Simulations/Chess Olympiad 2026/Board prizes

Board Prize Race

After round 2 of 115 boards · TPR · 8-game minimumchess-results

Individual gold, silver and bronze on each board go to the best performance rating among players who complete eight games. Who is on course?

games through round 21020 players on 5 boards8 games to qualify

Board 1 race

Ranked by performance rating through round 2 · 8 games needed · tap a player for games and replays

Can still reach 8 games

#	Player	TPR	Score	8 games	Avg opp
1	IM Akram KhoderLBN · 2304 · needs 7 more	3393+1089	1/1	Needs 7 more	2593
2	Ahmad Abdel WahabPLE · 2066 · needs 7 more	3352+1286	1/1	Needs 7 more	2552
3	IM Fy Antenaina RakotomaharoMAD · 2426 · needs 7 more	3329+903	1/1	Needs 7 more	2529
4	GM Vincent KeymerGER · 2764 · needs 7 more	3275+511	1/1	Needs 7 more	2475
5	GM Jakhongir VakhidovUZB · 2527 · needs 7 more	3253+726	1/1	Needs 7 more	2453
6	GM Bobby ChengAUS · 2570 · needs 7 more	3252+682	1/1	Needs 7 more	2452
7	GM Maxime Vachier-LagraveFRA · 2718 · needs 7 more	3241+523	1/1	Needs 7 more	2441
8	GM Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTUR · 2716 · needs 7 more	3231+515	1/1	Needs 7 more	2431
9	GM Nils GrandeliusSWE · 2603 · needs 7 more	3228+625	1/1	Needs 7 more	2428
10	GM M. Amin TabatabaeiIRI · 2737 · needs 7 more	3228+491	1/1	Needs 7 more	2428
11	GM Jan-Krzysztof DudaPOL · 2743 · needs 7 more	3217+474	1/1	Needs 7 more	2417
12	GM Fabiano CaruanaUSA · 2789 · needs 7 more	3214+425	1/1	Needs 7 more	2414
13	GM Lorenzo LodiciITA · 2573 · needs 7 more	3206+633	1/1	Needs 7 more	2406
14	GM Shakhriyar MamedyarovAZE · 2720 · needs 7 more	3205+485	1/1	Needs 7 more	2405
15	GM Ivan SaricCRO · 2623 · needs 7 more	3199+576	1/1	Needs 7 more	2399
16	IM Providence OatlhotseBOT · 2230 · needs 6 more	3198+968	2/2	Needs 6 more	2398
17	GM Nodirbek AbdusattorovUZB · 2762 · needs 6 more	3196+434	2/2	Needs 6 more	2396
18	GM Anish GiriNED · 2757 · needs 6 more	3190+433	2/2	Needs 6 more	2390
19	GM Kirill AlekseenkoAUT · 2656 · needs 7 more	3186+530	1/1	Needs 7 more	2386
20	GM Jonas Buhl BjerreDEN · 2615 · needs 7 more	3185+570	1/1	Needs 7 more	2385
21	GM Nikolas TheodorouGRE · 2633 · needs 7 more	3182+549	1/1	Needs 7 more	2382
22	GM Jingyao TinSGP · 2584 · needs 7 more	3158+574	1/1	Needs 7 more	2358
23	GM Igor KovalenkoUKR · 2642 · needs 6 more	3148+506	2/2	Needs 6 more	2348
24	GM Denis LazavikBLR · 2621 · needs 7 more	3144+523	1/1	Needs 7 more	2344
25	GM Alexey SaranaSRB · 2666 · needs 6 more	3137+471	2/2	Needs 6 more	2337
26	GM Nikita VitiugovENG · 2666 · needs 6 more	3134+468	2/2	Needs 6 more	2334
27	IM Prin LaohawirapapTHA · 2363 · needs 6 more	3129+766	2/2	Needs 6 more	2329
28	GM Denis KadricMNE · 2513 · needs 7 more	3128+615	1/1	Needs 7 more	2328
29	GM Johan-Sebastian ChristiansenNOR · 2656 · needs 6 more	3125+469	2/2	Needs 6 more	2325
30	GM Titas StremaviciusLTU · 2554 · needs 7 more	3119+565	1/1	Needs 7 more	2319
31	GM Denis MakhnevKAZ · 2568 · needs 7 more	3116+548	1/1	Needs 7 more	2316
32	GM Maxim RodshteinISR · 2576 · needs 6 more	3088+512	2/2	Needs 6 more	2288
33	IM Kevin Noboa SilvaECU · 2400 · needs 6 more	3077+677	2/2	Needs 6 more	2277
34	GM Luis Paulo SupiBRA · 2582 · needs 7 more	3069+487	1/1	Needs 7 more	2269
35	Alfred AweBIZ · 1719 · needs 7 more	3066+1347	1/1	Needs 7 more	2266
36	GM Toms KantansLAT · 2550 · needs 6 more	3058+508	2/2	Needs 6 more	2258
37	GM Vignir Vatnar StefanssonISL · 2531 · needs 6 more	3015+484	2/2	Needs 6 more	2215
38	FM Carlos MoralesESA · 2244 · needs 6 more	2970+726	2/2	Needs 6 more	2170
39	IM Khuong Duy DauVIE · 2509 · needs 6 more	2867+358	2/2	Needs 6 more	2067
40	GM Anton DemchenkoSLO · 2580 · needs 7 more	2803+223	1/1	Needs 7 more	2003
41	IM Frederick Waldhausen GordonSCO · 2455 · needs 7 more	2664+209	½/1	Needs 7 more	2664
42	FM Viresh GiasiSUR · 1997 · needs 7 more	2634+637	1/1	Needs 7 more	1834
43	GM Georg MeierURU · 2612 · needs 7 more	2632+20	½/1	Needs 7 more	2632
44	FM Bomo Lovet KigighaNGR · 2287 · needs 7 more	2618+331	1/1	Needs 7 more	1818
45	CM Sachin Dhilan PitamberGUY · 1991 · needs 7 more	2618+627	1/1	Needs 7 more	1818
46	GM Sebastian BognerSUI · 2547 · needs 6 more	2616+69	1½/2	Needs 6 more	2423
47	GM David Anton GuijarroESP · 2632 · needs 7 more	2612−20	½/1	Needs 7 more	2612
48	IM Felix Jose Ynojosa AponteVEN · 2399 · needs 7 more	2574+175	½/1	Needs 7 more	2574
49	GM Thai Dai Van NguyenCZE · 2633 · needs 7 more	2543−90	½/1	Needs 7 more	2543
50	GM Liren DingCHN · 2733 · needs 6 more	2540−193	1½/2	Needs 6 more	2347

205 players

How board medals work

Performance rating decides

Each board medal goes to the highest tournament performance rating (TPR): the average rating of a player’s opponents plus FIDE’s bonus for their percentage score. A 75% score is worth about +190 points; a perfect score +800.

8 games to qualify

Only players with at least 8 of the 11 games are eligible, and ties are broken by the greater number of games. Captains who rest a star too often can talk them out of a medal.

Early leaders come from small teams

Two wins against lower-rated opponents can top the table after round two. The pairings soon bring stronger opposition, and the eight-game rule sorts out who is really in the race.

Players compete on the board they hold in their team list, with the reserve as a fifth category. Ratings and results come from the official broadcast; unrated opponents count as 1400, and unplayed games (forfeits) are excluded, following the FIDE rating regulations. Source: FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 regulations, article 4.6.3.