Chess Olympiad 2026 Stats

Sporty Queen

The original queen that travelled the most squares; promoted queens do not count. The metres are at human scale, a long stride per square.

Ties: board order.

Updated 22 Sept 2026, 00:46 CEST

Record

126squares

Round 5, in 62 queen moves, about 160 m at human scaleIM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan INA 2416½againstGM Luca Jr Moroni ITA 2556½

Round by round

Round 1

68squares

in 32 queen moves, about 80 m at human scaleMathieu Galois NCL 18080againstFM Abdulrahman Akintoye Abdulraheem NGR 23161

Wednesday 16 September

Round 2

71squares

in 37 queen moves, about 95 m at human scaleFM Ashwath Kaushik SGP 23031againstIwan Cave WLS 21070

Thursday 17 September

Round 3

99squares

in 42 queen moves, about 115 m at human scaleFabio Costa Alegre STP 1966½againstCM S Sivathanujan SRI 2180½

Friday 18 September

Round 4

108squares

in 37 queen moves, about 125 m at human scaleGM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis GRE 2567½againstGM Loek Van Wely NED 2643½

Saturday 19 September

Round 5

126squares

in 62 queen moves, about 160 m at human scaleIM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan INA 2416½againstGM Luca Jr Moroni ITA 2556½

Sunday 20 September

Round 6

105squares

in 36 queen moves, about 130 m at human scaleFM Arturo A. Fernandez Hernandez MEX 2267½againstEdmond Meng Zhang HKG 1896½

Monday 21 September