England at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 12 of 206 — 16 match points, 27.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666) — 6/10
Board 2: GM Michael Adams (2598) — 4.5/8
Board 3: GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630) — 6/9
Board 3: GM Luke J McShane (2607) — 7.5/10
Board 4: GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530) — 3.5/7

Matches

Round 1: England 4 – 0 Monaco
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	0-1	GM Igor Efimov (2263)	game
2	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	1-0	FM Alexis Cahen (2078)	game
3	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	0-1	IM Damir Levacic (2090)	game
4	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530)	1-0	FM Patrice Verdier (2009)	game
Round 2: England 3 – 1 Tajikistan
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	1-0	IM Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev (2404)	game
2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	1/2-1/2	IM Jaloliddin Ilkhomi (2391)	game
3	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	1-0	FM Mekhriddin Sharifov (2419)	game
4	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530)	1/2-1/2	IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev (2408)	game
Round 3: England 2 – 2 Lithuania
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	1/2-1/2	GM Titas Stremavicius (2554)	game
2	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	0-1	GM Paulius Pultinevicius (2534)	game
3	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	0-1	GM Tomas Laurusas (2535)	game
4	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530)	1/2-1/2	IM Gleb Pidluznij (2410)	game
Round 4: England 3 – 1 Singapore
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	1/2-1/2	GM Jingyao Tin (2602)	game
2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	0-1	GM Jagadeesh Siddharth (2497)	game
3	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	1/2-1/2	FM Zi Han Goh (2347)	game
4	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530)	0-1	FM Ashwath Kaushik (2303)	game
Round 5: England 2.5 – 1.5 Georgia
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	1/2-1/2	GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2550)	game
2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	1/2-1/2	GM Nikolozi Kacharava (2525)	game
3	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	1/2-1/2	GM Baadur Jobava (2572)	game
4	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	1-0	GM Luka Paichadze (2461)	game
Round 6: England 2 – 2 France
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	1/2-1/2	GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2717)	game
2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	1-0	GM Etienne Bacrot (2612)	game
3	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	1-0	GM MarcAndria Maurizzi (2624)	game
4	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	1/2-1/2	GM Jules Moussard (2637)	game
Round 7: England 1.5 – 2.5 India
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	0-1	GM Praggnanandhaa R (2761)	game
2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	1/2-1/2	GM Erigaisi Arjun (2746)	game
3	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	1-0	GM Nihal Sarin (2709)	game
4	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530)	1-0	GM Gukesh D (2703)	game
Round 8: England 1.5 – 2.5 Uzbekistan 2
1	GM Michael Adams (2598)	1/2-1/2	GM Jakhongir Vakhidov (2542)	game
2	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	1/2-1/2	GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (2548)	game
3	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	1/2-1/2	GM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (2540)	game
4	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530)	1-0	GM Khumoyun Begmuratov (2515)	game
Round 9: England 3 – 1 Peru
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	0-1	GM Jorge Cori (2575)	game
2	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	1-0	IM Steven Rojas Salas (2387)	game
3	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	1/2-1/2	IM German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe (2381)	game
4	GM Daniel Howard Fernandez (2530)	1/2-1/2	IM Fernando Miguel Fernandez Sanchez (2369)	game
Round 10: England 2.5 – 1.5 Belarus
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	0-1	GM Denis Lazavik (2621)	game
2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	1/2-1/2	IM Artiom Stribuk (2504)	game
3	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	1-0	GM Mihail Nikitenko (2415)	game
4	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	0-1	IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2392)	game
Round 11: England 2.5 – 1.5 Italy
1	GM Nikita Vitiugov (2666)	0-1	GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)	game
2	GM Michael Adams (2598)	0-1	GM Luca Jr Moroni (2556)	game
3	GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2630)	0-1	GM Francesco Sonis (2539)	game
4	GM Luke J McShane (2607)	1/2-1/2	IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)	game

Women

Rank 12 of 189 — 15 match points, 30.5 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382) — 8/11
Board 2: WGM Lan Yao (2270) — 6.5/9
Board 3: IM Jovanka Houska (2297) — 4.5/8
Board 3: IM Harriet V Hunt (2287) — 6/8
Board 4: WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181) — 5.5/8

Matches

Round 1: England 4 – 0 Barbados
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	0-1	WFM Hannah Wilson (1835)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1-0	WCM Chanon Reifer-Belle (1761)	game
3	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	0-1	Gaybrianna Moore (1634)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	1-0	WCM Kiarra Eversley (1611)	game
Round 2: England 3.5 – 0.5 Nigeria
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	1-0	WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)	game
2	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	1/2-1/2	WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)	game
3	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	1-0	Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	0-1	WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)	game
Round 3: England 3 – 1 Brazil
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	0-1	FM Juliana Sayumi Terao (2200)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1-0	FM Julia Alboredo (2197)	game
3	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	1-0	WIM Kathie Goulart Librelato (2130)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	1-0	WFM Agatha Hurba Nunes (1931)	game
Round 4: England 1.5 – 2.5 Azerbaijan
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	1/2-1/2	IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (2395)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1-0	IM Govhar Beydullayeva (2392)	game
3	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	1/2-1/2	IM Khanim Balajayeva (2357)	game
4	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	1/2-1/2	IM Gulnar Mammadova (2309)	game
Round 5: England 4 – 0 Australia
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	0-1	WFM Zhiyuan Shen (2146)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1-0	WIM Heather S Richards (2096)	game
3	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	0-1	WFM Nguyen Mai Chi Phan (2093)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	1-0	WFM Thu Giang Nguyen (2086)	game
Round 6: England 1.5 – 2.5 Ukraine
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	1/2-1/2	WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn (2463)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1/2-1/2	GM Anna Ushenina (2403)	game
3	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	1/2-1/2	IM Nataliya Buksa (2374)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	0-1	WGM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova (2300)	game
Round 7: England 4 – 0 Turkmenistan
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	1-0	WFM Lala Shohradova (2147)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	0-1	WCM Leyla Shohradova (2101)	game
3	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	1-0	Mahri Agamuradova (1939)	game
4	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	0-1	Ogulsuray Bayrambayeva (1952)	game
Round 8: England 2 – 2 Peru
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	1-0	IM Deysi Cori T. (2316)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1-0	WIM Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas (2184)	game
3	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	1/2-1/2	FM Fiorella Contreras Huaman (2168)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	1/2-1/2	WIM Aleyla Hilario (2069)	game
Round 9: England 3 – 1 Estonia
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	1/2-1/2	IM Mai Narva (2411)	game
2	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	1/2-1/2	WIM Margareth Olde (2242)	game
3	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	1-0	WFM Sofia Blokhin (2046)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	0-1	WCM Grete Olde (2002)	game
Round 10: England 1.5 – 2.5 Georgia
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	1/2-1/2	GM Nana Dzagnidze (2478)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1/2-1/2	GM Nino Batsiashvili (2459)	game
3	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	1/2-1/2	GM Bella Khotenashvili (2435)	game
4	IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)	1-0	IM Lela Javakhishvili (2415)	game
Round 11: England 2.5 – 1.5 Philippines
1	FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)	0-1	WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (2260)	game
2	WGM Lan Yao (2270)	1/2-1/2	WIM Ruelle Canino (2160)	game
3	IM Jovanka Houska (2297)	0-1	WIM Jan Jodilyn Fronda (2134)	game
4	WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)	0-1	WFM Shania Mae Mendoza (2076)	game