Chess Olympiad 2026 Stats

Tal’s Dark Forest

“Take your opponent into a deep dark forest”: won after the longest stretch at least three points down in material.

Ties: board order.

Updated 22 Sept 2026, 00:46 CEST

Record

11moves down

Round 6, three or more points down, moves 13–23Marc Arnold Amako CIV 19151againstDylan Flanagan BER 16720

Round by round

Round 1

7moves down

three or more points down, moves 17–23Ishmael Amnol PNG0againstCM S Sivathanujan SRI 21801

Wednesday 16 September

Round 2

8moves down

three or more points down, moves 33–40GM Casper Schoppen NED 25820againstIM Nikola Nikolovski MKD 23931

Thursday 17 September

Round 3

9moves down

three or more points down, moves 19–27Tevita Sootanga TGA0againstTimothy Kate SEY 17721

Friday 18 September

Round 4

Not awarded

Saturday 19 September

Round 5

6moves down

three or more points down, moves 52–57CM Sulaiman Ahmad Ashrafi AFG 20440againstKhaled waleed Abdullah YEM 20421

Sunday 20 September

Round 6

11moves down

three or more points down, moves 13–23Marc Arnold Amako CIV 19151againstDylan Flanagan BER 16720

Monday 21 September