Netherlands at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 23 of 206 — 15 match points, 26 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: GM Anish Giri (2752) — 7.5/11
Board 2: GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716) — 8/10
Board 3: GM Loek Van Wely (2627) — 5/10
Board 4: GM Casper Schoppen (2582) — 3.5/7
Board 4: GM Erwin L'Ami (2579) — 2/6

Matches

Round 1: Netherlands 3 – 1 Hong Kong, China
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1-0	FM Niilo Man Nissinen (2354)	game
2	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	0-1	FM Chun Yung Samuel Lam (2255)	game
3	GM Erwin L'Ami (2579)	1/2-1/2	CM Yiheng Li (2126)	game
4	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	1/2-1/2	Edmond Meng Zhang (1896)	game
Round 2: Netherlands 2.5 – 1.5 North Macedonia
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	0-1	IM Emil Risteski (2431)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	1-0	FM Anton Zlatkov (2422)	game
3	GM Erwin L'Ami (2579)	1/2-1/2	IM Filip Pancevski (2432)	game
4	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	0-1	IM Nikola Nikolovski (2393)	game
Round 3: Netherlands 2.5 – 1.5 Australia
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1-0	GM Bobby Cheng (2570)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	0-1	GM Temur Kuybokarov (2529)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	0-1	IM Rishi Sardana (2518)	game
4	GM Erwin L'Ami (2579)	1/2-1/2	IM James Morris (2442)	game
Round 4: Netherlands 3 – 1 Greece
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	0-1	GM Nikolas Theodorou (2633)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	1-0	GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis (2525)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	1/2-1/2	GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2556)	game
4	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	1/2-1/2	GM Dimitris Alexakis (2536)	game
Round 5: Netherlands 1 – 3 India
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1-0	GM Praggnanandhaa R (2761)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	1/2-1/2	GM Erigaisi Arjun (2746)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	1/2-1/2	GM Nihal Sarin (2709)	game
4	GM Erwin L'Ami (2579)	0-1	GM Gukesh D (2703)	game
Round 6: Netherlands 4 – 0 Israel
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1-0	GM Maxim Rodshtein (2582)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	0-1	GM Ido Gorshtein (2560)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	1-0	GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2542)	game
4	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	0-1	GM Ilia Smirin (2560)	game
Round 7: Netherlands 3.5 – 0.5 Bulgaria
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1-0	GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2580)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	0-1	GM Momchil Petkov (2547)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	1-0	GM Martin Petrov (2525)	game
4	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	1/2-1/2	GM Radoslav Dimitrov (2486)	game
Round 8: Netherlands 2 – 2 Armenia
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1/2-1/2	GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2661)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	0-1	GM Robert Hovhannisyan (2642)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	0-1	GM Shant Sargsyan (2630)	game
4	GM Erwin L'Ami (2579)	1/2-1/2	GM Manuel Petrosyan (2569)	game
Round 9: Netherlands 0.5 – 3.5 Uzbekistan 2
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1-0	GM Jakhongir Vakhidov (2542)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	1/2-1/2	GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (2548)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	1-0	GM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (2540)	game
4	GM Erwin L'Ami (2579)	0-1	GM Ortik Nigmatov (2484)	game
Round 10: Netherlands 2.5 – 1.5 Romania
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1/2-1/2	GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2654)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	1-0	GM Constantin Lupulescu (2569)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	1/2-1/2	GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras (2517)	game
4	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	1/2-1/2	IM Filip Magold (2494)	game
Round 11: Netherlands 1.5 – 2.5 Germany
1	GM Anish Giri (2752)	1/2-1/2	GM Vincent Keymer (2764)	game
2	GM Jorden Van Foreest (2716)	1-0	GM Matthias Bluebaum (2666)	game
3	GM Loek Van Wely (2627)	1/2-1/2	GM Frederik Svane (2662)	game
4	GM Casper Schoppen (2582)	1/2-1/2	GM Rasmus Svane (2621)	game

