Events · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

Nigeria at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026

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Rank 120 of 206 — 10 match points, 21 game points. Full standings

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Round 1: Nigeria 4 – 0 New Caledonia
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)1-0Nicolas Douyere (1818)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)0-1Mathieu Galois (1808)game
3IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1-0Titouan Bellier Pontais (1657)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)0-1Julien Bellier (1599)game
Round 2: Nigeria 0.5 – 3.5 Kazakhstan
1FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)1-0GM Denis Makhnev (2568)game
2IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1/2-1/2IM Daniyal Sapenov (2510)game
3Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO (2246)1-0GM Aldiyar Ansat (2485)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)0-1GM Zhandos Agmanov (2490)game
Round 3: Nigeria 2.5 – 1.5 Saudi Arabia
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)1/2-1/2FM Ahmed Abdullah S Alrehaili (2106)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)1/2-1/2Mohammed Dhaidan N Alotaibi (1868)game
3IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1/2-1/2Yazeed Alshnaiber (1866)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)0-1Emad Khayat (1939)game
Round 4: Nigeria 1 – 3 Cuba
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)0-1GM Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes (2505)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)1-0GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (2462)game
3IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1/2-1/2GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany (2440)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)1/2-1/2GM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza (2433)game
Round 5: Nigeria 3.5 – 0.5 Malawi
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)1/2-1/2FM Joseph Mwale (2287)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)1-0CM Chiletso Chipanga (2085)game
3IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)0-1CM George Mwale (2062)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)1-0CM Joseph Xavier Nyambalo (2014)game
Round 6: Nigeria 0 – 4 Vietnam
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)1-0IM Dau Khuong Duy (2513)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)0-1IM Banh Gia Huy (2464)game
3IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1-0IM Quoc Hy Nguyen (2428)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)0-1IM Pham Tran Gia Phuc (2424)game
Round 7: Nigeria 1 – 3 Libya
1FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)1-0Mohammed Midhat Abdulrahman (2091)game
2IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1-0CM Ali Elier (2210)game
3Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO (2246)0-1FM Yousef A. Alhassadi (2149)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)1-0CM Tawfik ezzeddin Kweiri (2140)game
Round 8: Nigeria 3.5 – 0.5 Guyana
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)0-1Kyle Couchman (2003)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)1-0CM Taffin Khan (2005)game
3Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO (2246)1/2-1/2FM Anthony Drayton (2003)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)1-0Keron Sandiford (1874)game
Round 9: Nigeria 3.5 – 0.5 Tunisia
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)1/2-1/2CM Mohamed Khalil Abdallah (2179)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)0-1CM Yacine Barbaria (2176)game
3IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1-0FM Zoubaier Amdouni (2166)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)0-1FM Hamed Ben Ghanem (2099)game
Round 10: Nigeria 0 – 4 North Macedonia
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)1-0IM Emil Risteski (2431)game
2FM Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (2316)0-1FM Anton Zlatkov (2422)game
3IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1-0IM Filip Pancevski (2432)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)0-1IM Nikola Nikolovski (2393)game
Round 11: Nigeria 1.5 – 2.5 Hong Kong, China
1FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha (2287)1-0FM Niilo Man Nissinen (2354)game
2IM Odion AIKHOJE (2246)1-0FM Chun Yung Samuel Lam (2255)game
3Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO (2246)0-1CM Yiheng Li (2126)game
4Odey Goodness EKUNKE (2280)1/2-1/2FM Ho Cheung Wong (1966)game

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Rank 88 of 189 — 11 match points, 24 game points. Full standings

Players

Matches

Round 1: Nigeria 4 – 0 Mali
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)0-1Adama Diakite (1673)game
2WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)1-0Bintou Diallo (1575)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)0-1Terena DIALLOgame
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)1-0Fatim MAIGAgame
Round 2: Nigeria 0.5 – 3.5 England
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)1-0FM Bodhana Sivanandan (2382)game
2WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)1/2-1/2IM Jovanka Houska (2297)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)1-0IM Harriet V Hunt (2287)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)0-1WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (2181)game
Round 3: Nigeria 2 – 2 Mozambique
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)0-1WIM Vania Fausto Da T. Vilhete (1867)game
2Iyefu Joy ONOJA (1977)1-0WCM Cheila Andre Sitoe (1748)game
3WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)1-0WCM Neusa Aridas De Castro (1721)game
4Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)0-1Efentakis Theodora (1493)game
Round 4: Nigeria 3 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)1-0WFM Ysvett Hermoso Rodriguez (1902)game
2WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)0-1WCM Shemilah James (1758)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)1-0WCM Zara La Fleur (1812)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)1-0Samantha Dolly (1761)game
Round 5: Nigeria 2 – 2 Czech Republic
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)1-0WGM Joanna Worek (2278)game
2WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)1-0WFM Anna Lhotska (2149)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)1-0WFM Lucie Rybackova (2153)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)1-0WGM Tereza Rodshtein (2125)game
Round 6: Nigeria 1 – 3 Austria
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)0-1IM Olga Badelka (2408)game
2WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)1-0WFM Chiara Polterauer (2083)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)0-1WFM Emilia Deak-Sala (2120)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)0-1WIM Elisabeth Hapala (2090)game
Round 7: Nigeria 1.5 – 2.5 Suriname
1Iyefu Joy ONOJA (1977)1-0WCM Elise Wu (1927)game
2WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)0-1WFM Catherine Kaslan (1866)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)0-1WCM Alexandra Kaslan (1691)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)1/2-1/2Shefali Creebsburg (1607)game
Round 8: Nigeria 3.5 – 0.5 Lesotho
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)1/2-1/2WCM Bonolo Ntsielo (1803)game
2Iyefu Joy ONOJA (1977)0-1Boitumelo Sethabathaba (1615)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)1-0WFM Ngatane Lieketseng (1578)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)0-1Pontso Makhebesela (1519)game
Round 9: Nigeria 2 – 2 Zambia
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)1-0WCM Lubuuto Bwalya Mulwale (1936)game
2WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)1-0WFM Constance Mbatha (1786)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)0-1WCM Daisy Simenda (1857)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)0-1Likando Namakau (1820)game
Round 10: Nigeria 3 – 1 Guatemala
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)0-1WCM Jenny Fernanda Santiago Sontay (1844)game
2Iyefu Joy ONOJA (1977)1-0WCM Dairyn D. Lopez L. (1725)game
3Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)0-1WCM Kerstin Danielle Reinhard Moller (1719)game
4WIM Bridget MICHAEL (1925)0-1WIM Carolina Mazariegos Kummerfeldt (1919)game
Round 11: Nigeria 1.5 – 2.5 Syria
1WFM Deborah Ebimobo-ere QUICKPEN (2174)0-1WFM Roula Mahmoud (1872)game
2Iyefu Joy ONOJA (1977)0-1WFM Manar Khalil (1863)game
3WFM Michelle Chiamaka NWANKWO (1997)1-0Doha. Farha (1876)game
4Sandra Osarugue OMORUYI (1919)1/2-1/2Naya Bofroud (1807)game