Events · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

Cyprus at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 128 of 206 — 10 match points, 20 game points. Full standings

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Matches

Round 1: Cyprus 3 – 1 Djibouti
1FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1-0Mohamed Bilal Houssein (1807)game
2FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)1-0Mohamed Mahamoud Mahamoud (1760)game
3FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)0-1Ali Dima Mohamed (1741)game
4Savvas Konstantinides (1966)1-0Farhan Nour Nour (1658)game
Round 2: Cyprus 1.5 – 2.5 Australia
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)1/2-1/2GM Temur Kuybokarov (2529)game
2FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)1/2-1/2IM Rishi Sardana (2518)game
3FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)1/2-1/2GM David C Smerdon (2461)game
4Savvas Konstantinides (1966)1-0IM James Morris (2442)game
Round 3: Cyprus 3.5 – 0.5 Guyana
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)1/2-1/2CM Sachin Dhilan Pitamber (1991)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1-0Kyle Couchman (2003)game
3FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)0-1CM Taffin Khan (2005)game
4FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)1-0FM Anthony Drayton (2003)game
Round 4: Cyprus 0.5 – 3.5 Montenegro
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)1/2-1/2GM Nikita Petrov (2572)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)0-1GM Nikola Djukic (2464)game
3FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)1-0GM Luka Draskovic (2451)game
4FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)0-1FM Nemanja Vukcevic (2286)game
Round 5: Cyprus 3 – 1 South Sudan
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)1-0CM Madol Garang Panthou Joh (2170)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1/2-1/2Manyok Chaderek Panchol (2077)game
3FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)1-0CM Gong Thon Gong (2159)game
4Savvas Konstantinides (1966)1/2-1/2Lual Guet nhiany (2025)game
Round 6: Cyprus 0.5 – 3.5 Canada
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)1/2-1/2GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (2532)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1-0GM Anthony Atanasov (2481)game
3FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)0-1IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2444)game
4FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)1-0IM Sai Krishna G V (2451)game
Round 7: Cyprus 3 – 1 Monaco
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)0-1GM Igor Efimov (2263)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1-0Riccardo Costalonga (2184)game
3FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)0-1IM Damir Levacic (2090)game
4Savvas Konstantinides (1966)0-1FM Patrice Verdier (2009)game
Round 8: Cyprus 0 – 4 Denmark
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)0-1GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (2627)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1-0GM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo (2569)game
3FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)0-1GM Mads Andersen (2536)game
4FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)1-0GM Bjorn Moller Ochsner (2478)game
Round 9: Cyprus 3 – 1 Hong Kong, China
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)0-1FM Niilo Man Nissinen (2354)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1/2-1/2FM Chun Yung Samuel Lam (2255)game
3FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)1/2-1/2CM Yiheng Li (2126)game
4FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)1-0Edmond Meng Zhang (1896)game
Round 10: Cyprus 1 – 3 Cuba
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)1/2-1/2GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes (2505)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)1-0GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (2462)game
3FM Konstantinos Michaelides (2227)0-1GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz (2460)game
4FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)1/2-1/2GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza (2433)game
Round 11: Cyprus 1 – 3 Uganda
1GM Andreas Kelires (2532)0-1FM Patrick Kawuma (2237)game
2FM Rafail Antoniou (2244)0-1FM Bob Bibasa (2026)game
3FM Alexandros Isaakidis (2241)1-0FM Harold Wanyama (2161)game
4Savvas Konstantinides (1966)0-1CM Egesa emmanuel (2076)game

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Rank 84 of 189 — 11 match points, 25 game points. Full standings

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Matches

Round 1: Cyprus 0 – 4 Iran
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)0-1WIM Melika Mohammadi (2342)game
2Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1-0WIM Mitra Asgharzadeh (2118)game
3WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)0-1WIM Anousha Mahdian (2110)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)1-0WIM Parva Behzad Nazif (2098)game
Round 2: Cyprus 4 – 0 Seychelles
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)0-1Roysha Mougalgame
2Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1-0Clea Pierregame
3WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)0-1Muthu Pooja Manavalangame
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)1-0Jessee Eulentingame
Round 3: Cyprus 1.5 – 2.5 North Macedonia
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)1-0WFM Monika Stojkovska (2080)game
2WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)0-1WFM Monika Zhezhovska (2053)game
3WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)1/2-1/2WFM Ivana Manova (1958)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)1-0Sanja Trajkovska (1896)game
Round 4: Cyprus 3 – 1 Equatorial Guinea
1Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)0-1Gemima Ngomo Mbanggame
2WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)0-1Orpa Angue Ondo Obono (1614)game
3WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)1-0Justa Mbasogo Eyama Oye (1526)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)0-1Mauricia Alba Bindang Menana Asangono (1453)game
Round 5: Cyprus 2 – 2 South Africa
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)1-0WFM Chloe Badenhorst (1997)game
2Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1-0WIM Anzel Laubscher (1817)game
3WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)1/2-1/2WCM Hayley Nel (1864)game
4WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)1/2-1/2Sizakele Masango (1880)game
Round 6: Cyprus 1.5 – 2.5 United Arab Emirates
1Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1/2-1/2WIM Wafia Darwish Al Maamari (2011)game
2WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)0-1WIM Ahlam Rashed (1850)game
3WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)0-1Mouza Nasser AlShamsi (1862)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)0-1WCM Essa Mariam (1758)game
Round 7: Cyprus 4 – 0 Cameroon
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)0-1WCM Magne Kouokam Sylviane (1601)game
2Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1-0Danwe Maissiri Carole (1400)game
3WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)0-1Ngo Sohna Rose Corine (1530)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)1-0Maguiafain Kouokam Josiane (1488)game
Round 8: Cyprus 2 – 2 Botswana
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)1-0WIM Onkemetse Francis (1874)game
2Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1-0WFM Banda Natalie Katlo (1952)game
3WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)1-0WFM Thapelo Francis (1754)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)1-0WCM Otimile Maya (1806)game
Round 9: Cyprus 1.5 – 2.5 Dominican Republic
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)1-0Miguelina De La Rosa Martinez (1792)game
2Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1/2-1/2WFM Patricia Evarista Castillo Pena (1905)game
3WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)0-1WFM Mary Loly Gonzalez Peguero (1905)game
4WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)1-0Karla Mya Nunez Diaz (1703)game
Round 10: Cyprus 3.5 – 0.5 Iraq
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)1/2-1/2WIM DLPAK ISMAEL IBRAHIM (1919)game
2WCM Victoria Sokolova (1711)1-0WCM Yamama Asif Abdullah Al-Fayyadh (1838)game
3WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)0-1WCM Sara Masood Abdullah (1830)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)1-0Pshtiwan Ahmed Parwa (1749)game
Round 11: Cyprus 2 – 2 Jamaica
1WCM Aida Paunescu (1691)1-0WFM Adani Clarke (1943)game
2Aikaterina Sarkisian (1612)1-0CM Rachel Miller (1974)game
3WCM Larisa Sokolova (1690)0-1WCM Kaia Gayle (1741)game
4WCM Eleni Pica (1667)0-1Amy Stephenson (1726)game