Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
DJI
Seeded 176, category E
2 won, 0 drawn, 8 lost, 1 unpaired
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Djibouti as a nation

Djibouti

In numbers

182

place of 189 after round 11

5

match points from 10 matches

16½

game points; TB1 70½, TB3 65

1416

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi	1416	9	4	1566	+34
2	Ahmed Hassan Fatouma	–	10	2½	1513	–
3	Moun Mohamde Ibrahim	–	10	3	1304	–
4	Hamid Ahmed Sitti	–	10	4	919	–

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 New Zealand NZL

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14160WFM Anya Thurner 18741 2WFM Nadia Braganza 19161Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 0 3Moun Mohamde Ibrahim 0WFM Wanyao Sarah Sun 18921 4WFM Emily Cathay Gan 18521Hamid Ahmed Sitti 0

Round 2 v Timor-Leste TLS

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Maria Soares de Araujo 17240Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14161 2Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 0Sonizia A.Tilman da Silva 16751 3Elfiana dos Santos 16741Moun Mohamde Ibrahim 0 4Hamid Ahmed Sitti 0Embelina Agusta Soares 15871

Round 3 v Saint Lucia LCA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14160WCM TrisAnn Richards 17011 2WCM Chelsea Wahid 16651Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 0 3Moun Mohamde Ibrahim 0Vernesa James 14351 4Kiara Lambert 0Hamid Ahmed Sitti 1

Round 4 v Bermuda BER

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14160Kaelyn Fleming 14711 2Yasmin Flanagan 17841Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 0 3Moun Mohamde Ibrahim ½Sophia Burch 1503½ 4Francesca Cressall-Haycock 0Hamid Ahmed Sitti 1

Round 5 v Democratic Republic of the Congo COD

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1Hatty Kisita −Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 1416+2Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 0Omari Tshibola Sagesse 1 3Tracy Sankya ½Moun Mohamde Ibrahim ½ 4Hamid Ahmed Sitti 0Claudine Bahati Mbebe 1

Round 6 v Central African Republic CAF

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Nelly Melissa Mangalo 17800Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14161 2Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 1Salome Langue 17280 3Myriam Augusta Roberta Yanga-Esso 0Moun Mohamde Ibrahim 1 4Hamid Ahmed Sitti 1Berenice Armelle Langue Simba 0

Round 7 v Guinea GUI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14160Fatoumata Tafory Fofana 1 2Nsira Gassama 0Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 1 3Moun Mohamde Ibrahim 0Mariame Seth Keita 1 4Manangbe Sougoule 1Hamid Ahmed Sitti 0

Round 8 v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Ronnia R Durham-Balcombe 16011Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14160 2Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 0Stacy Baptiste-King 1 3Molissa Francita Ashton ½Moun Mohamde Ibrahim ½ 4Hamid Ahmed Sitti 0Kazene Pierre 1

Round 10 v Gabon GAB

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14161Pauline C. Kendall Onanga Ndjimba 0 2Felicia Ngoua Oyane ½Ahmed Hassan Fatouma ½ 3Moun Mohamde Ibrahim ½Lyne Marley Sabine Oussou ½ 4Kristyna Elisee Ndam Ziza 0Hamid Ahmed Sitti 1

Round 11 v Sierra Leone SLE

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Jerelyn Adeshola Mary Beckley 0Yousra Mahdi Abdillahi 14161 2Ahmed Hassan Fatouma 0Sonia Boyle 1 3Mary Salamatu Farmer 1Moun Mohamde Ibrahim 0 4Hamid Ahmed Sitti 0Sarah Kamara 1

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 6
Djibouti DJI4Central African Republic CAF0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Thrill Ride

18eval swings

Round 6
Djibouti DJI4Central African Republic CAF0

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.

Déjà Vu

3½identical moves

Round 8, with White: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3
Djibouti DJI

Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.