Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
NIG
Seeded 168, category E
3 won, 1 drawn, 7 lost
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Niger as a nation

Niger

In numbers

173

place of 189 after round 11

7

match points from 11 matches

14½

game points; TB1 71½, TB3 81

1623

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	Mahamadou Leila Aicha	1623	10	2	956	−93
2	Zeinabou Boubacar	–	11	3	919	–
3	Zakari Abdou Yasmina	–	11	6½	1640	–
4	Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram	–	9	2	869	–

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 Bangladesh BAN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230WIM Ahmed Wadifa 19561 2WFM Anjum Noshin 20281Zeinabou Boubacar 0 3Zakari Abdou Yasmina 0WCM Walijah Ahmed 19491 4WCM Alo Nusrat Jahan 20061Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 0

Round 2 v Guam GUM

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Myra Ollet 16861Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230 2Zeinabou Boubacar 0WCM Carmina Jasmine Ramas 17831 3WCM Tiffany Benzon 17171Zakari Abdou Yasmina 0 4Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 0Esther Combs 1

Round 3 v Sudan SUD

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1WCM Sabreen Oraby 18231Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230 2Zeinabou Boubacar 0Rawan Mansor 16911 3Lena Rashad Taha Omer 1Zakari Abdou Yasmina 0 4Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram −Aaya Rashad Taha Omer +

Round 4 v Chad CHA

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230Aicha Mahamat Bagamla 1 2Fatime Ali Moustapha 0Zeinabou Boubacar 1 3Zakari Abdou Yasmina 1Hourra mahamat Bagamla 0 4Zouleikha Ali Moustapha 0Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 1

Round 5 v Senegal SEN

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230CM Nadezhda Marochkina 18091 2Ndeye Fatou Top 16521Zeinabou Boubacar 0 3Zakari Abdou Yasmina 1Ndeye Fatma Diop 0 4Yaye Fatou Deme Kamara 1Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 0

Round 6 v Palau PLW

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1WFM Angelica Parrado 1686−Mahamadou Leila Aicha 1623+2Zeinabou Boubacar 0WCM Angelil Sisior 16851 3Baby Edna Mission 16130Zakari Abdou Yasmina 1 4Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 0Roxanne Corro 15141

Round 7 v South Sudan SSD

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16231Calvary John Khamis Kamunde 0 2Aluong Riak Thon Ajak 0Zeinabou Boubacar 1 3Zakari Abdou Yasmina 1Julia Achok Arkangelo Miakol 0 4Aluel Elizabeth Akuei Deng 0Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 1

Round 8 v Malawi MAW

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230WCM Ellen Mpinganjira 15461 2WCM Jailos Rachel 15661Zeinabou Boubacar 0 3Zakari Abdou Yasmina ½George Anny 1596½ 4Kapende Shalom 15711Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 0

Round 9 v Aruba ARU

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1, + and − mark forfeits

1WCM Annelaine Jacobs 17531Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230 2Zeinabou Boubacar 0Milaydes Lourdes Moreno Mora 16731 3Thamara Sagastegui 16341Zakari Abdou Yasmina 0 4Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram −Wignifer Y. Mendoza Chourio 1519+

Round 10 v Comoros Islands COM

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Isma Ismaila Djailane 0Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16231 2Zeinabou Boubacar 1Fahima Ali Mohamed Mohamed 0 3Bambaouma Maissane 0Zakari Abdou Yasmina 1 4Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 0Ahmed Houmairaou 1

Round 11 v Timor-Leste TLS

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1Mahamadou Leila Aicha 16230Maria Soares de Araujo 17241 2Sonizia A.Tilman da Silva 16751Zeinabou Boubacar 0 3Zakari Abdou Yasmina 1Elfiana dos Santos 16740 4Embelina Agusta Soares 15871Koundou Ballama Magaram Malaram 0

Team awards

Comeback Match

Round 4, board 1 lost
Niger NIG3Chad CHA1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Whitewash

Round 7
Niger NIG4South Sudan SSD0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Finishers

4checkmates

Round 7, 4 of 4 wins by checkmate on the board
Niger NIG

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Sprint Match

109moves

Round 8, 42 + 23 + 27 + 17
Niger NIG½Malawi MAW3½

The match whose four boards were over quickest, in moves added together; forfeits never count.