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

16moves down

Round 3, three or more points down, moves 10–25Kiara Lambert LCA0againstHamid Ahmed Sitti DJI1

Round by round

Round 1

9moves down

three or more points down, moves 14–22WCM Leyla Shohradova TKM 21011againstWCM Timea Sele LIE 17900

Wednesday 16 September

Round 2

9moves down

three or more points down, moves 28–36WCM Timea Sele LIE 17900againstWFM Oana Caruana Pulpan MLT 19671

Thursday 17 September

Round 3

16moves down

three or more points down, moves 10–25Kiara Lambert LCA0againstHamid Ahmed Sitti DJI1

Friday 18 September

Round 4

12moves down

three or more points down, moves 23–34Muthu Pooja Manavalan SEY0againstFelicia Ngoua Oyane GAB1

Saturday 19 September

Round 5

14moves down

three or more points down, moves 18–31WGM Niina Koskela NOR 20740againstWGM Luong Phuong Hanh VIE 22101

Sunday 20 September

Round 6

12moves down

three or more points down, moves 27–38Nelly Melissa Mangalo CAF 17800againstYousra Mahdi Abdillahi DJI 14161

Monday 21 September