Events · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

Japan at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 94 of 206 — 12 match points, 20.5 game points. Full standings

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Matches

Round 1: Japan 4 – 0 Comoros Islands
1FM Shou Otsuka (2314)1-0Alfene Ambdullah (1766)game
2IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)0-1Aziradji Mohamed Ismael (1861)game
3IM Shinya Kojima (2273)1-0Mohamed Abdou (1806)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)0-1Mchangama Omar (1701)game
Round 2: Japan 0.5 – 3.5 Italy
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)0-1GM Lorenzo Lodici (2568)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)1-0GM Francesco Sonis (2539)game
3IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)1/2-1/2GM Sabino Brunello (2520)game
4IM Shinya Kojima (2273)1-0IM Edoardo Di Benedetto (2473)game
Round 3: Japan 3.5 – 0.5 Afghanistan
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)1/2-1/2CM Khaiber Farazi (2128)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)1-0CM Habibullah Amini (2047)game
3IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)0-1Homayoun Mohtaat (1928)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)1-0CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi (2044)game
Round 4: Japan 0.5 – 3.5 Kazakhstan
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)0-1GM Denis Makhnev (2568)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)1-0IM Sauat Nurgaliyev (2493)game
3IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)0-1IM Daniyal Sapenov (2510)game
4IM Shinya Kojima (2273)1/2-1/2GM Zhandos Agmanov (2490)game
Round 5: Japan 3 – 1 Monaco
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)0-1GM Igor Efimov (2263)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)0-1Riccardo Costalonga (2184)game
3IM Shinya Kojima (2273)0-1FM Alexis Cahen (2078)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)1-0FM Patrice Verdier (2009)game
Round 6: Japan 3 – 1 Saudi Arabia
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)1-0FM Ahmed Abdullah S Alrehaili (2106)game
2IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)1/2-1/2MOHAMMED FAHAD M ALSEMAIL (1982)game
3IM Shinya Kojima (2273)1-0Yazeed Alshnaiber (1866)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)1/2-1/2Emad Khayat (1939)game
Round 7: Japan 2.5 – 1.5 Belgium
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)1/2-1/2IM Sim Maerevoet (2462)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)1-0IM Elias Ruzhansky (2427)game
3IM Shinya Kojima (2273)1/2-1/2IM Thibaut Vandenbussche (2411)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)1/2-1/2FM Arben Dardha (2229)game
Round 8: Japan 0 – 4 Brazil
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)0-1GM Luis Paulo Supi (2582)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)1-0GM Alexandr Fier (2537)game
3IM Shinya Kojima (2273)0-1GM Andre Diamant (2504)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)1-0IM Diego Rafael Di Berardino (2471)game
Round 9: Japan 1 – 3 Iceland
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)1-0GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2534)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)0-1GM Johann Hjartarson (2461)game
3IM Shinya Kojima (2273)0-1GM Hannes Stefansson (2425)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)0-1GM Gudmundur Kjartansson (2402)game
Round 10: Japan 2.5 – 1.5 Thailand
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)1/2-1/2IM Prin Laohawirapap (2376)game
2IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)1/2-1/2FM Thanadon Kulpruethanon (2220)game
3IM Shinya Kojima (2273)1/2-1/2FM Tinnakrit Arunnuntapanich (2060)game
4FM Kohei Yamada (2203)0-1Tupfah Khumnorkaew (2078)game
Round 11: Japan 0 – 4 Peru
1IM Thanh Tu Tran (2406)1-0GM Jorge Cori (2575)game
2FM Shou Otsuka (2314)0-1IM Diego Saul Rodri Flores Quillas (2398)game
3IM Ryosuke Nanjo (2299)1-0IM Steven Rojas Salas (2387)game
4IM Shinya Kojima (2273)0-1IM German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe (2381)game

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Rank 117 of 189 — 10 match points, 21 game points. Full standings

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Matches

Round 1: Japan 0 – 4 Hungary
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)0-1IM Szidonia Lazarne Vajda (2289)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)1-0WGM Petra Papp (2283)game
3WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)0-1IM Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene (2315)game
4Ami Kato (1755)1-0WIM Kata Karacsonyi (2137)game
Round 2: Japan 3 – 1 Maldives
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)1/2-1/2WCM Ahmed Nihaya (1612)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)1-0Abdul Rasheed Mariyam Laisa (1478)game
3WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)1/2-1/2Eana Abdulla Hassan (1581)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)1-0Aishath Noya Shahurudheen Shareefgame
Round 3: Japan 0 – 4 Singapore
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)1-0WGM Qianyun Gong (2182)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)0-1WIM Sreekarthika Velmurugan (2088)game
3Ami Kato (1755)1-0WFM Leah Rice (1884)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)0-1Tze Yu Liew (1700)game
Round 4: Japan 4 – 0 Mauritius
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)1-0WCM Chethanah Andhin (1562)game
2WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)0-1WCM Meritza Acham (1660)game
3Ami Kato (1755)1-0Manusha Aubeeluck (1534)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)0-1Tehja ANDHIN (1450)game
Round 5: Japan 1.5 – 2.5 El Salvador
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)1-0WIM Angie Garcia (2021)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)0-1WFM Marielos Vasquez Vasquez (1923)game
3WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)0-1WFM Celina Palacios (1901)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)1/2-1/2WIM Sonia Zepeda (2029)game
Round 6: Japan 2.5 – 1.5 Guyana
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)1-0WCM Aditi Narayan Joshi (1726)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)1-0Kataleya Shenera Sam (1525)game
3WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)1-0Ciel Desiree Clement (1484)game
4Ami Kato (1755)1/2-1/2WCM Jessica Callender (1552)game
Round 7: Japan 1 – 3 North Macedonia
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)0-1WFM Monika Stojkovska (2080)game
2WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)1-0WFM Monika Zhezhovska (2053)game
3Ami Kato (1755)0-1Sanja Trajkovska (1896)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)0-1Katerina Petrovska (1873)game
Round 8: Japan 1 – 3 Chinese Taipei
1Kanako Kinoshita (1783)1/2-1/2Tansi Tung Wu (1573)game
2WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)0-1WCM Chi Chen (1766)game
3Ami Kato (1755)1-0Fan- Hsuan Kung (1496)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)1/2-1/2Pei-Xuan Wu (1573)game
Round 9: Japan 3.5 – 0.5 Laos
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)1-0WCM Maly Inthavong (1578)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)0-1NAMPHET MANICHITH (1488)game
3Ami Kato (1755)1/2-1/2Souphaphone Sihanath (1461)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)0-1BOUAVONE KEOSAVANGHgame
Round 10: Japan 3.5 – 0.5 Oman
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)0-1Anat Al Aisaee (1738)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)1-0Kothar Al Mamary (1587)game
3WCM Rikka Mitsuyama (1752)1/2-1/2Muna Al Mughaizwi (1470)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)1-0Maryam Yusuf Al Balushi (1461)game
Round 11: Japan 1 – 3 Tajikistan
1WCM Azumi Sakai (1862)0-1Marvorii Nasriddinzoda (2054)game
2Kanako Kinoshita (1783)0-1WFM Nadezhda Antonova (1913)game
3Ami Kato (1755)1-0Rukhshona Saidova (1892)game
4Elizabeth Ivanov (1739)0-1Shukrona Mashabova (1764)game