Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
SOL
Seeded 185, category E
3 won, 0 drawn, 8 lost
Solomon Islands as a nation

Solomon Islands

In numbers

195

place of 206 after round 11

6

match points from 11 matches

14½

game points; TB1 84, TB3 80

1854

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Fred Resture	1854	11	4½	1903	−11
2	Chris Kaituu	1890	11	3½	1629	−137
3	Junior Lui	1819	11	4	1706	−54
4	Melanie Chottu	–	8	½	1298	–
5	Abel Puia	–	3	2	1757	–

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 Kosovo * KOS

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Nderim Saraci 24531Fred Resture 18540 2Chris Kaituu 18900FM Endrit Uruci 23121 3FM Muhamet Asllani 22291Junior Lui 18190 4Melanie Chottu 0CM Korab Saraci 22231

Round 2 v Senegal SEN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Felix Izeta Txabarri 24521Fred Resture 18540 2Chris Kaituu 18900Hadji Saidou Nourou Ba El 19571 3Diop Mamadou Lamine Dame 17811Junior Lui 18190 4Melanie Chottu 0Mlik Omar 16181

Round 3 v Cayman Islands CAY

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Fred Resture 18540Ryan Blackwood 19371 2Mike McDonald 18921Chris Kaituu 18900 3Junior Lui 18191CM Christopher Young 18240 4CM Shaun M Tracey 17671Melanie Chottu 0

Round 4 v Guinea GUI

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Fred Resture 1854½Bansoumane Sougoule 1658½ 2Pepe Amara Traore 15930Chris Kaituu 18901 3Junior Lui 18190Mamadou Diandia Barry 1 4Aguibou Fofana 1Melanie Chottu 0

Round 5 v Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Carl Victor Adams 0Fred Resture 18541 2Chris Kaituu 18901Nohar Anganoo 0 3Kaeden Fyfield-Jones 1Junior Lui 18190 4Melanie Chottu ½David Jeetlall 1488½

Round 6 v Brunei Darussalam BRU

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Fred Resture 18540CM Md Omar Ak Hafizon Pg 21001 2Muhammad Ahsanuddien Badarudin 18501Chris Kaituu 18900 3Junior Lui 18190Rodney Lim Teck Guan 19021 4Md. Danish Zaqwan Md. Hadi 18301Melanie Chottu 0

Round 7 v Cambodia CAM

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Seyha Men 1785½Fred Resture 1854½ 2Chris Kaituu 1890½CM Rozak El 1619½ 3Untac Nem 1573½Junior Lui 1819½ 4Melanie Chottu 0Zhitian Chea 15211

Round 8 v British Virgin Islands IVB

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Maurice Lettsome 18340Fred Resture 18541 2Chris Kaituu 18900Shamoy Joseph 15781 3Raheem Hodge 15740Junior Lui 18191 4Abel Puia 1Dimitri Fungfook 15570

Round 9 v Greenland GRL

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Fred Resture 1854½Egon Mattaaq ½ 2Hans-Christian Dahl 18580Chris Kaituu 18901 3Junior Lui 18191Aputsiak Niels Janussen 0 4Carl Fleischer 1640½Abel Puia ½

Round 10 v Antigua and Barbuda ANT

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Fred Resture 18540FM Guillermo Queipo Caballero 22181 2CM Abner Farquhar 17591Chris Kaituu 18900 3Junior Lui 1819½Adrian Jr. Kim 1810½ 4Vendiz Charles 1701½Abel Puia ½

Round 11 v New Caledonia NCL

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Nicolas Douyere 18180Fred Resture 18541 2Chris Kaituu 18900Mathieu Galois 18081 3Titouan Bellier Pontais 16571Junior Lui 18190 4Melanie Chottu 0Julien Bellier 15991

Team awards

Marathon Match

293moves

Round 4, 67 + 72 + 58 + 96
Solomon Islands SOL1½Guinea GUI2½

The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.

Bloodiest Match

107captures

Round 4
Solomon Islands SOL1½Guinea GUI2½

The match with the most captures over its four boards.

Thrill Ride

11eval swings

Round 8
Solomon Islands SOL3British Virgin Islands IVB1

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.

Escape Artists

3games saved

Round 8, the deepest hole -8.85
Solomon Islands SOL

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