Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
GEO
Seeded 2, category A
6 won, 4 drawn, 1 lost
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Georgia as a nation

Georgia

In numbers

8

place of 189 after round 11

16

match points from 11 matches

28½

game points; TB1 360, TB3 151

2435

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	GM Nana Dzagnidze	2478	10	5	2351	−13
2	GM Nino Batsiashvili	2466	9	6	2359	−7
3	GM Bella Khotenashvili	2435	9	7	2408	+2
4	IM Lela Javakhishvili	2424	8	5	2299	−8
5	IM Meri Arabidze	2370	8	5½	2205	−7

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 Tunisia TUN

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Nadine Rjeb 18530GM Nana Dzagnidze 24781 2GM Nino Batsiashvili 24661WCM Meriem Ben Amor 18470 3WCM Yasmine Gamha 18140GM Bella Khotenashvili 24351 4IM Meri Arabidze 23701Chahd Bousselmi 17470

Round 2 v Montenegro MNE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Nana Dzagnidze 24781FM Alexandra Zherebtsova 22720 2WFM Alena Skvortsova 21431GM Bella Khotenashvili 24350 3IM Lela Javakhishvili 24240WIM Aleksandra Milovic 20681 4Mateja Popovic 19490IM Meri Arabidze 23701

Round 3 v United Arab Emirates UAE

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20360GM Nino Batsiashvili 24661 2GM Bella Khotenashvili 24351WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20110 3WIM Ahlam Rashed 18500IM Lela Javakhishvili 24241 4IM Meri Arabidze 23701WCM Essa Mariam 17580

Round 4 v Austria AUT

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Nana Dzagnidze 2478½IM Olga Badelka 2424½ 2WIM Jasmin-Denise Schloffer 2236½GM Nino Batsiashvili 2466½ 3IM Lela Javakhishvili 2424½WFM Chiara Polterauer 2083½ 4WFM Emilia Deak-Sala 2105½IM Meri Arabidze 2370½

Round 5 v Indonesia INA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Diajeng Theresa Singgih 22801GM Nana Dzagnidze 24780 2GM Nino Batsiashvili 2466½WIM Laysa Latifah 2213½ 3WIM Shafira Devi Herfesa 21300GM Bella Khotenashvili 24351 4IM Meri Arabidze 23701WIM Ummi Fisabilillah 21260

Round 6 v Uzbekistan UZB

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nana Dzagnidze 2478½WGM Afruza Khamdamova 2443½ 2IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova 23570GM Nino Batsiashvili 24661 3GM Bella Khotenashvili 24351WGM Umida Omonova 22970 4WIM Guldona Karimova 22420IM Lela Javakhishvili 24241

Round 7 v Poland POL

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 23861GM Nana Dzagnidze 24780 2GM Nino Batsiashvili 24661IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23630 3IM Klaudia Kulon 23750IM Lela Javakhishvili 24241 4IM Meri Arabidze 2370½GM Monika Socko 2350½

Round 8 v China CHN

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1GM Nana Dzagnidze 2478½GM Jiner Zhu 2550½ 2IM Yuxin Song 2457½GM Nino Batsiashvili 2466½ 3GM Bella Khotenashvili 2435½IM Miaoyi Lu 2371½ 4WGM Mo Zhai 23361IM Lela Javakhishvili 24240

Round 9 v Greece GRE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1GM Nana Dzagnidze 24781IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 24410 2FM Anastasia Avramidou 23301GM Nino Batsiashvili 24660 3GM Bella Khotenashvili 24351WIM Ekaterini Pavlidou 21410 4WFM Antonia Christodoulaki 21011IM Meri Arabidze 23700

Round 10 v England ENG

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1FM Bodhana Sivanandan 2354½GM Nana Dzagnidze 2478½ 2GM Nino Batsiashvili 2466½WGM Lan Yao 2270½ 3IM Jovanka Houska 2297½GM Bella Khotenashvili 2435½ 4IM Lela Javakhishvili 24241IM Harriet V Hunt 22840

Round 11 v India IND

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1GM Humpy Koneru 25091GM Nana Dzagnidze 24780 2GM Bella Khotenashvili 24351GM Divya Deshmukh 24900 3IM Vantika Agrawal 2395½IM Lela Javakhishvili 2424½ 4IM Meri Arabidze 2370½IM Savitha Shri B 2382½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Georgia GEO4Tunisia TUN0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 3
Georgia GEO4United Arab Emirates UAE0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Treaty of Samarkand

Round 4
Georgia GEO2Austria AUT2

A 2–2 match of four draws, peace signed on every board.

Comeback Match

Round 5, board 1 lost
Georgia GEO2½Indonesia INA1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Favourite Piece

32.38% of the team's moves

Round 5, Knights, 68 of 210 moves
Georgia GEO

For each piece, the team whose own moves have the highest share of it.

Marathon Match

277moves

Round 6, 66 + 88 + 59 + 64
Georgia GEO3½Uzbekistan UZB½

The match whose four boards ran longest, in moves added together.

Endgame Match

163½endgame moves

Round 6
Georgia GEO3½Uzbekistan UZB½

The match with the most endgame moves over its four boards.

Space Invaders

51.62per 100 moves

Round 6, 143 of 277 moves crossed the middle
Georgia GEO

Most moves into the opponent's half per 100 of the team's own moves.

Comeback Match

Round 7, board 1 lost
Georgia GEO2½Poland POL1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Theory Match

60½opening moves

Round 8
Georgia GEO1½China CHN2½

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