Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
ANT
Seeded 178, category E
3 won, 2 drawn, 6 lost
Also in the Open section
Antigua and Barbuda as a nation

Antigua and Barbuda

In numbers

163

place of 189 after round 11

8

match points from 11 matches

19

game points; TB1 96, TB3 73

–

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Alicia Thomas	–	8	1½	784	–
2	Nicole Grant	–	9	3	1375	–
3	Cherry-Ann Benjamin	–	10	5	1470	–
4	Iola Simmons	–	5	0	916	–
5	Ateila Bobb	–	11	8½	1643	–

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 United Arab Emirates UAE

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Nicole Grant 0WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20111 2WIM Ahlam Rashed 18501Cherry-Ann Benjamin 0 3Iola Simmons 0Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 18621 4WCM Essa Mariam 17581Ateila Bobb 0

Round 2 v Yemen YEM

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17851Alicia Thomas 0 2Cherry-Ann Benjamin 0Mada Elshereif 18221 3Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 1Iola Simmons 0 4Ateila Bobb ½Aida mostafa fadel rashaD ½

Round 3 v Curacao CUR

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1Nicole Grant 1Fabianny Costa 14820 2WCM Liana Pieter 17351Cherry-Ann Benjamin 0 3Iola Simmons 0Vanilla Jubitana 1 4Zayra Rico 0Ateila Bobb 1

Round 4 v Eswatini SWZ

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Nicole Grant 0Sibisi Nomcebo 15251 2WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390Cherry-Ann Benjamin 1 3Iola Simmons 0Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15701 4Mkhweli Siphosethu 1414½Ateila Bobb ½

Round 5 v Burundi BDI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Kelly Karelle Kaze 14001Alicia Thomas 0 2Nicole Grant 0Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15281 3Kwizera Benissa 1Iola Simmons 0 4Ateila Bobb 1Ishimwe Claire Leilla 0

Round 6 v Sierra Leone SLE

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Jerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley 1Alicia Thomas 0 2Nicole Grant 0Sonia Boyle 1 3Mary Salamatu Farmer 0Cherry-Ann Benjamin 1 4Ateila Bobb ½Sarah Kamara ½

Round 7 v Gabon GAB

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Alicia Thomas ½Pauline C. Kendall Onanga Ndjimba ½ 2Felicia Ngoua Oyane 0Nicole Grant 1 3Cherry-Ann Benjamin 1Lyne Marley Sabine Oussou 0 4Kristyna Elisee Ndam Ziza 0Ateila Bobb 1

Round 8 v Vanuatu VAN

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Alicia Thomas 0Delrieu Lou-Anne 15671 2Lukai Marguerite 15311Nicole Grant 0 3Cherry-Ann Benjamin 0Delrieu Kaina 15061 4Enock Mathilde 14350Ateila Bobb 1

Round 9 v Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1Joy Williams 1Alicia Thomas 0 2Nicole Grant 0Isabella Jeetlall 1 3Kennedi Kangalee 0Cherry-Ann Benjamin 1 4Ateila Bobb 1Kaellaa Fyfield-Jones 0

Round 10 v Guinea GUI

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Bintya Bangoura 0Alicia Thomas 1 2Nicole Grant 1Nsira Gassama 0 3Mariame Seth Keita 1Cherry-Ann Benjamin 0 4Ateila Bobb 1Manangbe Sougoule 0

Round 11 v Seychelles SEY

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1Alicia Thomas 0Roysha Mougal 1 2Clea Pierre −Nicole Grant +3Cherry-Ann Benjamin 1Muthu Pooja Manavalan 0 4Rachelle Hoareau 15880Ateila Bobb 1

Team awards

Safety First

5.33average castling move

Round 5, castled in 3 of 4 games
Antigua and Barbuda ANT

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

Sprint Match

86moves

Round 7, 7 + 39 + 20 + 20
Antigua and Barbuda ANT3½Gabon GAB½

The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.

Quietest Match

29captures

Round 7
Antigua and Barbuda ANT3½Gabon GAB½

The match with the fewest captures over its four boards.

Comeback Match

Round 11, board 1 lost
Antigua and Barbuda ANT3Seychelles SEY1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.