Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
TGA
Seeded 204, category E
3 won, 0 drawn, 8 lost
Tonga as a nation

Tonga

In numbers

201

place of 206 after round 11

6

match points from 11 matches

14½

game points; TB1 58½, TB3 73

1466

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Tonutonu Donald	1466	10	3	1720	+42
2	Tau Satini	–	9	2	1093	–
3	Tevita Sootanga	–	8	2	1011	–
4	Tevita Fau	–	9	3½	1696	–
5	Sosefo Mailangi	–	8	4	1681	–

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 Trinidad and Tobago TTO

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Quinn Cabralis 22691Tonutonu Donald 14660 2Tevita Sootanga 0FM Ryan Harper 20851 3FM Joshua Johnson 22541Tevita Fau 0 4Sosefo Mailangi 0CM Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab Khafra 20021

Round 2 v Aruba ARU

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Tonutonu Donald 14660CM Jose Pesqueira 18251 2FM Juan Pablo De Mey 20771Tau Satini 0 3Tevita Fau ½CM Ilya Stetsenko 1961½ 4Ayden Dirks 1800½Sosefo Mailangi ½

Round 3 v Seychelles SEY

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Michel Zialor 19671Tau Satini 0 2Tevita Sootanga 0Timothy Kate 17721 3CM Ragul Pillay 16030Tevita Fau 1 4Sosefo Mailangi ½Harish Pillay 1657½

Round 4 v Marshall Islands MHL

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Tonutonu Donald 14661Javid Bruce John 0 2Noah Lemeto Halferty 0Tau Satini 1 3Tevita Sootanga 1Abon Arelong 0 4Aruo Aloka 0Sosefo Mailangi 1

Round 5 v Gambia GAM

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Ebrima Bah 20761Tonutonu Donald 14660 2Tau Satini 0Joseph Dalliah 19381 3Matthew Luke Aziz 18031Tevita Sootanga 0 4Tevita Fau 0Essa Ndow 17011

Round 6 v Bhutan BHU

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Tonutonu Donald 14661Thinlee Wangyel 16920 2CM Suk Raj Monger 18531Tau Satini 0 3Tevita Fau ½Mahendra Gurung 1715½ 4Karma Kelzang 15581Sosefo Mailangi 0

Round 7 v Vanuatu VAN

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Tonutonu Donald 14661Tasso Jayson 18270 2Delrieu Pierre 17311Tevita Sootanga 0 3Tevita Fau 1Marc Delrieu 15640 4Nasse Igor 15120Sosefo Mailangi 1

Round 8 v Saint Lucia LCA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Justin James 19051Tonutonu Donald 14660 2Tau Satini 0Sixtus Gabriel 18651 3Arvin Nicholas 17101Tevita Sootanga 0 4Tevita Fau 0Daniel Nunez 16331

Round 9 v Eswatini SWZ

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Tonutonu Donald 14660Ngwenya Kwanele Mangaliso 16941 2Mabuza Nkosivile 16751Tau Satini 0 3Tevita Sootanga 0Santiago De Nobrega 17651 4Simelane Nhlanhla 15580Sosefo Mailangi 1

Round 10 v Chad CHA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Jamal Adam 20161Tonutonu Donald 14660 2Tau Satini 0Arso Ahmed Hassaballh 18801 3Aboubakar Ali 1Tevita Fau 0 4Sosefo Mailangi 0Mahamat Idriss Seidna 1

Round 11 v Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Carl Victor Adams 1Tonutonu Donald 14660 2Tau Satini 1Nohar Anganoo 0 3Kaeden Fyfield-Jones 0Tevita Sootanga 1 4Tevita Fau ½David Jeetlall 1488½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 4
Tonga TGA4Marshall Islands MHL0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Finishers

1checkmate

Round 4, 1 of 3 wins by checkmate on the board
Tonga TGA

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Bloodiest Match

99captures

Round 6
Tonga TGA1½Bhutan BHU2½

The match with the most captures over its four boards.

Comeback Match

Round 11, board 1 lost
Tonga TGA2½Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Escape Artists

3games saved

Round 11, the deepest hole -10.00
Tonga TGA

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