Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
BDI
Seeded 167, category E
3 won, 2 drawn, 6 lost
Also in the Open section
Burundi as a nation

Burundi

In numbers

158

place of 189 after round 11

8

match points from 11 matches

16½

game points; TB1 109½, TB3 88

1492

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Niyukuri Mariette	1547	10	2½	1494	−23
2	Kelly Karelle Kaze	1400	10	3	968	−32
3	Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys	1528	10	5	1543	−3
4	Kwizera Benissa	–	10	5	1252	–
5	Ishimwe Claire Leilla	–	4	1	689	–

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 El Salvador ESA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Andrea Ortez 19811Niyukuri Mariette 15470 2Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000WIM Angie Garcia 20211 3WCM Marielos Vasquez Vasquez 19231Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15280 4Kwizera Benissa 0WFM Celina Palacios 19011

Round 2 v Lebanon LBN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Niyukuri Mariette 15470WCM Skye Attieh 18241 2WCM Remy Al Asmar 17841Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000 3Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15280Fatima Abou Taam 16611 4Kate Attieh 15911Kwizera Benissa 0

Round 3 v Brunei Darussalam BRU

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Niyukuri Mariette 15470Aqilah Adawiyah 16791 2Jumani Shazni 1Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000 3Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15281Nur Farzana Saiful Azmi 14500 4Fazreena Hussin 1632½Kwizera Benissa ½

Round 4 v Afghanistan AFG

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1Azizi Setareh 1Niyukuri Mariette 15470 2Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15280Nooreen Gouhari 1 3Belqis Gunesh 0Kwizera Benissa 1 4Ishimwe Claire Leilla 1Zainab Farahmand 0

Round 5 v Antigua and Barbuda ANT

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite 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 Kosovo * KOS

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Niyukuri Mariette 15470Jona Recica 17401 2WCM Rinesa Saraci 17291Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000 3Kwizera Benissa 0Alba Pllana 14701 4Binela Karadolami 14891Ishimwe Claire Leilla 0

Round 7 v Sierra Leone SLE

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Jerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley 0Niyukuri Mariette 15471 2Kelly Karelle Kaze 14001Sonia Boyle 0 3Mary Salamatu Farmer 0Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15281 4Ishimwe Claire Leilla 0Sarah Kamara 1

Round 8 v Fiji FIJ

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Niyukuri Mariette 15470WFM Kieran Lyons 17991 2WCM Tanvi Prasad 15411Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000 3Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15281Luisa Corpuz 0 4Latileta Masau 14961Kwizera Benissa 0

Round 9 v Papua New Guinea PNG

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1Liberty Joku 1Niyukuri Mariette 15470 2Kelly Karelle Kaze 14001Luciana Age 0 3Natasha Mimino 1Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 15280 4Kwizera Benissa 1Christine Wosley 0

Round 10 v Myanmar MYA

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Niyukuri Mariette 1547½May Phoo Zum 1575½ 2Min Amarawatti 17501Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000 3Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 1528½Lin Lin Htet 1488½ 4May Myint Myat ½Kwizera Benissa ½

Round 11 v Bermuda BER

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Kaelyn Fleming 14710Niyukuri Mariette 15471 2Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000Yasmin Flanagan 17841 3Kelly Massa ½Mucowinganji M.e Alicia Keys 1528½ 4Kwizera Benissa 1Francesca Cressall-Haycock 0

Team awards

Theory Match

54½opening moves

Round 6
Burundi BDI0Kosovo * KOS4

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

Favourite Piece

24.09% of the team's moves

Round 9, Queens, 33 of 137 moves
Burundi BDI

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