Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
YEM
Seeded 93, category C
4 won, 2 drawn, 5 lost
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Yemen as a nation

Yemen

In numbers

122

place of 206 after round 11

10

match points from 11 matches

21

game points; TB1 177½, TB3 116

2192

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Basheer Al Qudaimi	2372	9	6½	2352	+2
2	IM Zendan Al-Zendani	2249	10	4½	2190	−6
3	FM Abdo Abdullah Saleh Ahmed	2160	5	3	2244	+7
4	IM Ayman Al-Halila	2138	11	3½	1992	−41
5	Khaled waleed Abdullah	2042	9	3½	2034	−6

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 Belize BIZ

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23721Kelvin Marvin Baizar 0 2Nathaniel Leonel Reyes 17640IM Zendan Al-Zendani 22491 3FM Abdo Abdullah Saleh Ahmed 21601Roger Rashid Canto 0 4Kenet Alejandro Perez 16710IM Ayman Al-Halila 21381

Round 2 v Latvia LAT

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Toms Kantans 25501IM Zendan Al-Zendani 22490 2FM Abdo Abdullah Saleh Ahmed 2160½GM Nikita Meshkovs 2535½ 3CM Georgijs Germanovs 23891IM Ayman Al-Halila 21380 4Khaled waleed Abdullah 20420GM Normunds Miezis 24051

Round 3 v Lesotho LES

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23721CM Tokelo Klaas 18790 2CM Lebajoa Tsephe 20040FM Abdo Abdullah Saleh Ahmed 21601 3IM Ayman Al-Halila 21381CM Karabo Mokete 18670 4Motsamai Bokang 18170Khaled waleed Abdullah 20421

Round 4 v Uzbekistan 3 UZB

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Saidakbar Saydaliev 2475½IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 2372½ 2IM Zendan Al-Zendani 22490IM Almas Rakhmatullaev 24181 3IM Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov 23901FM Abdo Abdullah Saleh Ahmed 21600 4IM Ayman Al-Halila 21380IM Asrorjon Omonov 23471

Round 5 v Afghanistan AFG

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Zendan Al-Zendani 2249½CM Khaiber Farazi 2128½ 2CM Habibullah Amini 2047½FM Abdo Abdullah Saleh Ahmed 2160½ 3IM Ayman Al-Halila 21381FM S.wahabuddin Mirzaad 20320 4CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi 20440Khaled waleed Abdullah 20421

Round 6 v Philippines PHI

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Paulo Bersamina 23981IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23720 2IM Zendan Al-Zendani 2249½GM Daniel Quizon 2414½ 3IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia 24441IM Ayman Al-Halila 21380 4Khaled waleed Abdullah 20420GM Darwin Laylo 23471

Round 7 v Kenya KEN

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23721Kuka Kyle 20120 2FM Simiyu Jadon 2166½IM Zendan Al-Zendani 2249½ 3IM Ayman Al-Halila 21380CM Oluka Robert Mcligeyo 21381 4CM Ben Magana 1992½Khaled waleed Abdullah 2042½

Round 8 v Pakistan PAK

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1FM Muhammad Waqar 21880IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23721 2IM Zendan Al-Zendani 22491FM Amer Karim 21470 3Zaman Sohail 19351IM Ayman Al-Halila 21380 4Khaled waleed Abdullah 20420Zorez Shabkhez 19331

Round 9 v Malawi MAW

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23721FM Joseph Mwale 22870 2CM Chiletso Chipanga 20850IM Zendan Al-Zendani 22491 3IM Ayman Al-Halila 2138½CM George Mwale 2062½ 4CM Joseph Xavier Nyambalo 20141Khaled waleed Abdullah 20420

Round 10 v Ireland IRL

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Tarun Kanyamarala 24171IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23720 2IM Zendan Al-Zendani 22490IM Tom O`Gorman 23801 3GM Alexander Baburin 23441IM Ayman Al-Halila 21380 4Khaled waleed Abdullah 2042½FM Adam Collins 2340½

Round 11 v Libya LBA

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Basheer Al Qudaimi 23721FM Mohamed Alsori Alharari 20340 2CM Ali Elier 22101IM Zendan Al-Zendani 22490 3IM Ayman Al-Halila 21380FM Yousef A. Alhassadi 21491 4CM Tawfik ezzeddin Kweiri 2140½Khaled waleed Abdullah 2042½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Yemen YEM4Belize BIZ0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Theory Match

59opening moves

Round 2
Yemen YEM½Latvia LAT3½

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

Whitewash

Round 3
Yemen YEM4Lesotho LES0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Marathon Match

269moves

Round 5, 91 + 59 + 46 + 73
Yemen YEM3Afghanistan AFG1

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