Chess Olympiad 2026

Women section
Standings
UAE
Seeded 83, category C
4 won, 3 drawn, 4 lost
Also in the Open section
United Arab Emirates as a nation

United Arab Emirates

In numbers

98

place of 189 after round 11

11

match points from 11 matches

20½

game points; TB1 195½, TB3 128

1903

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa	2036	9	4½	2217	+77
2	WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari	2011	11	4½	1926	−22
3	WIM Ahlam Rashed	1850	10	5½	2000	+29
4	Mouza Nasser AlShamsi	1862	7	3	1747	−36
5	WCM Essa Mariam	1758	7	3	1742	−10

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 Antigua and Barbuda ANT

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Nicole Grant 0WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20111 2WIM Ahlam Rashed 18501Cherry-Ann Benjamin 0 3Iola Simmons 0Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 18621 4WCM Essa Mariam 17581Ateila Bobb 0

Round 2 v Czech Republic CZE

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointBlack on board 1

1WGM Joanna Worek 22780WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20361 2WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 2011½WFM Anna Lhotska 2149½ 3WFM Lucie Rybackova 20881WIM Ahlam Rashed 18500 4Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 1862½WGM Tereza Rodshtein 2125½

Round 3 v Georgia GEO

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20360GM Nino Batsiashvili 24661 2GM Bella Khotenashvili 24351WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20110 3WIM Ahlam Rashed 18500IM Lela Javakhishvili 24241 4IM Meri Arabidze 23701WCM Essa Mariam 17580

Round 4 v Oman OMA

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Anat Al Aisaee 17380WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20361 2WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20111Yomna Al Nadabi 16100 3Kothar Al Mamary 15870Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 18621 4WCM Essa Mariam 17581Maryam Yusuf Al Balushi 14610

Round 5 v Estonia EST

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20360IM Mai Narva 24111 2WIM Margareth Olde 22421WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20110 3WIM Ahlam Rashed 18500WFM Sofia Blokhin 20461 4WIM Monika Tsiganova 20141Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 18620

Round 6 v Cyprus CYP

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 2011½Aikaterina Sarkisian 1612½ 2WCM Victoria Sokolova 17110WIM Ahlam Rashed 18501 3Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 18620WCM Larisa Sokolova 16901 4WCM Eleni Pica 16670WCM Essa Mariam 17581

Round 7 v Portugal POR

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WGM Filipa Fortuna Pipiras 22900WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20361 2WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20111WFM Mariana Silva 20170 3Raquel Dos Santos Duque 1948½WIM Ahlam Rashed 1850½ 4WCM Essa Mariam 17580Bianca Albano Jeremias 19411

Round 8 v Montenegro MNE

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Alena Skvortsova 21431WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20360 2WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20110WIM Aleksandra Milovic 20681 3WFM Nikolina Koljevic 1954½WIM Ahlam Rashed 1850½ 4Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 18620Mateja Popovic 19491

Round 9 v Ecuador ECU

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 2036½WIM Anahi Ortiz Verdezoto 2245½ 2WGM Carla Heredia Serrano 2117½WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 2011½ 3WIM Ahlam Rashed 18501Kerly Samantha Jaramillo Rivadeneira 19370 4WCM Toala Velez Dayra Jamileth 17671WCM Essa Mariam 17580

Round 10 v Moldova MDA

2–2

Drawn, 1 match pointWhite on board 1

1WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20361WFM Valentina Verbin 21290 2WFM Ana Petricenco 20241WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20110 3WIM Ahlam Rashed 18501Victoria Bargan 19900 4Alexandra Grebeniuc 19981WCM Essa Mariam 17580

Round 11 v Scotland SCO

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 22561WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa 20360 2WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari 20110WCM Kanishka Bhatia 20931 3WFM Suzie G. Cooke 1906½WIM Ahlam Rashed 1850½ 4Mouza Nasser AlShamsi 1862½Eve Clark 1868½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 1
United Arab Emirates UAE4Antigua and Barbuda ANT0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Finishers

4checkmates

Round 1, 4 of 4 wins by checkmate on the board
United Arab Emirates UAE

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Safety First

5average castling move

Round 2, castled in 3 of 4 games
United Arab Emirates UAE

Earliest castling on average, over the games in which the team castled at all.

Whitewash

Round 4
United Arab Emirates UAE4Oman OMA0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Bloodiest Match

95captures

Round 7
United Arab Emirates UAE2½Portugal POR1½

The match with the most captures over its four boards.