Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
POL
Seeded 9, category A
8 won, 1 drawn, 2 lost
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Poland as a nation

Poland

In numbers

5

place of 189 after round 11

17

match points from 11 matches

28½

game points; TB1 381, TB3 160

2360

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	IM Oliwia Kiolbasa	2386	10	7	2529	+19
2	IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya	2363	10	7½	2491	+19
3	IM Klaudia Kulon	2375	10	6½	2374	+3
4	GM Monika Socko	2350	8	4½	2213	−10
5	WGM Alicja Sliwicka	2324	6	3	2106	−25

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 Zimbabwe ZIM

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23631Christine Makwena 18980 2WCM Kudzanayi Charinda 18950IM Klaudia Kulon 23751 3GM Monika Socko 23501Mathe Nomalungelo 17920 4Carol Ndlovu 17180WGM Alicja Sliwicka 23241

Round 2 v Turkmenistan TKM

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Lala Shohradova 21470IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 23861 2IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23631WCM Leyla Shohradova 21010 3WFM Jahan Rejepova 20270IM Klaudia Kulon 23751 4WGM Alicja Sliwicka 23240Mahri Agamuradova 19391

Round 3 v Latvia LAT

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 23861WGM Laura Rogule 22560 2FM Marija Kuznecova 22570IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23631 3IM Klaudia Kulon 23751WGM Ilze Berzina 21770 4WFM Naomi Maklakova 20950GM Monika Socko 23501

Round 4 v Vietnam VIE

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham 2348½IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 2386½ 2IM Klaudia Kulon 23751WGM Thi Kim Phung Vo 23110 3WIM Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong 20980GM Monika Socko 23501 4WGM Alicja Sliwicka 2324½WGM Luong Phuong Hanh 2210½

Round 5 v India IND

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Humpy Koneru 2509½IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 2386½ 2IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23631GM Rameshbabu Vaishali 24690 3GM Divya Deshmukh 2490½IM Klaudia Kulon 2375½ 4GM Monika Socko 2350½IM Vantika Agrawal 2395½

Round 6 v China CHN

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 2386½GM Jiner Zhu 2550½ 2IM Yuxin Song 24571IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23630 3IM Klaudia Kulon 23750IM Miaoyi Lu 23711 4WIM Tianqi Yan 23381GM Monika Socko 23500

Round 7 v Georgia GEO

1½–2½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 23861GM Nana Dzagnidze 24780 2GM Nino Batsiashvili 24661IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23630 3IM Klaudia Kulon 23750IM Lela Javakhishvili 24241 4IM Meri Arabidze 2370½GM Monika Socko 2350½

Round 8 v Iran IRI

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Mobina Alinasab 2317½IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 2386½ 2IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23631WIM Melika Mohammadi 23420 3WIM Mitra Asgharzadeh 2118½GM Monika Socko 2350½ 4WGM Alicja Sliwicka 2324½WIM Anousha Mahdian 2110½

Round 9 v Cuba CUB

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 23861WGM Maritza Arribas Robaina 22570 2WGM Yerisbel Miranda Llanes 2251½IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 2363½ 3IM Klaudia Kulon 23751WGM Yaniela Forgas Moreno 22490 4WIM Ineymig Hernandez Gil 21571GM Monika Socko 23500

Round 10 v Mongolia MGL

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WIM Bat-Erdene Mungunzul 2402½IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 2386½ 2IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23631WGM Turmunkh Munkhzul 22900 3WCM Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan 2285½IM Klaudia Kulon 2375½ 4WGM Alicja Sliwicka 23241IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul 23170

Round 11 v Kazakhstan KAZ

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1IM Oliwia Kiolbasa 2386½GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 2536½ 2IM Alua Nurman 24550IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 23631 3IM Klaudia Kulon 2375½IM Meruert Kamalidenova 2413½ 4WIM Elnaz Kaliakhmet 23471WGM Alicja Sliwicka 23240

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
Poland POL4Zimbabwe ZIM0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Déjà Vu

3identical moves

Round 2, with Black: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5
Poland POL

Two of the team's games with the same colour that followed the same moves for longest; both are listed.

Whitewash

Round 3
Poland POL4Latvia LAT0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Team of the Round

2566performance

Round 5, opponents averaged 2466
Poland POL2½India IND1½

Highest performance over the four boards: average opponent rating plus 400 × (wins − losses) ÷ 4, all four played against rated opponents.