forward March

8.67retreats per 100 moves

Round 7, 13 of 150 moves went backwards
Qatar QAT

Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.

Comeback Match

Round 10, board 1 lost
Qatar QAT3Burundi BDI1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Overachievers

+19% above expectation

21 scored, 12.6 expected in 44 rated games
Qatar QAT

Scored most above what the ratings expected, per game with both players rated.

Rating Harvest

+344rating points gained

over 44 games
Qatar QAT

Gained the most rating points as a squad over the event so far.