Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
SMR
Seeded 162, category D
3 won, 1 drawn, 7 lost
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San Marino as a nation

San Marino

In numbers

184

place of 206 after round 11

7

match points from 11 matches

15½

game points; TB1 115½, TB3 98

1871

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Mirko Leardini	1863	9	1½	1768	−29
2	FM Danilo Volpinari	1971	9	3	1864	−23
3	Nicola D`Amico	1819	9	5½	2013	+28
4	FM Ezio Righi	1869	9	3	1789	−20
5	FM Enrico Grassi	1835	8	2½	1716	−22

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 Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mirko Leardini 18630IM Sanjin Culum 24411 2IM Rijad Burovic 24141Nicola D`Amico 18190 3FM Ezio Righi 18690IM Dejan Marjanovic 23901 4FM Ismet Mesic 22261FM Enrico Grassi 18350

Round 2 v Malta MLT

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Jack Mizzi 22161Mirko Leardini 18630 2FM Danilo Volpinari 19711CM Matthew Portelli 21870 3CM Attila Robert Novak 21441FM Ezio Righi 18690 4FM Enrico Grassi 1835½CM Jake Darmanin 2038½

Round 3 v Bhutan BHU

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1Mirko Leardini 18630Thinlee Wangyel 16921 2CM Suk Raj Monger 18531FM Danilo Volpinari 19710 3Nicola D`Amico 18191Karma Kelzang 15580 4Sidhanth Bhandari 15480FM Ezio Righi 18691

Round 4 v Belize BIZ

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Alfred Awe 1719½FM Danilo Volpinari 1971½ 2Nicola D`Amico 18191Kelvin Marvin Baizar 0 3Roger Rashid Canto ½FM Ezio Righi 1869½ 4FM Enrico Grassi 18351Kenet Alejandro Perez 16710

Round 5 v Pakistan PAK

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mirko Leardini 18630FM Amer Karim 21471 2CM Mafaaz Khalid 2057½FM Danilo Volpinari 1971½ 3Nicola D`Amico 1819½Zaman Sohail 1935½ 4Zorez Shabkhez 19331FM Enrico Grassi 18350

Round 6 v Eswatini SWZ

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Mabuza Mbongeni 18240Mirko Leardini 18631 2FM Danilo Volpinari 1971½Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso 1694½ 3Mabuza Nkosivile 16750Nicola D`Amico 18191 4FM Ezio Righi 18691Simelane Nhlanhla 15580

Round 7 v Honduras HON

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Danilo Volpinari 19710FM Alejandro Jose Chinchilla 21661 2CM Alcides Ivan Meza MartInez 20781Nicola D`Amico 18190 3FM Ezio Righi 18690CM Luis Fernando Soliz Gabarrete 20311 4CM Nilson Cardenas Carbajal 20371FM Enrico Grassi 18350

Round 8 v Liechtenstein LIE

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Andrew Heron 21311Mirko Leardini 18630 2Nicola D`Amico 1819½Markus Krieger 2184½ 3FM Marcel Mannhart 20471FM Ezio Righi 18690 4FM Enrico Grassi 18350FM Willy Iclicki 18871

Round 9 v US Virgin Islands ISV

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mirko Leardini 1863½Darryl Allen 1769½ 2FM William Van Rensselaer 1939½FM Danilo Volpinari 1971½ 3Nicola D`Amico 1819½Patrick Miller ½ 4Marco Emile 0FM Enrico Grassi 18351

Round 10 v Botswana BOT

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mirko Leardini 18630IM Providence Oatlhotse 22301 2CM Thuso Mosutha 19951FM Danilo Volpinari 19710 3FM Ezio Righi 18690Mothudi Mogotsi Arnold 19141 4Blessings Motshabi 18311FM Enrico Grassi 18350

Round 11 v Papua New Guinea PNG

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack 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 3
San Marino SMR2Bhutan BHU2

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.

Favourite Piece

28.86% of the team's moves

Round 4, Bishops, 58 of 201 moves
San Marino SMR

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 6, the deepest hole -7.22
San Marino SMR

Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.

Déjà Vu

4identical moves

Round 10, with White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6
San Marino SMR

Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.