Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
TUN
Seeded 111, category C
6 won, 0 drawn, 5 lost
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Tunisia as a nation

Tunisia

In numbers

94

place of 206 after round 11

12

match points from 11 matches

20

game points; TB1 164½, TB3 113

2155

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	CM Ahmed Bouzidi	2153	9	1½	1981	−41
2	CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah	2179	10	5½	2187	+4
3	CM Yacine Barbaria	2176	10	5	2189	+2
4	FM Zoubaier Amdouni	2166	6	3½	2106	−5
5	FM Hamed Ben Ghanem	2099	9	4½	2124	+3

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 France FRA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530GM Etienne Bacrot 26201 2GM Maxime Lagarde 25931CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 21790 3CM Yacine Barbaria 21760GM MarcAndria Maurizzi 26121 4GM Jules Moussard 26021FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20990

Round 2 v Oman OMA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Salim Al Amri Salim Mohammed 19511CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530 2CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 2179½Mohammed Khalfan Al Saidi 1934½ 3CM Mana Al Kathiri 18860CM Yacine Barbaria 21761 4FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20991Mahad Al Amri 17600

Round 3 v Philippines PHI

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Michael Jr. Concio 24051CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530 2CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 21790IM Paulo Bersamina 23981 3IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia 24441CM Yacine Barbaria 21760 4FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20990GM Darwin Laylo 23471

Round 4 v Brunei Darussalam BRU

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Ahmed Bouzidi 2153½CM Md Omar Ak Hafizon Pg 2100½ 2Rodney Lim Teck Guan 19020CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 21791 3CM Yacine Barbaria 21761Ahmad Akmal 18430 4Md. Danish Zaqwan Md. Hadi 18300FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20991

Round 5 v Mexico MEX

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero 23791CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530 2CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 2179½FM Joshua Adrian Avila Rodriguez 2279½ 3FM Arturo A. Fernandez Hernandez 22671CM Yacine Barbaria 21760 4FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20991FM Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez 21840

Round 6 v Cameroon CMR

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 21791FM Ebosse Kingue Victor Patrick 19950 2Donkeng Hussel 2020½CM Yacine Barbaria 2176½ 3FM Zoubaier Amdouni 21661Noumbo Vidal 18820 4IM Amba Oyon Marius Claude 19630FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20991

Round 7 v Algeria ALG

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Adlane Arab 24531CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530 2CM Yacine Barbaria 2176½IM Saad Belouadah 2320½ 3Ala Eddine Boulrens 22051FM Zoubaier Amdouni 21660 4FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20990FM Massinas Djabri 22701

Round 8 v Bahrain BRN

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530FM Husain Ayyad 20801 2CM Ali Al-Ghasra 19910CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 21791 3CM Yacine Barbaria 21761FM Maher Ayyad 19460 4Khalaf Bukhalaf 18000FM Zoubaier Amdouni 21661

Round 9 v Nigeria NGR

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha 2287½CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 2179½ 2CM Yacine Barbaria 21760FM Abdulrahman Akintoye Abdulraheem 23161 3IM Odion Aikhoje 22461FM Zoubaier Amdouni 21660 4FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 20990Odey Goodness Ekunke 22801

Round 10 v Guam GUM

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21531CM Elmer Prudente 19830 2CM Tuan An Tran 1945½CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 2179½ 3FM Zoubaier Amdouni 2166½Cristian Tenezaca 1875½ 4Benchly Cabanayan Buccat 1888½FM Hamed Ben Ghanem 2099½

Round 11 v Dominican Republic DOM

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Josue Araujo Sanchez 23191CM Ahmed Bouzidi 21530 2CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah 2179½FM David Daniel Camacho Campusano 2195½ 3FM Christopher Guzman 22360CM Yacine Barbaria 21761 4FM Zoubaier Amdouni 21661FM Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz 22870

Team awards

Comeback Match

Round 2, board 1 lost
Tunisia TUN2½Oman OMA1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Safety First

5.25average castling move

Round 5, castled in 4 of 4 games
Tunisia TUN

Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.

Comeback Match

Round 8, board 1 lost
Tunisia TUN3Bahrain BRN1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Comeback Match

Round 11, board 1 lost
Tunisia TUN2½Dominican Republic DOM1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Deep Thinkers

3:03per move

Round 11, 135 moves timed in 4 games
Tunisia TUN

Most seconds per move over the team's games with usable clocks.