Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
ZIM
Seeded 114, category C
5 won, 0 drawn, 6 lost
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Zimbabwe as a nation

Zimbabwe

In numbers

115

place of 206 after round 11

10

match points from 11 matches

21

game points; TB1 192, TB3 113

2133

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	FM Roy Mwadzura	2211	9	2½	2102	−28
2	Tapiwa Jele	2204	10	4½	2137	−19
3	Emarald Takudzwa Mushore	2139	10	6	2183	+11
4	Vitalis Mapuranga	2058	9	5	2138	+17
5	Mureya Terrence	2054	6	3	1942	−15

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 Ukraine UKR

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Igor Kovalenko 26421FM Roy Mwadzura 22110 2Tapiwa Jele 22040GM Anton Korobov 26101 3GM Ihor Samunenkov 26081Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21390 4Vitalis Mapuranga 2058½GM Roman Dehtiarov 2508½

Round 2 v Bahamas BAH

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Roy Mwadzura 22111Nicholas Johnson 19320 2Philip Hanna Jr 18381Tapiwa Jele 22040 3Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21391Avian Pride 18290 4William Davis 1660½Vitalis Mapuranga 2058½

Round 3 v Scotland SCO

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Roy Mwadzura 22110IM Frederick Waldhausen Gordon 24551 2IM Andrew N Greet 2416½Tapiwa Jele 2204½ 3Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21390IM Konstantinos Megalios 23731 4FM Murad Abdulla 23231Vitalis Mapuranga 20580

Round 4 v Kuwait KUW

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Bader Al-Hajiri 2033½FM Roy Mwadzura 2211½ 2Tapiwa Jele 22041CM Abdulrahman Al Ibrahim 20220 3Ali Khalaf 18090Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21391 4Mureya Terrence 20541Bader Alsayer 18220

Round 5 v South Africa RSA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Jan Karsten 23861FM Roy Mwadzura 22110 2Tapiwa Jele 2204½FM Banele Mhango 2354½ 3Charlton Mnyasta 22361Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21390 4Vitalis Mapuranga 2058½James Dinham 2124½

Round 6 v Bahrain BRN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Tapiwa Jele 2204½FM Husain Ayyad 2080½ 2CM Ali Al-Ghasra 19910Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21391 3Vitalis Mapuranga 20581FM Maher Ayyad 19460 4Nooh Rajab 16400Mureya Terrence 20541

Round 7 v Kosovo * KOS

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Nderim Saraci 24531FM Roy Mwadzura 22110 2Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21391FM Endrit Uruci 23120 3FM Muhamet Asllani 22291Vitalis Mapuranga 20580 4Mureya Terrence 20540CM Korab Saraci 22231

Round 8 v Lesotho LES

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Roy Mwadzura 22111CM Tokelo Klaas 18790 2CM Lebajoa Tsephe 2004½Tapiwa Jele 2204½ 3Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21391CM Karabo Mokete 18670 4George Mahommed 19771Mureya Terrence 20540

Round 9 v Panama PAN

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1FM Roy Mwadzura 22110IM Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez 23441 2FM Alexei Tapia Ostolaza 2203½Tapiwa Jele 2204½ 3Vitalis Mapuranga 20581CM Ruben Abraham Ulloa Castillo 21780 4FM Efren Andres Ramos Espinoza 21621Mureya Terrence 20540

Round 10 v Suriname SUR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Viresh Giasi 19970Tapiwa Jele 22041 2Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21391CM Suradj Hanoeman 19430 3Orasji Roger Junior 19440Vitalis Mapuranga 20581 4Mureya Terrence 20541Ethan Tjin Kon Kiem 18280

Round 11 v Lebanon LBN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Zayne-Eddine El Zein 22911FM Roy Mwadzura 22110 2Tapiwa Jele 22040CM Joe Assaad 22061 3CM Adib Arkadan 21481Emarald Takudzwa Mushore 21390 4Vitalis Mapuranga 2058½Ahmad Ali Hazimeh 1948½

Team awards

Favourite Piece

29.03% of the team's moves

Round 1, Rooks, 45 of 155 moves
Zimbabwe ZIM

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Finishers

1checkmate

Round 7, 1 of 1 wins by checkmate on the board
Zimbabwe ZIM

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Whitewash

Round 10
Zimbabwe ZIM4Suriname SUR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.