Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
SWE
Seeded 36, category A
6 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost
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Sweden as a nation

Sweden

In numbers

54

place of 206 after round 11

13

match points from 11 matches

25½

game points; TB1 277½, TB3 135

2498

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Nils Grandelius	2603	10	5½	2596	0
2	IM Jung Min Seo	2503	9	5	2489	+2
3	GM Erik Blomqvist	2482	9	4½	2439	−1
4	IM Edvin Trost	2472	9	6	2504	+6
5	IM Hampus Sorensen	2428	7	4½	2324	−7

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 Mauritania MTN

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Jung Min Seo 25031CM Moulaye Brahim Hemam 19260 2Ahmed cherif Khaled Abdellahi 18790GM Erik Blomqvist 24821 3IM Edvin Trost 24721CM Abdou Ahmed Alem 20060 4Abdellahi Khaled Abdellahi 20100IM Hampus Sorensen 24281

Round 2 v Andorra AND

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Oscar De La Riva Aguado 24280GM Nils Grandelius 26031 2IM Jung Min Seo 25031FM Serni Ribera Veganzones 23050 3FM Daniel Gomez Anadon 21930IM Edvin Trost 24721 4IM Hampus Sorensen 2428½Esteve Mateu Guiu 2181½

Round 3 v Armenia ARM

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Haik M. Martirosyan 2664½GM Nils Grandelius 2603½ 2IM Jung Min Seo 2503½GM Shant Sargsyan 2630½ 3GM Gabriel Sargissian 26101GM Erik Blomqvist 24820 4IM Edvin Trost 2472½GM Manuel Petrosyan 2569½

Round 4 v South Africa RSA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nils Grandelius 26031IM Jan Karsten 23860 2IM Caleb Levi Levitan 2316½IM Jung Min Seo 2503½ 3GM Erik Blomqvist 24821FM Banele Mhango 23540 4Charlton Mnyasta 2236½IM Hampus Sorensen 2428½

Round 5 v Uruguay URU

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Georg Meier 26121GM Nils Grandelius 26030 2GM Erik Blomqvist 24821IM Facundo Vazquez 24110 3IM Luis Ernesto Rodi 2224½IM Edvin Trost 2472½ 4IM Hampus Sorensen 24281Eduardo Elena 21320

Round 6 v Serbia SRB

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Nils Grandelius 2603½GM Alexey Sarana 2666½ 2GM Aleksandar Indjic 25981IM Jung Min Seo 25030 3GM Erik Blomqvist 2482½GM Alexandr Predke 2598½ 4GM Velimir Ivic 26010IM Edvin Trost 24721

Round 7 v Poland POL

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 27431GM Nils Grandelius 26030 2IM Jung Min Seo 2503½GM Szymon Gumularz 2608½ 3GM Jan Malek 25871GM Erik Blomqvist 24820 4IM Edvin Trost 24721GM Jakub Kosakowski 25200

Round 8 v Malaysia MAS

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nils Grandelius 26031IM Jun Ying Tan 23990 2IM Kim Yew Chan 23830GM Erik Blomqvist 24821 3IM Edvin Trost 24720FM Kavin Mohan 23481 4CM Yi Chen Chow 2152½IM Hampus Sorensen 2428½

Round 9 v Croatia CRO

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nils Grandelius 2603½GM Ivan Saric 2623½ 2GM Ante Brkic 26101IM Jung Min Seo 25030 3GM Erik Blomqvist 24820GM Sasa Martinovic 25531 4GM Marin Bosiocic 25630IM Edvin Trost 24721

Round 10 v Scotland SCO

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Frederick Waldhausen Gordon 2455½GM Nils Grandelius 2603½ 2IM Jung Min Seo 25031IM Andrew N Greet 24160 3FM Rishi Vijayakumar 23871IM Edvin Trost 24720 4IM Hampus Sorensen 24281FM Murad Abdulla 23230

Round 11 v Czech Republic CZE

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen 2633½GM Nils Grandelius 2603½ 2IM Jung Min Seo 2503½GM David Navara 2606½ 3GM Vaclav Finek 25781GM Erik Blomqvist 24820 4IM Hampus Sorensen 24280IM Jan Vykouk 25241

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Sweden SWE4Mauritania MTN0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Time in the Bank

1:09:10left on average

Round 1, over 4 games
Sweden SWE

Most time left on the clock after the last move, on average.

Comeback Match

Round 5, board 1 lost
Sweden SWE2½Uruguay URU1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Forward March

7.59retreats per 100 moves

Round 5, 11 of 145 moves went backwards
Sweden SWE

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

Theory Match

59½opening moves

Round 8
Sweden SWE2½Malaysia MAS1½

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