Belarus at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 29 of 206 — 14 match points, 29 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: GM Denis Lazavik (2621) — 7.5/10
Board 2: GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487) — 4/8
Board 3: IM Artiom Stribuk (2504) — 8/11
Board 3: GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415) — 4.5/8
Board 4: IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392) — 5/7

Matches

Round 1: Belarus 4 – 0 Cameroon
1	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	0-1	FM Ebosse Kingue Victor Patrick (1995)	game
2	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1-0	Donkeng Hussel (2020)	game
3	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	0-1	Noumbo Vidal (1882)	game
4	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	1-0	IM Amba Oyon Marius Claude (1963)	game
Round 2: Belarus 4 – 0 Panama
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1-0	IM Roberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez (2344)	game
2	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	0-1	FM Alexei Tapia Ostolaza (2203)	game
3	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1-0	CM Ruben Abraham Ulloa Castillo (2178)	game
4	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	0-1	FM Efren Andres Ramos Espinoza (2162)	game
Round 3: Belarus 1 – 3 Spain
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1/2-1/2	GM David Anton Guijarro (2650)	game
2	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	1-0	GM Maksim Chigaev (2621)	game
3	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1/2-1/2	GM Jaime Santos Latasa (2615)	game
4	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	1-0	GM Daniil Yuffa (2584)	game
Round 4: Belarus 3 – 1 Algeria
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	0-1	IM Adlane Arab (2453)	game
2	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	1/2-1/2	IM Saad Belouadah (2320)	game
3	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	0-1	Ala Eddine Boulrens (2205)	game
4	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	1/2-1/2	FM Khalil Bengherabi (2131)	game
Round 5: Belarus 3.5 – 0.5 Sri Lanka
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1/2-1/2	IM Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (2469)	game
2	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1-0	CM S Sivathanujan (2180)	game
3	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	0-1	T H D Thisarindu Induwara (2162)	game
4	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	1-0	CM B Janukshan (2145)	game
Round 6: Belarus 2 – 2 Poland
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1-0	GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2743)	game
2	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	1-0	GM Szymon Gumularz (2609)	game
3	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1/2-1/2	GM Jan Malek (2587)	game
4	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	1/2-1/2	GM Jakub Seemann (2512)	game
Round 7: Belarus 2 – 2 Romania
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1/2-1/2	GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2654)	game
2	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1/2-1/2	GM Constantin Lupulescu (2569)	game
3	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	1/2-1/2	GM David Gavrilescu (2520)	game
4	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	1/2-1/2	IM Filip Magold (2494)	game
Round 8: Belarus 1.5 – 2.5 Ukraine
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1/2-1/2	GM Igor Kovalenko (2642)	game
2	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	0-1	GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2628)	game
3	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1/2-1/2	GM Anton Korobov (2620)	game
4	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	1/2-1/2	GM Ihor Samunenkov (2607)	game
Round 9: Belarus 2.5 – 1.5 Tajikistan
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1/2-1/2	IM Jaloliddin Ilkhomi (2391)	game
2	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	1/2-1/2	FM Mekhriddin Sharifov (2419)	game
3	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1/2-1/2	IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev (2408)	game
4	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	0-1	FM Amin Kabilov (2285)	game
Round 10: Belarus 1.5 – 2.5 England
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	0-1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	game
2	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1/2-1/2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	game
3	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	1-0	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	game
4	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	0-1	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	game
Round 11: Belarus 4 – 0 Bangladesh
1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	1-0	IM Rahman Mohammad Fahad (2431)	game
2	GM Maksim Tsaruk (2487)	0-1	IM Reja Neer Manon (2420)	game
3	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	1-0	FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia (2362)	game
4	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	0-1	GM Niaz Murshed (2342)	game

Women

Rank 64 of 189 — 12 match points, 26.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228) — 6.5/10
Board 2: WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234) — 6/10
Board 3: FM Veranika Abramkina (2254) — 6.5/10
Board 3: WFM Nika Venskaya (2155) — 3/7
Board 4: WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116) — 4.5/7

