The Chess Olympiad 2026
Chess Olympiad 2026, Samarkand: the final table
11 rounds, a Swiss system for teams. Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 16 – 27 September 2026. 11 of 11 rounds played. Leaders by match points — Open: Uzbekistan (20); Women: China (20).
Open
The table
| # | Team | Match points | Game points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 20 | 32½ |
| =2 | Germany | 18 | 28½ |
| =2 | India | 18 | 28½ |
| =4 | United States of America | 17 | 29 |
| =4 | Azerbaijan | 17 | 28½ |
| =4 | Armenia | 17 | 27 |
| =4 | Hungary | 17 | 24½ |
| =8 | France | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | Spain | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | China | 16 | 28 |
| =8 | Ukraine | 16 | 28 |
| =8 | England | 16 | 27½ |
- Games
- 4,472
- White won
- 1,826
- Black won
- 1,544
- Drawn
- 1,102
Women
The table
| # | Team | Match points | Game points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 20 | 33 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 18 | 29 |
| =3 | United States of America | 17 | 32½ |
| =3 | India | 17 | 31 |
| =3 | Armenia | 17 | 28½ |
| =3 | Poland | 17 | 28½ |
| =3 | Mongolia | 17 | 27 |
| =8 | Slovenia | 16 | 29½ |
| =8 | Georgia | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | Vietnam | 16 | 28½ |
| =8 | Turkiye | 16 | 28 |
| 12 | England | 15 | 30½ |
- Games
- 4,086
- White won
- 1,785
- Black won
- 1,543
- Drawn
- 758
In numbers
- Games
- 8,558
- White won
- 3,611
- Black won
- 3,087
- Drawn
- 1,860
The most played openings
- Sicilian Defense 1,588
- Caro-Kann Defense 639
- Queen's Pawn Game 604
The longest game
CM Ali Elier – IM Jaloliddin Ilkhomi ½–½
139 moves, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense, Modern Line · Lichess
The games, move by move
- Giri and Keymer draw, and Germany win the match to finish on 18
- Praggnanandhaa and Rapport draw as India and Hungary split the last match 2–2
- 143 rating points below, Dudin beats Gukesh in the Olympiad's final round
- A minute on the clock, one move: Erigaisi beats Leko and India level the match
- Checkmate on f3: Wei Yi ends the Olympiad with a mate in 38 moves
- Zhu Jiner wins, China beat Vietnam 3–1 and finish first in the women's Olympiad
- Maltsevskaya beats Nurman, 92 points higher, as Poland hold Kazakhstan 2–2
- A draw with a win in it: Stockfish finds +7.05 in the final position
Round by round
Counted from the games of the official broadcast: a match counts when all four of its boards were relayed. Teams level on match points are shown by game points; the official order uses the event’s tiebreaks.
Official standingsOfficial siteThe official broadcast on Lichess