Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
BEL
Seeded 51, category B
7 won, 0 drawn, 4 lost
Also in the Open section
Belgium as a nation

Belgium

In numbers

39

place of 189 after round 11

14

match points from 11 matches

25½

game points; TB1 249, TB3 123

2062

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WIM Hanne Goossens	2248	10	5	2075	−35
2	WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys	2123	9	4½	1966	−30
3	WFM Nele Vanhuyse	2041	9	4½	1950	−21
4	Radoslawa Lascar	1975	9	6½	2052	+21
5	Sarah Dierckens	1923	7	5	1939	+7

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 Bahrain BRN

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21231Najla Ahmed 15780 2WCM Zainab Alafoo 16630WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20411 3Radoslawa Lascar 19751WCM Wafa Yaqoob 15340 4Sondos Obaid 15250Sarah Dierckens 19231

Round 2 v United States of America USA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Hanne Goossens 22480IM Carissa Yip 24681 2IM Alice Lee 24531WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21230 3WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20410GM Irina Krush 23931 4IM Rose Atwell 23421Radoslawa Lascar 19750

Round 3 v Iraq IRQ

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Sardar Othman Nvar 16490WIM Hanne Goossens 22481 2WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21231WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18380 3WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18301WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20410 4Radoslawa Lascar 19751Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17490

Round 4 v South Africa RSA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Chloe Badenhorst 19970WIM Hanne Goossens 22481 2WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 2123½WIM Anzel Laubscher 1817½ 3WCM Hayley Nel 18640Radoslawa Lascar 19751 4Sarah Dierckens 19230Sizakele Masango 18801

Round 5 v Romania ROU

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Hanne Goossens 22480IM Irina Bulmaga 23591 2WIM Miruna-Daria Lehaci 22821WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21230 3WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20410WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma 22341 4WIM Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva 2133½Radoslawa Lascar 1975½

Round 6 v Tajikistan TJK

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Marvorii Nasriddinzoda 20541WIM Hanne Goossens 22480 2WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20410WFM Nadezhda Antonova 19131 3Rukhshona Saidova 18920Radoslawa Lascar 19751 4Sarah Dierckens 1923½Nozanin Makhmudova 1858½

Round 7 v Zimbabwe ZIM

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Hanne Goossens 22481Christine Makwena 18980 2Mathe Nomalungelo 17920WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21231 3Radoslawa Lascar 1975½Carol Ndlovu 1718½ 4Tehillah A Makwiranzou 16240Sarah Dierckens 19231

Round 8 v Sri Lanka SRI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana 22671WIM Hanne Goossens 22480 2WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21230WFM K M Dahamdi Sanudula 19671 3H Sandithi Kusalya Alwis 1776½WFM Nele Vanhuyse 2041½ 4Radoslawa Lascar 1975½B Yenuthi Sahanlee Perera 1900½

Round 9 v Tunisia TUN

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Amen Miladi 1912½WIM Hanne Goossens 2248½ 2WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20411WCM Nadine Rjeb 18530 3WCM Meriem Ben Amor 18470Radoslawa Lascar 19751 4Sarah Dierckens 19231Chahd Bousselmi 17470

Round 10 v Angola ANG

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Hanne Goossens 22481WFM Jemima Paulo 20230 2WFM Luzia Pires 19901WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21230 3WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20411WIM Esperanca Caxita 19870 4WFM Ednasia Junior 1938½Sarah Dierckens 1923½

Round 11 v Paraguay PAR

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Gabriela Vargas 2123½WIM Hanne Goossens 2248½ 2WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21231WCM Fiorella Allegra Mayeregger Gonzalez 19790 3WFM Renata Valentina Mayeregger Gonzalez 19050WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20411 4Sarah Dierckens 19231WFM Helen Montiel Caceres 19000

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Belgium BEL4Bahrain BRN0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Escape Artists

2games saved

Round 1, the deepest hole -7.75
Belgium BEL

Most games won or drawn from a position the engine had at −3.00 or worse.

Zeitnot Nation

47.1% under five minutes

Round 5, 121 of 257 moves in 4 games
Belgium BEL

Highest share of moves played with under five minutes on the clock.

Thrill Ride

7eval swings

Round 7
Belgium BEL3½Zimbabwe ZIM½

The match with the most swings between a one-pawn lead for White and one for Black over its four boards; every board needs Lichess's full analysis.