Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
IRQ
Seeded 100, category C
5 won, 0 drawn, 6 lost
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Iraq as a nation

Iraq

In numbers

120

place of 189 after round 11

10

match points from 11 matches

19½

game points; TB1 159½, TB3 116

1797

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Sardar Othman Nvar	1649	5	0	1296	−18
2	WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim	1919	9	3	1779	−35
3	WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh	1838	9	3½	1795	−14
4	WCM Sara Masood Abdullah	1830	10	6½	1893	+19
5	Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa	1749	10	5½	1771	+6

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 Ukraine UKR

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sardar Othman Nvar 16490WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn 24631 2IM Nataliya Buksa 23901WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 19190 3WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18380WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova 23171 4Tetyana Skarbarchuk 22211WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18300

Round 2 v Bahrain BRN

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Najla Ahmed 15781WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 19190 2WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18381WCM Wafa Yaqoob 15340 3Sondos Obaid 15250WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18301 4Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17491Joudi Mansoor AlFaraj 15350

Round 3 v Belgium BEL

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sardar Othman Nvar 16490WIM Hanne Goossens 22481 2WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys 21231WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18380 3WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18301WFM Nele Vanhuyse 20410 4Radoslawa Lascar 19751Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17490

Round 4 v Palau PLW

4–0

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

1WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 1919+WFM Angelica Parrado 1686−2WCM Angelil Sisior 16850WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18381 3WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18301Baby Edna Mission 16130 4Joan Gemota 14990Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17491

Round 5 v Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Milana Babic 21961Sardar Othman Nvar 16490 2WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 19190WFM Masa Babic 21471 3WFM Masa Maksimovic 20871WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18380 4Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 1749½Sofija Mimic 1961½

Round 6 v Ghana GHA

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Maud Benson 16991Sardar Othman Nvar 16490 2WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 1919½WCM Gertrude Banini 1667½ 3Ridham 17330WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18301 4Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17491Dotse Sumya Ibrahim 15970

Round 7 v Moldova MDA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 19190WFM Valentina Verbin 21291 2WFM Ana Petricenco 20241WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18380 3WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18300Victoria Bargan 19901 4Alexandra Grebeniuc 19981Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17490

Round 8 v Cote d’Ivoire CIV

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Sardar Othman Nvar 16490WFM Mazan Emmanuela Esther Ayemou 18741 2Atse Carine Noelly Marie Nde 16700WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 19191 3WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18301WCM Tchetche Marie Yavo 17030 4Akissi Victoire Sinchie Ayemou 15840Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17491

Round 9 v El Salvador ESA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Andrea Ortez 19811WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 19190 2WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 1838½WFM Marielos Vasquez Vasquez 1923½ 3WFM Celina Palacios 1901½WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 1830½ 4Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17490WIM Sonia Zepeda 20341

Round 10 v Cyprus CYP

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 1919½WCM Aida Paunescu 1691½ 2WCM Victoria Sokolova 17111WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18380 3WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18300WCM Larisa Sokolova 16901 4WCM Eleni Pica 16671Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17490

Round 11 v Togo TOG

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Isabelle Mamah 18860WIM Dlpak Ismael Ibrahim 19191 2WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh 18381WCM Sandrine Kudafa 14740 3Sandra Kudafa 14140WCM Sara Masood Abdullah 18301 4Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa 17491Afi Gracia Adjessi 15000

Team awards

Comeback Match

Round 2, board 1 lost
Iraq IRQ3Bahrain BRN1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Whitewash

Round 4
Iraq IRQ4Palau PLW0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 6, board 1 lost
Iraq IRQ2½Ghana GHA1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Comeback Match

Round 8, board 1 lost
Iraq IRQ3Cote d’Ivoire CIV1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Whitewash

Round 11
Iraq IRQ4Togo TOG0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.