Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
EGY
Seeded 63, category B
6 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost
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Egypt as a nation

Egypt

In numbers

53

place of 189 after round 11

13

match points from 11 matches

25

game points; TB1 249, TB3 126

2016

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WGM Shahenda Wafa	2112	9	4½	2038	−9
2	WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki	1993	8	5	2001	+13
3	WCM Dema Alaa	2010	9	3½	1862	−56
4	WIM Joy Romany	1991	10	6	1950	−7
5	WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed	1976	8	6	1982	+17

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 Maldives MDV

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Shahenda Wafa 21121WCM Ahmed Nihaya 16120 2Abdul Rasheed Mariyam Laisa 14780WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19931 3WIM Joy Romany 19911Eana Abdulla Hassan 15810 4Aishath Alya Mohamed Shareef 14530WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 19761

Round 2 v Switzerland SUI

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Shahenda Wafa 21120GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 24951 2WIM Sofiia Hryzlova 22541WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19930 3WCM Dema Alaa 20100WGM Ghazal Hakimifard 22431 4WIM Camille De Seroux 21521WIM Joy Romany 19910

Round 3 v Honduras HON

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Leslie Carolin Torres Hernandez 18540WGM Shahenda Wafa 21121 2WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19930WFM Valeria Viana 18731 3Heaven Alvarenga 15600WCM Dema Alaa 20101 4WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 19761WCM Diana Bobadilla 17620

Round 4 v Slovenia SLO

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Laura Unuk 23011WGM Shahenda Wafa 21120 2WCM Dema Alaa 20100WIM Zala Urh 22081 3WIM Nadiia Shpanko 2182½WIM Joy Romany 1991½ 4WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 19760WFM Vesna Mihelic 21521

Round 5 v Suriname SUR

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Shahenda Wafa 21121WCM Elise Wu 19270 2WFM Catherine Kaslan 18660WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19931 3WIM Joy Romany 1991½WCM Alexandra Kaslan 1691½ 4Shefali Creebsburg 16070WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 19761

Round 6 v Chinese Taipei TPE

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Shahenda Wafa 21121Tansi Tung Wu 15730 2WCM Chi Chen 17660WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19931 3WCM Dema Alaa 20101Fan- Hsuan Kung 14960 4Pei-Xuan Wu 15730WIM Joy Romany 19911

Round 7 v Czech Republic CZE

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Joanna Worek 22781WGM Shahenda Wafa 21120 2WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19931WIM Natasa Richterova 21940 3WFM Anna Lhotska 21491WCM Dema Alaa 20100 4WIM Joy Romany 19910WFM Lucie Rybackova 20881

Round 8 v Syria SYR

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1WFM Roula Mahmoud 18721WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19930 2WCM Dema Alaa 2010½WFM Manar Khalil 1863½ 3Doha. Farha 18760WIM Joy Romany 19911 4WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 1976½Naya Bofroud 1807½

Round 9 v South Korea KOR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Shahenda Wafa 21120WFM Sunwoo Park 18971 2WCM Jooyeon Kim 18440WCM Dema Alaa 20101 3WIM Joy Romany 19911WCM Haneul Park 18080 4Polina Ten 18040WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 19761

Round 10 v Estonia EST

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Mai Narva 2411½WGM Shahenda Wafa 2112½ 2WCM Dema Alaa 20100WIM Margareth Olde 22421 3WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461WIM Joy Romany 19910 4WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 1976½WIM Monika Tsiganova 2014½

Round 11 v Wales WLS

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Imogen A L Camp 19470WIM Jana Mohamed Zaki 19931 2WCM Dema Alaa 20100Emma Zihan Kong 18741 3Susanna Fraser 17850WIM Joy Romany 19911 4WFM Zakaa Ahmed Mohamed 19761Syringa Lyn Camp 17130

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Egypt EGY4Maldives MDV0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Theory Match

56½opening moves

Round 1
Egypt EGY4Maldives MDV0

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

Chicken Nation

26.36retreats per 100 moves

Round 4, 58 of 220 moves went backwards
Egypt EGY

Most retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves; castling never counts.

Whitewash

Round 6
Egypt EGY4Chinese Taipei TPE0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 9, board 1 lost
Egypt EGY3South Korea KOR1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.