Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
KOS
Seeded 133, category D
4 won, 1 drawn, 6 lost
Also in the Open section
Kosovo * as a nation

Kosovo *

In numbers

128

place of 189 after round 11

9

match points from 11 matches

22½

game points; TB1 174½, TB3 105

1614

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Jona Recica	1740	10	5½	1821	+27
2	WCM Rinesa Saraci	1729	10	4	1654	−21
3	WCM Ndriqona Saraci	1644	8	3	1645	−6
4	Alba Pllana	1470	10	7	1794	+117
5	Binela Karadolami	1489	6	3	1619	+13

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 Canada CAN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Jona Recica 17400WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet 22601 2WIM Yunshan Li 22281WCM Rinesa Saraci 17290 3WCM Ndriqona Saraci 16440WIM Svitlana Demchenko 21661 4WFM Oksana Golubeva 20861Alba Pllana 14700

Round 2 v British Virgin Islands IVB

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Tiandra Scatliffe 0Jona Recica 17401 2WCM Rinesa Saraci 17291Makalia Fergus 0 3Alexis Ganigan 0WCM Ndriqona Saraci 16441 4Alba Pllana 14701Chane-Ann Chin 0

Round 3 v Wales WLS

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Olivia Smith 20391Jona Recica 17400 2WCM Rinesa Saraci 17290WCM Imogen A L Camp 19471 3Emma Zihan Kong 18741WCM Ndriqona Saraci 16440 4Binela Karadolami 14890Susanna Fraser 17851

Round 4 v Botswana BOT

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1Jona Recica 1740½WIM Onkemetse Francis 1874½ 2WFM Banda Natalie Katlo 19521WCM Rinesa Saraci 17290 3WCM Ndriqona Saraci 1644½WFM Thapelo Francis 1754½ 4WCM Atlang Amolemo Mosweu 17740Alba Pllana 14701

Round 5 v Morocco MAR

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Jona Recica 17400Sarah El Barbry 18541 2Salma Lagmou 1837½WCM Rinesa Saraci 1729½ 3WCM Ndriqona Saraci 16440WFM Ahlam Makhlouf 18061 4Salima Okkeli 17420Alba Pllana 14701

Round 6 v Burundi BDI

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Niyukuri Mariette 15470Jona Recica 17401 2WCM Rinesa Saraci 17291Kelly Karelle Kaze 14000 3Kwizera Benissa 0Alba Pllana 14701 4Binela Karadolami 14891Ishimwe Claire Leilla 0

Round 7 v Andorra AND

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Jona Recica 17401WCM Julia Muratet Carmona 18200 2Ariadna De la Riva Real 17921WCM Rinesa Saraci 17290 3WCM Ndriqona Saraci 1644½WCM Alexandra Muratet Carmona 1792½ 4WCM Silvia Real Puigdollers 17051Alba Pllana 14700

Round 8 v Cameroon CMR

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Magne Kouokam Sylviane 16010Jona Recica 17401 2WCM Ndriqona Saraci 16441Danwe Maissiri Carole 14000 3Wefang Lucrece 14890Alba Pllana 14701 4Binela Karadolami 14891Ngo Sohna Rose Corine 15300

Round 9 v Maldives MDV

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Ahmed Nihaya 1612½Jona Recica 1740½ 2WCM Rinesa Saraci 17290Abdul Rasheed Mariyam Laisa 14781 3Eana Abdulla Hassan 15811Alba Pllana 14700 4Binela Karadolami 14890Aishath Noya Shahurudheen Shareef 1

Round 10 v Liechtenstein LIE

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Jona Recica 1740½WCM Timea Sele 1790½ 2Sophie Mannhart 15330WCM Rinesa Saraci 17291 3Alba Pllana 14701Thelma Martinez Hengevoss 14990 4Doris Heron 0Binela Karadolami 14891

Round 11 v Guatemala GUA

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Rinesa Saraci 1729½WCM Jenny Fernanda Santiago Sontay 1844½ 2WFM Deycy Daniela Raymundo 18321WCM Ndriqona Saraci 16440 3Alba Pllana 14701WCM Kerstin Danielle Reinhard Moller 17190 4WIM Carolina Mazariegos Kummerfeldt 19191Binela Karadolami 14890

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 2
Kosovo * KOS4British Virgin Islands IVB0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Whitewash

Round 6
Kosovo * KOS4Burundi BDI0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Theory Match

54½opening moves

Round 6
Kosovo * KOS4Burundi BDI0

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

Whitewash

Round 8
Kosovo * KOS4Cameroon CMR0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Marathon Match

286moves

Round 9, 61 + 60 + 85 + 80
Kosovo * KOS½Maldives MDV3½

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

Endgame Match

179½endgame moves

Round 9
Kosovo * KOS½Maldives MDV3½

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

Wandering Kings

15king moves per game

Round 9, 60 king moves in 4 games
Kosovo * KOS

Most king moves per game over the team's finished games.