Matches

Round 1: Belarus 4 – 0 Lesotho
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	0-1	WCM Bonolo Ntsielo (1803)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	1-0	Naleli Teeke (1706)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	0-1	Boitumelo Sethabathaba (1615)	game
4	WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)	1-0	Pontso Makhebesela (1519)	game
Round 2: Belarus 3 – 1 Albania
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	1-0	WFM Klean Shuqja (2008)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	1-0	WFM Kler Caku (2184)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	1-0	WFM Eglantina Shabanaj (1902)	game
4	WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116)	0-1	WCM Ailin Ndreko (1846)	game
Round 3: Belarus 1.5 – 2.5 Germany
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	0-1	GM Elisabeth Paehtz (2404)	game
2	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	1/2-1/2	WGM Hanna Marie Klek (2293)	game
3	WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)	1/2-1/2	FM Jana Schneider (2302)	game
4	WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116)	1/2-1/2	FM Lara Schulze (2283)	game
Round 4: Belarus 3 – 1 Monaco
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	1-0	WGM Tatiana Dornbusch (2184)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	1-0	WIM Marija Zvereva (2018)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	0-1	WCM Fiorina Berezovsky (1937)	game
4	WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116)	1-0	WIM Julia Lebel-Arias (1699)	game
Round 5: Belarus 3.5 – 0.5 Kyrgyzstan
1	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	0-1	WFM Nurai Sovetbekova (2029)	game
2	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	1-0	WFM Aleksandra Samaganova (1943)	game
3	WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)	1/2-1/2	WFM Begimai Zairbek kyzy (1973)	game
4	WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116)	1-0	WFM Aimonchok Zhunusbekova (1930)	game
Round 6: Belarus 2 – 2 Hungary
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	1/2-1/2	IM Zsoka Gaal (2357)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	0-1	IM Szidonia Lazarne Vajda (2289)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	1/2-1/2	WGM Petra Papp (2283)	game
4	WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116)	1-0	IM Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene (2315)	game
Round 7: Belarus 2 – 2 Spain
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	1-0	IM Marta Garcia Martin (2349)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	1/2-1/2	IM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez (2363)	game
3	WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)	1/2-1/2	WGM Monica Calzetta Ruiz (2181)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	0-1	IM Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili (2305)	game
Round 8: Belarus 1.5 – 2.5 Serbia
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	0-1	IM Teodora Injac (2405)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	1/2-1/2	IM Alina Bivol (2331)	game
3	WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)	1-0	WGM Elif Mehmed (2325)	game
4	WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116)	0-1	WGM Sofia Pogorelskikh (2263)	game
Round 9: Belarus 4 – 0 Venezuela
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	1-0	WIM Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid (2075)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	0-1	WFM Vicmary C. Perez Hernandez (2011)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	1-0	WIM Tairu Manuela Rovira Contreras (2004)	game
4	WFM Yuliya Liavonava (2116)	0-1	WCM Mariana Coromoto Teran Angel (1977)	game
Round 10: Belarus 1.5 – 2.5 Bulgaria
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	1-0	IM Nurgyul Salimova (2429)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	1-0	WGM Nadya Toncheva (2378)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	0-1	WGM Beloslava Krasteva (2356)	game
4	WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)	1/2-1/2	FM Gergana Peycheva (2225)	game
Round 11: Belarus 0.5 – 3.5 Turkmenistan
1	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka (2228)	1-0	WFM Lala Shohradova (2147)	game
2	WFM Varvara Poliakova (2234)	0-1	WCM Leyla Shohradova (2101)	game
3	FM Veranika Abramkina (2254)	1/2-1/2	WFM Jahan Rejepova (2027)	game
4	WFM Nika Venskaya (2155)	0-1	Mahri Agamuradova (1939)	game