Events · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

Costa Rica at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 69 of 206 — 12 match points, 25.5 game points. Full standings

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Matches

Round 1: Costa Rica 4 – 0 Seychelles
1IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)0-1Michel Zialor (1967)game
2IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)1-0Timothy Kate (1772)game
3FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)0-1CM Ragul Pillay (1603)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)1-0CM Benjamin Hoareau (1827)game
Round 2: Costa Rica 0 – 4 Romania
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)1-0GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2654)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)0-1GM Constantin Lupulescu (2569)game
3IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)1-0GM David Gavrilescu (2520)game
4FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)0-1IM Filip Magold (2494)game
Round 3: Costa Rica 3 – 1 Palestine
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)1/2-1/2Ahmad Abdel Wahab (2066)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)1/2-1/2Majed Altell (2044)game
3FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)1-0Yazid Elhayek (2063)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)0-1CM Mohammed Damaj (2112)game
Round 4: Costa Rica 1.5 – 2.5 Switzerland
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)1/2-1/2GM Sebastian Bogner (2547)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)1-0GM Nico Georgiadis (2535)game
3IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)1/2-1/2IM Fabian Baenziger (2426)game
4FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)1/2-1/2FM Colin Federer (2263)game
Round 5: Costa Rica 4 – 0 Morocco
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)0-1FM Mohamed-Mehdi Aithmidou (2255)game
2IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)1-0CM Yasser Hadj Kholti (2238)game
3FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)0-1Nidal Ghanoui (2112)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)1-0Noureddine Messala (2092)game
Round 6: Costa Rica 4 – 0 Sudan
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)0-1IM Omar Eltigani (2259)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)1-0FM Ahmed Hassan (2190)game
3IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)0-1CM Siddig Eltag (2149)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)1-0CM Moawia Ahmed Holi Ali (2089)game
Round 7: Costa Rica 2.5 – 1.5 Latvia
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)1/2-1/2GM Toms Kantans (2556)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)0-1GM Nikita Meshkovs (2521)game
3IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)1-0CM Georgijs Germanovs (2389)game
4FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)1-0FM Reinis Paikens (2296)game
Round 8: Costa Rica 1 – 3 Georgia
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)1-0GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2550)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)1-0GM Nikolozi Kacharava (2525)game
3IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)1-0GM Levan Pantsulaia (2492)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)0-1GM Luka Paichadze (2461)game
Round 9: Costa Rica 1 – 3 Indonesia
1IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)0-1GM Susanto Megaranto (2488)game
2IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)0-1IM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan (2416)game
3FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)0-1IM Satria Duta Cahaya (2412)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)1-0IM Nayaka Budhidharma (2383)game
Round 10: Costa Rica 1 – 3 Wales
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)1/2-1/2IM Jose Camacho Collados (2350)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)1/2-1/2FM Jonathan L B Blackburn (2239)game
3FM David Alejandro Cabezas Solano (2271)1-0CM Ifan Rathbone-Jones (2148)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)0-1CM Alex Bullen (2096)game
Round 11: Costa Rica 3.5 – 0.5 Iraq
1IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2305)1-0FM Zozek Salah Mohammed (2241)game
2IM Emmanuel Jimenez Garcia (2380)0-1CM Ali Ehsan Aryan (2163)game
3IM Sebastian Mihajlov (2372)1-0FM Ali Layth Ahmed Alothman (2214)game
4FM Matias Haziel Lizano Quiros (2169)1/2-1/2FM Dhahir Habeeb Muazaz (2119)game

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Rank 57 of 189 — 13 match points, 24.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Matches

Round 1: Costa Rica 4 – 0 Equatorial Guinea
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)1-0Gemima Ngomo Mbanggame
2WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)0-1Iluminada Cristina Ada Nsue Bondomogame
3WCM Victoria Canales Chinchilla (1837)1-0Orpa Angue Ondo Obono (1614)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)0-1Justa Mbasogo Eyama Oye (1526)game
Round 2: Costa Rica 0 – 4 Vietnam
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)0-1IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham (2348)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)1-0WIM Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong (2098)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)0-1WGM Luong Phuong Hanh (2210)game
4WCM Victoria Canales Chinchilla (1837)1-0WGM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (2277)game
Round 3: Costa Rica 3 – 1 Puerto Rico
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)1-0WCM Yanira Rivera Negron (1867)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)1-0WCM Coralys M. Alvarado Perez (1693)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)0-1WCM Gabriela S. Vera Perez (1674)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)1-0Yorelis M. Febles Otero (1641)game
Round 4: Costa Rica 2 – 2 Sweden
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)1-0GM Pia Cramling (2380)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)1-0WIM Inna Agrest (2250)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)1/2-1/2Lavinia Valcu (2170)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)1/2-1/2WFM Anna Cramling Bellon (2106)game
Round 5: Costa Rica 0 – 4 Canada
1WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)0-1WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet (2281)game
2WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)1-0WIM Svitlana Demchenko (2166)game
3WCM Victoria Canales Chinchilla (1837)0-1WFM Oksana Golubeva (2086)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)1-0WFM Hanxi (Hancy) Jiang (1908)game
Round 6: Costa Rica 3 – 1 Andorra
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)1/2-1/2WFM Andrea Henderson de La Fuente (1972)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)1-0WCM Julia Muratet Carmona (1820)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)1/2-1/2Ariadna De la Riva Real (1792)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)1-0WCM Alexandra Muratet Carmona (1792)game
Round 7: Costa Rica 1.5 – 2.5 South Africa
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)0-1WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)0-1WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)game
3WCM Victoria Canales Chinchilla (1837)1/2-1/2WCM Hayley Nel (1864)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)1-0Sizakele Masango (1880)game
Round 8: Costa Rica 4 – 0 Guatemala
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)0-1WCM Jenny Fernanda Santiago Sontay (1844)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)1-0WFM Deycy Daniela Raymundo (1832)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)0-1WCM Dairyn D. Lopez L. (1725)game
4WCM Victoria Canales Chinchilla (1837)1-0WCM Kerstin Danielle Reinhard Moller (1719)game
Round 9: Costa Rica 3.5 – 0.5 Syria
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)1/2-1/2WFM Roula Mahmoud (1872)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)0-1WFM Manar Khalil (1863)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)1-0WIM Nibal Algildah (1905)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)0-1Doha. Farha (1876)game
Round 10: Costa Rica 1 – 3 Philippines
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)1-0WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (2260)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)1-0WIM Ruelle Canino (2160)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)1-0WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda (2134)game
4WCM Victoria Canales Chinchilla (1837)0-1WFM Shania Mae Mendoza (2076)game
Round 11: Costa Rica 2.5 – 1.5 Jordan
1WIM Maria Elena Rodriguez Arrieta (1963)0-1Jood Ahmad (1784)game
2WIM Sofia Mayorga Araya (2189)1-0WFM Alshaeby Razan (1834)game
3WCM Valentina Campos Munoz (1939)1/2-1/2WCM Jeda Helal (1818)game
4WFM Olga Leticia Gamboa Alvarado (1904)0-1WIM Ruba Al-Qudah (2080)game