Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
SVK
Seeded 38, category A
6 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost
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Slovakia as a nation

Slovakia

In numbers

49

place of 206 after round 11

13

match points from 11 matches

28½

game points; TB1 311, TB3 133

2491

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Jergus Pechac	2538	9	4½	2510	−4
2	GM Peter Michalik	2543	8	5	2511	0
3	IM Samir Sahidi	2478	9	5½	2480	+4
4	GM Juraj Druska	2459	8	6½	2532	+11
5	GM Filip Haring	2439	10	7	2463	+6

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 Guam GUM

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Peter Michalik 25431CM Elmer Prudente 19830 2CM Tuan An Tran 19450IM Samir Sahidi 24781 3GM Juraj Druska 24591Cristian Tenezaca 18750 4James Marcus Justo 20600GM Filip Haring 24391

Round 2 v Ecuador ECU

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Kevin Noboa Silva 24001GM Jergus Pechac 25380 2IM Samir Sahidi 24781IM Christopher Leonel Garzon Zapatanga 23050 3Eddy Ernesto Enrique Hernandez 21970GM Juraj Druska 24591 4GM Filip Haring 24391IM Alberto Santos Flores 21640

Round 3 v Ukraine UKR

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Igor Kovalenko 2642½GM Peter Michalik 2543½ 2IM Samir Sahidi 2478½GM Vasyl Ivanchuk 2630½ 3GM Anton Korobov 26101GM Juraj Druska 24590 4GM Filip Haring 24390GM Ihor Samunenkov 26081

Round 4 v Venezuela VEN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jergus Pechac 25381IM Felix Jose Ynojosa Aponte 23990 2IM Samid Eduardo Escalona Landi 2374½GM Peter Michalik 2543½ 3IM Samir Sahidi 24781FM Moises Antonio Castro Silva 22660 4FM Dilson Alejandro Pena Duran 22370GM Filip Haring 24391

Round 5 v Turkmenistan TKM

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Saparmyrat Atabayev 2503½GM Jergus Pechac 2538½ 2GM Peter Michalik 25430GM Meylis Annaberdiyev 23841 3FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov 2389½IM Samir Sahidi 2478½ 4GM Juraj Druska 24591Shahruh Turayev 22220

Round 6 v Estonia EST

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jergus Pechac 25381GM Aleksandr Volodin 24850 2IM Ilja Sirosh 23850IM Samir Sahidi 24781 3GM Juraj Druska 24591GM Meelis Kanep 23530 4FM Dion Krivenko 23190GM Filip Haring 24391

Round 7 v Iran IRI

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM M. Amin Tabatabaei 27371GM Jergus Pechac 25380 2GM Peter Michalik 25431GM Bardiya Daneshvar 25720 3GM Mahdi Gholami Orimi 25531IM Samir Sahidi 24780 4GM Filip Haring 2439½IM Reza Mahdavi 2485½

Round 8 v Chinese Taipei TPE

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jergus Pechac 25381IM Adelard Bai 24680 2GM Raymond Song 2498½GM Peter Michalik 2543½ 3GM Juraj Druska 24591Jun-Wei Chen 21800 4CM Yeh Yang Liu 20510GM Filip Haring 24391

Round 9 v Romania ROU

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 26441GM Jergus Pechac 25380 2IM Samir Sahidi 24780GM Constantin Lupulescu 25691 3GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras 2507½GM Juraj Druska 2459½ 4GM Filip Haring 24391GM David Gavrilescu 25270

Round 10 v Malaysia MAS

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Jergus Pechac 2538½IM Kim Yew Chan 2383½ 2FM Kavin Mohan 23480GM Peter Michalik 25431 3GM Juraj Druska 24591FM Zhuo Ren Lim 23090 4CM Yi Chen Chow 2152½GM Filip Haring 2439½

Round 11 v Israel ISR

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Maxim Rodshtein 2576½GM Jergus Pechac 2538½ 2GM Peter Michalik 2543½GM Avital Boruchovsky 2529½ 3GM Ido Gorshtein 2560½IM Samir Sahidi 2478½ 4GM Filip Haring 24390GM Yahli Sokolovsky 25461

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Slovakia SVK4Guam GUM0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 2, board 1 lost
Slovakia SVK3Ecuador ECU1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Whitewash

Round 6
Slovakia SVK4Estonia EST0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Theory Match

59½opening moves

Round 8
Slovakia SVK3½Chinese Taipei TPE½

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