Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
PLE
Seeded 109, category C
5 won, 0 drawn, 6 lost
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Palestine as a nation

Palestine

In numbers

124

place of 189 after round 11

10

match points from 11 matches

17

game points; TB1 131, TB3 114

1762

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WCM Aseel Faqeeh	1628	9	2	1699	−5
2	WCM Taqwa Hamouri	1821	9	3	1751	−18
3	WCM Rahaf Faqeeh	1668	9	3½	1754	+8
4	Randa Seder	1914	9	5½	1742	−49
5	Roa Alhammouri	1781	8	3	1534	−37

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 Mongolia MGL

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul 22901WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16280 2WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18210WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan 22851 3IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul 23171WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16680 4Roa Alhammouri 17810WIM Bayarjargal Bayarmaa 21131

Round 2 v Bermuda BER

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16281Kaelyn Fleming 14710 2Yasmin Flanagan 17841WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18210 3Randa Seder 19141Sophia Burch 15030 4Kelly Massa 0Roa Alhammouri 17811

Round 3 v Ecuador ECU

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16280WIM Anahi Ortiz Verdezoto 22451 2WGM Carla Heredia Serrano 21171WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18210 3WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16680WFM Arlette Guerrero Caicedo 18701 4WCM Toala Velez Dayra Jamileth 17671Randa Seder 19140

Round 4 v Senegal SEN

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1CM Nadezhda Marochkina 18091WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16280 2WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18211Ndeye Fatou Top 16520 3Khady Niang 15100WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16681 4Randa Seder 19141Ndeye Fatma Diop 0

Round 5 v Malaysia MAS

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Li Ting Tan 20671WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16280 2WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16680WFM Kai Ni Agnes Chong 20241 3WCM Jia-Tien Chua 19381Randa Seder 19140 4Roa Alhammouri 17810Ashwiniy Kumaran 17121

Round 6 v Brunei Darussalam BRU

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18211Jumani Shazni 0 2Dk Siti Haziqah Pg Hj Janudin 16300WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16681 3Randa Seder 19141Nur Farzana Saiful Azmi 14500 4Fazreena Hussin 16320Roa Alhammouri 17811

Round 7 v El Salvador ESA

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16280WIM Andrea Ortez 19811 2WIM Angie Garcia 20211WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18210 3WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16680WFM Celina Palacios 19011 4WIM Sonia Zepeda 2034½Randa Seder 1914½

Round 8 v Yemen YEM

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17851WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16280 2WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18211Mada Elshereif 18220 3Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 0Randa Seder 19141 4Roa Alhammouri 17811Aida mostafa fadel rashaD 0

Round 9 v Tajikistan TJK

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Marvorii Nasriddinzoda 20541WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16280 2WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18210WFM Nadezhda Antonova 19131 3Rukhshona Saidova 18921WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16680 4Roa Alhammouri 17810Nozanin Makhmudova 18581

Round 10 v Mauritania MTN

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Aseel Faqeeh 16281Neimat Dahi 15700 2Bouchra Abbe 1497½WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 1668½ 3Randa Seder 19141Fatima Cheikh Sidiya 16090 4Fatimatou El Hadj Sidi 16851Roa Alhammouri 17810

Round 11 v Uganda UGA

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Taqwa Hamouri 18210WIM Sana Omprakash Kayyar 19611 2WCM Kawuma Patricia 18700WCM Rahaf Faqeeh 16681 3Randa Seder 19140WCM Asaba Juliet 18991 4Asiimwe Olivia 18461Roa Alhammouri 17810

Team awards

Comeback Match

Round 4, board 1 lost
Palestine PLE3Senegal SEN1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Whitewash

Round 6
Palestine PLE4Brunei Darussalam BRU0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Comeback Match

Round 8, board 1 lost
Palestine PLE3Yemen YEM1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Theory Match

55opening moves

Round 10
Palestine PLE2½Mauritania MTN1½

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