Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
SWZ
Seeded 150, category D
4 won, 1 drawn, 6 lost
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Eswatini as a nation

Eswatini

In numbers

149

place of 189 after round 11

9

match points from 11 matches

12

game points; TB1 81, TB3 102

1530

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Sibisi Nomcebo	1525	10	3	1560	−3
2	WCM Dlamini Sinqobile	1639	10	2½	1584	−12
3	Ngozo Tivumile	1501	6	0	966	−45
4	Nkwanyane Nolwazi	1570	9	4	1457	−19
5	Mkhweli Siphosethu	1414	9	2½	1474	+8

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 Mexico MEX

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390WFM Paula Sofia Hernandez Diaz 20551 2WIM Tania Miranda Rodriguez 20411Ngozo Tivumile 15010 3Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15700WCM Mia Fernanda Guzman Garcia 20071 4WCM Scarlett Daniela Olea Valle 19751Mkhweli Siphosethu 14140

Round 2 v Zimbabwe ZIM

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Christine Makwena 18981Sibisi Nomcebo 15250 2WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390WCM Kudzanayi Charinda 18951 3Mathe Nomalungelo 17921Ngozo Tivumile 15010 4Mkhweli Siphosethu 14140Carol Ndlovu 17181

Round 3 v Bhutan BHU

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1Sibisi Nomcebo 15250WCM Asha huang Limboo 14281 2Yeshey lhaden 15141Ngozo Tivumile 15010 3Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15701Pema Yangsel Dorji 14810 4Tshenden Pema 0Mkhweli Siphosethu 14141

Round 4 v Antigua and Barbuda ANT

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Nicole Grant 0Sibisi Nomcebo 15251 2WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390Cherry-Ann Benjamin 1 3Iola Simmons 0Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15701 4Mkhweli Siphosethu 1414½Ateila Bobb ½

Round 5 v Guam GUM

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sibisi Nomcebo 15251WCM Myra Ollet 16860 2WCM Tiffany Benzon 1717½WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 1639½ 3Ngozo Tivumile 15010Alexis Rian Justo 16711 4Esther Combs 0Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15701

Round 6 v Panama PAN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Ashley Alexandra Castillo Beitia 20871Sibisi Nomcebo 15250 2WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390WFM Layla Yasmira Caicedo Rios 18441 3WFM Mariana Esther Lobo Jimenez 18181Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15700 4Mkhweli Siphosethu 14140WCM Maria Angelica Carrillo Marval 18081

Round 7 v Trinidad and Tobago TTO

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sibisi Nomcebo 15250WFM Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez 19021 2WCM Shemilah James 17581WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390 3Ngozo Tivumile 15010WCM Zara La Fleur 18121 4Samantha Dolly 17611Mkhweli Siphosethu 14140

Round 8 v Afghanistan AFG

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Azizi Setareh ½Sibisi Nomcebo 1525½ 2WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16391Nooreen Gouhari 0 3Belqis Gunesh 1Ngozo Tivumile 15010 4Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15701Zainab Farahmand 0

Round 9 v Saudi Arabia KSA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sibisi Nomcebo 1525½WCM Dalia Alsemairi 1802½ 2Abrar Mohammed Ahmad Almalki 18200WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16391 3Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15700Maitha Abdulrahman A Alotaibi 15431 4Alreshidi Shrouq Ali M 16990Mkhweli Siphosethu 14141

Round 10 v South Korea KOR

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Sunwoo Park 18971Sibisi Nomcebo 15250 2WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390Michid Jargalsaikhan 19211 3WCM Jooyeon Kim 18441Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15700 4Mkhweli Siphosethu 14140Polina Ten 18041

Round 11 v Thailand THA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sibisi Nomcebo 15250Sirin Bootsumran 17891 2Natrada Kaewwattha 16721WCM Dlamini Sinqobile 16390 3Nkwanyane Nolwazi 15700Purichaya Chinkulkitniwat 16901 4Proudpitcha Suthiponpaisarn 17171Mkhweli Siphosethu 14140

Team awards

Thrill Ride

10eval swings

Round 3
Eswatini SWZ2Bhutan BHU2

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.

Slingshot

179points lower on average

Round 9
Eswatini SWZ2½Saudi Arabia KSA1½

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