Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
ALB
Seeded 79, category C
5 won, 1 drawn, 5 lost
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Albania as a nation

Albania

In numbers

88

place of 189 after round 11

11

match points from 11 matches

23½

game points; TB1 212½, TB3 118

1934

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WFM Klean Shuqja	2007	10	5	1985	+1
2	WFM Kler Caku	2102	11	8½	2159	+59
3	WFM Eglantina Shabanaj	1902	11	4	1814	−26
4	WCM Ailin Ndreko	1846	5	2½	1776	−13
5	WCM Eklea Omeri	1813	7	3½	1861	+16

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 Dominica DMA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Zahidu Henry 14040WFM Klean Shuqja 20071 2WFM Kler Caku 21021Desalee Waynelle Daniel 14630 3Masika Edwards 0WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19021 4WCM Ailin Ndreko 18461Shermel Timothy 14130

Round 2 v Belarus FID

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka 22281WFM Klean Shuqja 20070 2WFM Kler Caku 21021WFM Varvara Poliakova 22330 3FM Veranika Abramkina 22541WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19020 4WCM Ailin Ndreko 18460WFM Yuliya Liavonava 21161

Round 3 v Aruba ARU

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WFM Klean Shuqja 20071WCM Annelaine Jacobs 17530 2Milaydes Lourdes Moreno Mora 16730WFM Kler Caku 21021 3WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19021Thamara Sagastegui 16340 4Wignifer Y. Mendoza Chourio 15190WCM Eklea Omeri 18131

Round 4 v Brazil BRA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WFM Klean Shuqja 20070Clara Dias 20221 2FM Juliana Sayumi Terao 22001WFM Kler Caku 21020 3WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19020FM Julia Alboredo 21971 4WIM Kathie Goulart Librelato 21301WCM Eklea Omeri 18130

Round 5 v Lebanon LBN

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1WCM Skye Attieh 18240WFM Kler Caku 21021 2WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19020WCM Remy Al Asmar 17841 3Fatima Abou Taam 16611WCM Ailin Ndreko 18460 4WCM Eklea Omeri 18131Kate Attieh 15910

Round 6 v Trinidad and Tobago TTO

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WFM Klean Shuqja 20071WFM Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez 19020 2WCM Shemilah James 17580WFM Kler Caku 21021 3WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19021WCM Zara La Fleur 18120 4Aradhana Ramnarine Singh 16380WCM Eklea Omeri 18131

Round 7 v Lithuania LTU

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WFM Klean Shuqja 20071WFM Gabija Simkunaite 20350 2WIM Simona Limontaite 2130½WFM Kler Caku 2102½ 3WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19021Agne Mickunaite 19770 4WFM Marija Sibajeva 1985½WCM Eklea Omeri 1813½

Round 8 v Australia AUS

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Julia Ryjanova 21801WFM Klean Shuqja 20070 2WFM Kler Caku 2102½WFM Zhiyuan Shen 2146½ 3WIM Heather S Richards 20961WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19020 4WCM Eklea Omeri 18130WFM Nguyen Mai Chi Phan 20931

Round 9 v Norway NOR

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WFM Klean Shuqja 2007½WIM Sheila Barth Stanford 2186½ 2WIM Ellen Hagesather 2155½WFM Kler Caku 2102½ 3WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19020Monika Machlik 21001 4WGM Niina Koskela 20741WCM Eklea Omeri 18130

Round 10 v Morocco MAR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Sarah El Barbry 1854½WFM Klean Shuqja 2007½ 2WFM Kler Caku 21021Salma Lagmou 18370 3Wissal Echcharbiny 18061WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19020 4WCM Ailin Ndreko 18461Salima Okkeli 17420

Round 11 v Ireland IRL

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WFM Klean Shuqja 20070WGM Trisha Kanyamarala 22891 2Alice O`Gorman 20090WFM Kler Caku 21021 3WFM Eglantina Shabanaj 19020WFM Lara Putar 19751 4WFM Diana Mirza 1950½WCM Ailin Ndreko 1846½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Albania ALB4Dominica DMA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 3
Albania ALB4Aruba ARU0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Theory Match

60½opening moves

Round 4
Albania ALB0Brazil BRA4

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

Whitewash

Round 6
Albania ALB4Trinidad and Tobago TTO0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Favourite Piece

26.13% of the team's moves

Round 7, Bishops, 52 of 199 moves
Albania ALB

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

Precision Nation

95.6% accuracy

Round 7, 4 analysed games
Albania ALB

Highest average Lichess accuracy over the team's analysed games.