Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
ITA
Seeded 33, category A
6 won, 1 drawn, 4 lost
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Italy as a nation

Italy

In numbers

50

place of 189 after round 11

13

match points from 11 matches

22½

game points; TB1 263½, TB3 138

2189

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Marina Brunello	2308	10	7	2389	+15
2	IM Olga Zimina	2305	9	3½	2117	−21
3	WIM Tea Gueci	2134	10	5½	2160	+11
4	WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein	2108	8	3	1885	−46
5	WFM Giulia Sala	2088	7	3½	1974	−14

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 Ghana GHA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Marina Brunello 23081WCM Maud Benson 16990 2WCM Gertrude Banini 16670WIM Tea Gueci 21341 3WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 21081Ridham 17330 4Dotse Dzidzor Esi 15310WFM Giulia Sala 20881

Round 2 v Iceland ISL

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Lenka Ptacnikova 20820IM Olga Zimina 23051 2WIM Tea Gueci 2134½WFM Hallgerdur Thorsteinsdottir 1995½ 3WFM Gudrun Fanney Briem 18651WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 21080 4WFM Giulia Sala 20881WCM Idunn Helgadottir 18690

Round 3 v Bulgaria BUL

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Nurgyul Salimova 2439½IM Marina Brunello 2308½ 2IM Olga Zimina 23050WGM Nadya Toncheva 24081 3WGM Gabriela Antova 22361WIM Tea Gueci 21340 4WFM Giulia Sala 2088½FM Gergana Peycheva 2225½

Round 4 v Chile CHI

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Marina Brunello 2308½WIM Javiera Belen Gomez Barrera 2181½ 2WCM Monserrat Morales Flores 19720IM Olga Zimina 23051 3WIM Tea Gueci 21341WFM Francisca Valenti Sanchez Tobar 19490 4Rocio Contreras Suazo 1875½WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 2108½

Round 5 v Tajikistan TJK

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Marina Brunello 23081Marvorii Nasriddinzoda 20540 2WFM Nadezhda Antonova 1913½IM Olga Zimina 2305½ 3WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 21081Rukhshona Saidova 18920 4Nozanin Makhmudova 18581WFM Giulia Sala 20880

Round 6 v Switzerland SUI

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2495½IM Marina Brunello 2308½ 2IM Olga Zimina 23050WIM Mariia Manko 22851 3WIM Sofiia Hryzlova 2254½WIM Tea Gueci 2134½ 4WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 21080WGM Ghazal Hakimifard 22431

Round 7 v Ecuador ECU

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Anahi Ortiz Verdezoto 2245½IM Marina Brunello 2308½ 2WIM Tea Gueci 21341WGM Carla Heredia Serrano 21170 3Kerly Samantha Jaramillo Rivadeneira 1937½WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 2108½ 4WFM Giulia Sala 20881WFM Arlette Guerrero Caicedo 18700

Round 8 v France FRA

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Marina Brunello 2308½GM Marie Sebag 2401½ 2IM Sophie Milliet 23581IM Olga Zimina 23050 3WIM Tea Gueci 21340IM Pauline Guichard 23441 4WIM Manon Schippke 22711WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 21080

Round 9 v Uzbekistan 3 UZB

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Zilola Aktamova 20780IM Marina Brunello 23081 2IM Olga Zimina 23051WIM Maftuna Bobomurodova 20300 3WFM Barchinoy Shokirjonova 1996½WIM Tea Gueci 2134½ 4WFM Kamilla Rubinshtein 21080WCM Ozoda Shakhzodova 19641

Round 10 v Serbia SRB

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1IM Marina Brunello 23081IM Alina Bivol 23450 2WGM Elif Mehmed 23161IM Olga Zimina 23050 3WIM Tea Gueci 21341WIM Jovana Srdanovic 22980 4WGM Sofia Pogorelskikh 22441WFM Giulia Sala 20880

Round 11 v Ukraine UKR

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn 2463½IM Marina Brunello 2308½ 2IM Olga Zimina 23050GM Anna Ushenina 24121 3IM Nataliya Buksa 23901WIM Tea Gueci 21340 4WFM Giulia Sala 20880Tetyana Skarbarchuk 22211

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Italy ITA4Ghana GHA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Favourite Piece

27.57% of the team's moves

Round 5, Bishops, 59 of 214 moves
Italy ITA

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