Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
EST
Seeded 41, category B
6 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost
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Estonia as a nation

Estonia

In numbers

42

place of 189 after round 11

13

match points from 11 matches

29

game points; TB1 320, TB3 134

2143

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Mai Narva	2411	9	6½	2439	+6
2	WIM Margareth Olde	2242	10	7½	2329	+30
3	WFM Sofia Blokhin	2046	10	7	2153	+32
4	WCM Grete Olde	2002	8	3½	1949	−9
5	WIM Monika Tsiganova	2014	6	3½	2029	+4

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 Palau PLW

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1WIM Margareth Olde 22421WCM Angelil Sisior 16850 2Baby Edna Mission 16130WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461 3WCM Grete Olde 20021Roxanne Corro 15140 4Joan Gemota 1499−WIM Monika Tsiganova 2014+

Round 2 v Panama PAN

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Ashley Alexandra Castillo Beitia 20870WIM Margareth Olde 22421 2WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461WFM Layla Yasmira Caicedo Rios 18440 3WFM Mariana Esther Lobo Jimenez 18181WCM Grete Olde 20020 4WIM Monika Tsiganova 20141WCM Maria Angelica Carrillo Marval 18080

Round 3 v Switzerland SUI

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2495½IM Mai Narva 2411½ 2WIM Margareth Olde 22421WIM Mariia Manko 22850 3WGM Ghazal Hakimifard 22431WFM Sofia Blokhin 20460 4WCM Grete Olde 2002½WIM Camille De Seroux 2152½

Round 4 v Netherlands NED

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Mai Narva 24111IM Eline Roebers 23780 2GM Zhaoqin Peng 2353½WIM Margareth Olde 2242½ 3WCM Grete Olde 20020WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian 23331 4WIM Robin Duson 21731WIM Monika Tsiganova 20140

Round 5 v United Arab Emirates UAE

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20360IM Mai Narva 24111 2WIM Margareth Olde 22421WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20110 3WIM Ahlam Rashed 18500WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461 4WIM Monika Tsiganova 20141Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 18620

Round 6 v Portugal POR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Mai Narva 24111WGM Filipa Fortuna Pipiras 22900 2WFM Mariana Silva 20170WIM Margareth Olde 22421 3WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461WFM Camila Biscaya Avelino 19480 4Bianca Albano Jeremias 19410WCM Grete Olde 20021

Round 7 v Greece GRE

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Mai Narva 2411½IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 2441½ 2FM Anastasia Avramidou 23301WIM Margareth Olde 22420 3WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461WIM Ekaterini Pavlidou 21410 4WFM Maria Tsakona 21351WIM Monika Tsiganova 20140

Round 8 v South Africa RSA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Chloe Badenhorst 19970IM Mai Narva 24111 2WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461WIM Anzel Laubscher 18170 3WCM Hayley Nel 18640WCM Grete Olde 20021 4WIM Monika Tsiganova 20141Sizakele Masango 18800

Round 9 v England ENG

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Bodhana Sivanandan 2354½IM Mai Narva 2411½ 2WIM Margareth Olde 2242½IM Jovanka Houska 2297½ 3IM Harriet V Hunt 22841WFM Sofia Blokhin 20460 4WCM Grete Olde 20020WGM Elmira Mirzoeva 21811

Round 10 v Egypt EGY

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite 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 Hungary HUN

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Mai Narva 2411½IM Zsoka Gaal 2357½ 2IM Szidonia Lazarne Vajda 2289½WIM Margareth Olde 2242½ 3WFM Sofia Blokhin 20460IM Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene 23151 4WIM Kata Karacsonyi 21371WCM Grete Olde 20020

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Estonia EST4Palau PLW0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Déjà Vu

4½identical moves

Round 3, with Black: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Estonia EST

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

Zeitnot Nation

44.5% under five minutes

Round 4, 110 of 247 moves in 4 games
Estonia EST

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

Whitewash

Round 5
Estonia EST4United Arab Emirates UAE0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 6
Estonia EST4Portugal POR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 8
Estonia EST4South Africa RSA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.