Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
AZE
Seeded 7, category A
7 won, 1 drawn, 3 lost
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Azerbaijan as a nation

Azerbaijan

In numbers

16

place of 189 after round 11

15

match points from 11 matches

28½

game points; TB1 355, TB3 150

2362

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva	2402	9	5	2341	−7
2	WGM Govhar Beydullayeva	2392	10	6½	2364	0
3	IM Gunay Mammadzada	2351	9	6	2296	−3
4	IM Khanim Balajayeva	2356	8	5½	2313	+1
5	IM Gulnar Mammadova	2311	8	5½	2253	−2

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 Guatemala GUA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 23921WCM Jenny Fernanda Santiago Sontay 18440 2WFM Deycy Daniela Raymundo 18320IM Gunay Mammadzada 23511 3IM Khanim Balajayeva 23561WCM Dairyn D. Lopez L. 17250 4WCM Kerstin Danielle Reinhard Moller 17190IM Gulnar Mammadova 23111

Round 2 v Denmark DEN

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Sarah Sima Derlich 21070IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 24021 2IM Gunay Mammadzada 23511WFM Ellen Kakulidis 20880 3WFM Esmat Susanne Guindy 20410IM Khanim Balajayeva 23561 4IM Gulnar Mammadova 23111WFM Sofie Bech Durrfeld 20070

Round 3 v Sweden SWE

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 2402½GM Pia Cramling 2388½ 2WIM Inna Agrest 2250½WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 2392½ 3IM Gunay Mammadzada 2351½Lavinia Valcu 2170½ 4Angelina Fransson 20410IM Gulnar Mammadova 23111

Round 4 v England ENG

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Bodhana Sivanandan 2354½IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 2402½ 2WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 23921WGM Lan Yao 22700 3IM Jovanka Houska 2297½IM Khanim Balajayeva 2356½ 4IM Gulnar Mammadova 2311½IM Harriet V Hunt 2284½

Round 5 v Serbia SRB

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 2402½IM Teodora Injac 2406½ 2IM Alina Bivol 2345½WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 2392½ 3IM Gunay Mammadzada 23511WGM Elif Mehmed 23160 4WIM Jovana Srdanovic 22980IM Khanim Balajayeva 23561

Round 6 v Kazakhstan KAZ

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 2392½GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 2536½ 2IM Alua Nurman 24551IM Gunay Mammadzada 23510 3IM Khanim Balajayeva 2356½IM Meruert Kamalidenova 2413½ 4WIM Zarina Nurgaliyeva 2303½IM Gulnar Mammadova 2311½

Round 7 v Armenia ARM

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Lilit Mkrtchian 23531IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 24020 2WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 2392½WGM Mariam Mkrtchyan 2374½ 3GM Elina Danielian 23821IM Khanim Balajayeva 23560 4IM Gulnar Mammadova 23111WIM Susanna Gaboyan 21790

Round 8 v Argentina ARG

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 2402½WGM Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu 2268½ 2WIM Maria Jose Campos 2230½WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 2392½ 3IM Gunay Mammadzada 2351½WIM Anapaola S. Borda Rodas 2204½ 4WIM Anna Laura Scarsi 2212½IM Gulnar Mammadova 2311½

Round 9 v Czech Republic CZE

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Natasa Richterova 21940IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 24021 2WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 23921WFM Anna Lhotska 21490 3WFM Lucie Rybackova 20880IM Gunay Mammadzada 23511 4IM Khanim Balajayeva 23561WGM Tereza Rodshtein 21250

Round 10 v Slovenia SLO

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 24020IM Laura Unuk 23011 2WIM Zala Urh 22081WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 23920 3IM Gunay Mammadzada 2351½WFM Anja Beber 2272½ 4WFM Vesna Mihelic 21521IM Gulnar Mammadova 23110

Round 11 v Iran IRI

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Mobina Alinasab 23170IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva 24021 2WGM Govhar Beydullayeva 23921WIM Melika Mohammadi 23420 3WIM Mitra Asgharzadeh 2118½IM Gunay Mammadzada 2351½ 4IM Khanim Balajayeva 2356½WIM Parva Behzad Nazif 2098½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Azerbaijan AZE4Guatemala GUA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 2
Azerbaijan AZE4Denmark DEN0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Precision Nation

97% accuracy

Round 4, 4 analysed games
Azerbaijan AZE

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

Treaty of Samarkand

Round 8
Azerbaijan AZE2Argentina ARG2

A 2–2 match of four draws, peace signed on every board.

Bloodiest Match

100captures

Round 8
Azerbaijan AZE2Argentina ARG2

The match with the most captures over its four boards.

Precision Nation

96.9% accuracy

Round 8, 4 analysed games
Azerbaijan AZE

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

Whitewash

Round 9
Azerbaijan AZE4Czech Republic CZE0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.