Chess Olympiad 2026

United States of America

In numbers

4

place of 206 after round 11

17

match points from 11 matches

29

game points; TB1 391½, TB3 157

2741

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Fabiano Caruana	2789	9	5½	2734	−5
2	GM Wesley So	2774	9	6	2691	−4
3	GM Hans Moke Niemann	2725	11	7	2658	−8
4	GM Levon Aronian	2725	8	6	2699	0
5	GM Awonder Liang	2693	7	4½	2569	−8

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 Iraq IRQ

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Chiya mder hamad 19830GM Wesley So 27741 2GM Hans Moke Niemann 27251FM Zozek Salah Mohammed 22410 3CM Ali Ehsan Aryan 2163½GM Levon Aronian 2725½ 4GM Awonder Liang 26931FM Dhahir Habeeb Muazaz 21190

Round 2 v Mongolia MGL

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Fabiano Caruana 27891GM Sumiya Bilguun 24140 2IM Amilal Munkhdalai 2491½GM Hans Moke Niemann 2725½ 3GM Levon Aronian 27251IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin 24450 4IM Khuyagtsogt Itgelt 24351GM Awonder Liang 26930

Round 3 v Denmark DEN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2615½GM Fabiano Caruana 2789½ 2GM Wesley So 27741GM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo 25790 3GM Mads Andersen 25490GM Hans Moke Niemann 27251 4GM Awonder Liang 26930GM Bjorn Moller Ochsner 24781

Round 4 v Ukraine UKR

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Fabiano Caruana 27891GM Vasyl Ivanchuk 26300 2GM Anton Korobov 26100GM Wesley So 27741 3GM Hans Moke Niemann 2725½GM Ihor Samunenkov 2608½ 4GM Roman Dehtiarov 25080GM Levon Aronian 27251

Round 5 v Germany GER

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Vincent Keymer 2764½GM Fabiano Caruana 2789½ 2GM Wesley So 2774½GM Matthias Bluebaum 2662½ 3GM Frederik Svane 26551GM Hans Moke Niemann 27250 4GM Levon Aronian 2725½GM Alexander Donchenko 2625½

Round 6 v Norway NOR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Fabiano Caruana 2789½GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 2656½ 2GM Elham Amar 2577½GM Wesley So 2774½ 3GM Hans Moke Niemann 27251GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal 25710 4IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen 2499½GM Awonder Liang 2693½

Round 7 v Armenia ARM

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Haik M. Martirosyan 2664½GM Fabiano Caruana 2789½ 2GM Wesley So 27740GM Robert Hovhannisyan 26421 3GM Shant Sargsyan 2630½GM Hans Moke Niemann 2725½ 4GM Awonder Liang 26931GM Gabriel Sargissian 26100

Round 8 v Serbia SRB

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Fabiano Caruana 27891GM Alexey Sarana 26660 2GM Aleksandar Indjic 25980GM Hans Moke Niemann 27251 3GM Levon Aronian 2725½GM Alexandr Predke 2598½ 4GM Velimir Ivic 26010GM Awonder Liang 26931

Round 9 v Uzbekistan UZB

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 27621GM Fabiano Caruana 27890 2GM Wesley So 27741GM Javokhir Sindarov 27780 3GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 26851GM Hans Moke Niemann 27250 4GM Levon Aronian 2725½GM Mukhiddin Madaminov 2611½

Round 10 v Greece GRE

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Nikolas Theodorou 2633½GM Wesley So 2774½ 2GM Hans Moke Niemann 2725½GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2525½ 3GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis 25670GM Levon Aronian 27251 4GM Awonder Liang 26931GM Dimitris Alexakis 25330

Round 11 v Turkiye TUR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Fabiano Caruana 2789½GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2716½ 2GM Ediz Gurel 2636½GM Wesley So 2774½ 3GM Hans Moke Niemann 27251GM Isik Can 25690 4GM Emre Can 25340GM Levon Aronian 27251

Team awards

Team of the Round

2889performance

Round 4, opponents averaged 2589
United States of America USA3½Ukraine UKR½

Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.

Team of the Round

2916performance

Round 8, opponents averaged 2616
United States of America USA3½Serbia SRB½

Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.