Women

Rank 49 of 189 — 13 match points, 26 game points. Full standings

Players

Board 1: IM Eline Roebers (2401) — 7/10
Board 2: GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353) — 4.5/9
Board 3: WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333) — 6/10
Board 3: WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295) — 4.5/8
Board 4: WIM Robin Duson (2173) — 4/7

Matches

Round 1: Netherlands 4 – 0 Nicaragua
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	0-1	CM Abigail Carolina Cabezas Calero (1841)	game
2	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	1-0	Marelys Cristina Espinoza Barrios (1747)	game
3	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	0-1	WCM Patricia Alvarez Gutierrez (1828)	game
4	WIM Robin Duson (2173)	1-0	Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz (1615)	game
Round 2: Netherlands 4 – 0 Luxembourg
1	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1-0	WGM Elvira Berend (2253)	game
2	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	0-1	WGM Anna Wagener (2109)	game
3	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	1-0	Hannah Jane Lyon (1906)	game
4	WIM Robin Duson (2173)	0-1	Samyukta Sivashankar (1878)	game
Round 3: Netherlands 2 – 2 Austria
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	0-1	IM Olga Badelka (2408)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1/2-1/2	WIM Jasmin-Denise Schloffer (2236)	game
3	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	1-0	WFM Chiara Polterauer (2083)	game
4	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	1/2-1/2	WFM Emilia Deak-Sala (2120)	game
Round 4: Netherlands 2.5 – 1.5 Estonia
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	1-0	IM Mai Narva (2411)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1/2-1/2	WIM Margareth Olde (2242)	game
3	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	0-1	WCM Grete Olde (2002)	game
4	WIM Robin Duson (2173)	1-0	WIM Monika Tsiganova (2014)	game
Round 5: Netherlands 2 – 2 Switzerland
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	1-0	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2495)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1-0	WIM Mariia Manko (2285)	game
3	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	1-0	WIM Sofiia Hryzlova (2254)	game
4	WIM Robin Duson (2173)	1-0	WGM Ghazal Hakimifard (2243)	game
Round 6: Netherlands 2 – 2 Slovenia
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	1/2-1/2	IM Laura Unuk (2318)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1/2-1/2	WIM Zala Urh (2208)	game
3	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	1-0	WIM Nadiia Shpanko (2182)	game
4	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	1-0	WFM Vesna Mihelic (2152)	game
Round 7: Netherlands 3.5 – 0.5 Turkiye
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	0-1	WIM Sila Caglar (2214)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1/2-1/2	WIM Gulenay Aydin (2213)	game
3	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	0-1	WFM Ceren Tirpan (2163)	game
4	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	1-0	WFM Beren Kalyoncu (2034)	game
Round 8: Netherlands 1 – 3 Uzbekistan
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	0-1	WGM Afruza Khamdamova (2443)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	0-1	WGM Umida Omonova (2297)	game
3	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	0-1	WFM Nilufarkhon Imomkuzieva (2281)	game
4	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	1-0	WIM Guldona Karimova (2242)	game
Round 9: Netherlands 2.5 – 1.5 Argentina
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	0-1	WGM Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu (2268)	game
2	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	1/2-1/2	WIM Maria Jose Campos (2230)	game
3	WGM Anna-Maja Kazarian (2295)	1-0	WIM Anapaola S. Borda Rodas (2204)	game
4	WIM Robin Duson (2173)	1-0	WFM Ernestina Adam (2186)	game
Round 10: Netherlands 1 – 3 Romania
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	1/2-1/2	IM Irina Bulmaga (2365)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1/2-1/2	WIM Miruna-Daria Lehaci (2265)	game
3	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	0-1	WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma (2247)	game
4	WIM Robin Duson (2173)	1-0	WIM Andreea-Marioara Cosman (2227)	game
Round 11: Netherlands 1.5 – 2.5 Czech Republic
1	IM Eline Roebers (2401)	1-0	WGM Joanna Worek (2278)	game
2	GM Zhaoqin Peng (2353)	1-0	WFM Anna Lhotska (2149)	game
3	WGM Machteld Van Foreest (2333)	1/2-1/2	WFM Lucie Rybackova (2153)	game
4	WIM Robin Duson (2173)	1-0	WGM Tereza Rodshtein (2125)	game