Chess Olympiad 2026

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Standings
YEM
Seeded 132, category D
5 won, 0 drawn, 6 lost
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Yemen as a nation

Yemen

In numbers

125

place of 189 after round 11

10

match points from 11 matches

18

game points; TB1 122, TB3 96

1748

average rating

Roster

Board	Player	Rating	Games	Score	Perf.	±	Favourite
1	WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad	1785	11	4	1615	−45
2	Mada Elshereif	1822	11	5	1685	−33
3	Asma Ali Abdo	1638	7	2	1555	−32
4	Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen	–	8	4	1545	–
5	Aida mostafa fadel rashaD	–	7	3	1564	–

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 Slovakia SVK

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Lucia Sevcikova 21141WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17850 2Mada Elshereif 18220IM Eva Repkova 23161 3WIM Svetlana Sucikova 21661Asma Ali Abdo 16380 4Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 0WFM Viktoria Nadzamova 21451

Round 2 v Antigua and Barbuda ANT

3½–½

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17851Alicia Thomas 0 2Cherry-Ann Benjamin 0Mada Elshereif 18221 3Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 1Iola Simmons 0 4Ateila Bobb ½Aida mostafa fadel rashaD ½

Round 3 v Algeria ALG

½–3½

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 1785½WIM Hayat Toubal 1888½ 2WIM Lina Nassr 20711Mada Elshereif 18220 3Asma Ali Abdo 16380WFM Rania Nassr 18961 4WFM Imene Zerarga 18351Aida mostafa fadel rashaD 0

Round 4 v Tunisia TUN

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WFM Amen Miladi 19121WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17850 2Mada Elshereif 18220WCM Meriem Ben Amor 18471 3WCM Yasmine Gamha 18141Asma Ali Abdo 16380 4Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 0Chahd Bousselmi 17471

Round 5 v Vanuatu VAN

4–0

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17851Virelala Cinzia 15320 2Lukai Marguerite 15310Mada Elshereif 18221 3Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 1Delrieu Kaina 15060 4Enock Mathilde 14350Aida mostafa fadel rashaD 1

Round 6 v Malta MLT

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Elena Ghitza 1802½WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 1785½ 2Mada Elshereif 1822½WCM Milena Stagno 1771½ 3Yunlong Wang 17451Asma Ali Abdo 16380 4Aida mostafa fadel rashaD 0Ella Miceli-Farrugia 15831

Round 7 v Curacao CUR

3–1

Won, 2 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17850WCM Liana Pieter 17351 2Vanilla Jubitana 0Mada Elshereif 18221 3Asma Ali Abdo 16381Zayra Rico 0 4Ginger Jubitana 15460Aida mostafa fadel rashaD 1

Round 8 v Palestine PLE

1–3

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite 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 Jersey JCI

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1WCM Rachel Ruddy 16761WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17850 2Mada Elshereif 1822½Delia Donciu ½ 3WCM Daisy Carpenter 15230Asma Ali Abdo 16381 4Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 1Sarah Weber 0

Round 10 v Nicaragua NCA

0–4

Lost, 0 match pointsWhite on board 1

1WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17850CM Abigail Carolina Cabezas Calero 18411 2Marelys Cristina Espinoza Barrios 17471Mada Elshereif 18220 3Asma Ali Abdo 16380WCM Patricia Alvarez Gutierrez 18281 4Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz 16151Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 0

Round 11 v Somalia SOM

2½–1½

Won, 2 match pointsBlack on board 1

1Sabarin Mohamed Ali 15191WCM Omaima Ahmed Awad 17850 2Mada Elshereif 18221Samiro Mohamed Ali 15040 3Muniro Hussein Ismail 0Ensaf Muben Abdo Salmen 1 4Aida mostafa fadel rashaD ½Mariya Ali Jimale ½

Team awards

Whitewash

Round 5
Yemen YEM4Vanuatu VAN0

Won the match 4–0, forfeits included.

Check, Please

9.75checks per game

Round 5, 39 checks in 4 games
Yemen YEM

Most checks given per game over the team's finished games.

Promotion Party

3promotions

Round 5, 3 in 4 games (0.75 per game)
Yemen YEM

Most promotions by the team's players.

Finishers

3checkmates

Round 5, 3 of 4 wins by checkmate on the board
Yemen YEM

Most checkmates delivered on the board.

Comeback Match

Round 7, board 1 lost
Yemen YEM3Curacao CUR1

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Comeback Match

Round 9, board 1 lost
Yemen YEM2½Jersey JCI1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Comeback Match

Round 11, board 1 lost
Yemen YEM2½Somalia SOM1½

Lost on board 1 and still won the match.

Sprint Match

116moves

Round 11, 29 + 27 + 26 + 34
Yemen YEM2½Somalia SOM1½

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

Forward March

6.09retreats per 100 moves

Round 11, 7 of 115 moves went backwards
Yemen YEM

Fewest retreating moves per 100 of the team's own moves.