Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
CAY
Seeded 149, category D
3 won, 3 drawn, 5 lost
Also in the Open section
Cayman Islands as a nation

Cayman Islands

In numbers

131

place of 189 after round 11

9

match points from 11 matches

19

game points; TB1 152, TB3 102

1550

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WCM Zara Majid	1681	10	5	1835	+57
2	Aalyah Derby	1577	10	5	1682	+38
3	Anvita Niranjan Patil	1544	10	5½	1720	+73
4	Abbie McClenaghan	1487	10	2½	1325	−46
5	Hannah Shen	1459	4	1	989	−15

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 Denmark DEN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Sarah Sima Derlich 21071WCM Zara Majid 16810 2Aalyah Derby 15770WFM Ellen Kakulidis 20881 3WFM Anna Sofie Li 20021Anvita Niranjan Patil 15440 4Abbie McClenaghan 14870WFM Esmat Susanne Guindy 20411

Round 2 v Morocco MAR

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1WCM Zara Majid 16811Sarah El Barbry 18540 2Salma Lagmou 18370Anvita Niranjan Patil 15441 3Abbie McClenaghan 14870WFM Ahlam Makhlouf 18061 4Wissal Echcharbiny 18061Hannah Shen 14590

Round 3 v Bahamas BAH

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Zara Majid 16811WFM Polina Karelina 19290 2WCM Nelissa Thomas 15460Aalyah Derby 15771 3Anvita Niranjan Patil 1544½WCM Daijah Johnson 1607½ 4WCM Chika Pride 17861Hannah Shen 14590

Round 4 v Uruguay URU

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Nahiara Fabra 18871Aalyah Derby 15770 2Anvita Niranjan Patil 15440WFM Andreina Quevedo 18601 3Agustina Silva 18541Abbie McClenaghan 14870 4Hannah Shen 14590Caterina Altesor 17771

Round 5 v Mozambique MOZ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1WCM Zara Majid 16811WIM Vania Fausto Da T. Vilhete 18670 2WCM Cheila Andre Sitoe 17481Aalyah Derby 15770 3Anvita Niranjan Patil 15441WCM Neusa Aridas De Castro 17210 4Naira Sinoia 15591Abbie McClenaghan 14870

Round 6 v Saudi Arabia KSA

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1WCM Dalia Alsemairi 18021WCM Zara Majid 16810 2Aalyah Derby 15771Abrar Mohammed Ahmad Almalki 18200 3Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi 15430Anvita Niranjan Patil 15441 4Abbie McClenaghan 14870Alreshidi Shrouq Ali M 16991

Round 7 v Guatemala GUA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Zara Majid 16810WCM Jenny Fernanda Santiago Sontay 18441 2WCM Dairyn D. Lopez L. 17250Aalyah Derby 15771 3Anvita Niranjan Patil 15440WCM Kerstin Danielle Reinhard Moller 17191 4WIM Carolina Mazariegos Kummerfeldt 19191Abbie McClenaghan 14870

Round 8 v Cambodia CAM

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Rose Ann Pin-Ag Flores 0WCM Zara Majid 16811 2Aalyah Derby 1577½Soporpatey Phon 1437½ 3Sophary Chea 0Anvita Niranjan Patil 15441 4Abbie McClenaghan 14871Chanthy Nov 0

Round 9 v Honduras HON

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Zara Majid 1681½WFM Valeria Viana 1873½ 2Camila Mejia 16081Aalyah Derby 15770 3Anvita Niranjan Patil 15441Heaven Alvarenga 15600 4WCM Diana Bobadilla 17621Abbie McClenaghan 14870

Round 10 v Aruba ARU

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Zara Majid 16810WCM Annelaine Jacobs 17531 2Milaydes Lourdes Moreno Mora 1673½Aalyah Derby 1577½ 3Anvita Niranjan Patil 15440Thamara Sagastegui 16341 4Wignifer Y. Mendoza Chourio 1519½Abbie McClenaghan 1487½

Round 11 v Afghanistan AFG

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Azizi Setareh ½WCM Zara Majid 1681½ 2Aalyah Derby 15771Nooreen Gouhari 0 3Belqis Gunesh 0Abbie McClenaghan 14871 4Hannah Shen 14591Zainab Farahmand 0

Team awards

Slingshot

152points lower on average

Round 3
Cayman Islands CAY2½Bahamas BAH1½

Won a match against the team that looked strongest on paper: the largest gap in average rating, all four boards played and rated.

Theory Match

60½opening moves

Round 3
Cayman Islands CAY2½Bahamas BAH1½

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

Wandering Kings

15.75king moves per game

Round 4, 63 king moves in 4 games
Cayman Islands CAY

Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.

Escape Artists

3games saved

Round 8, the deepest hole -10.00
Cayman Islands CAY

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