46th Chess Olympiad · Samarkand, Uzbekistan · 17–27 September 2026
Brazil
BRA10 players across 2 squads, heading to Samarkand. This page is theirs — and it stays online after the Olympiad ends.
The squad
Brazil at the 46th Chess Olympiad
Open
Seed 30 · average 2531Captain: Rafael Leitao
| Bd | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Supi, Luis Paulo | 2582 |
| 2 | GM Fier, Alexandr | 2566 |
| 3 | GM Diamant, Andre | 2504 |
| 4 | IM Di Berardino, Diego Rafael | 2471 |
| 5 | IM Molina, Roberto Junio Brito | 2398 |
Women
Seed 43 · average 2137Captain: Claudionor Alcides Lima Pirola
| Bd | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FM Terao, Juliana Sayumi | 2200 |
| 2 | FM Alboredo, Julia | 2197 |
| 3 | WIM Librelato, Kathie Goulart | 2130 |
| 4 | Dias, Clara | 2022 |
| 5 | WFM Nunes, Agatha Hurba | 1931 |
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The federation
Who runs chess in Brazil.
Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez
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Full round reports
Every board covered on its own, the same evening.
Next-round dossiers
What your next opponents have played, before you pair.
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What your captain would receive after a round.
Samarkand has not been played yet, so this is a real match from the previous Olympiad — Ghana against Papua New Guinea, round 7 — measured exactly the way Brazil's rounds would be.
Round 7 — Ghana v Papua New Guinea
45th FIDE Chess Olympiad · 18 September 2024
Board by board
| Bd | Player | Opponent | Result | Moves | Avg. loss | Flagged | Clock low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 B | Hasford, John Kojo 1956 | Fancy, Stuart 1921 | Win | 42 | 46.7 | 3 | 51.5% |
| 2 W | Anhwere, Bernard 1893 | McCoy, Tom 1883 | Win | 55 | 23.8 | 3 | 3.1% |
| 3 B | Fomevor, Cephas Clinton 1873 | Jones, Rupert 1849 | Win | 31 | 36.7 | 6 | 8.1% |
| 4 W | Frempong-Smart Daniel 1863 | Stuart, Terry | Win | 36 | 15.4 | 1 | 42% |
Notes for the captain
Every game in full
Where the game turned
The complete game, move by move
Shaded moves are the ones that cost material or position: inaccuracy, mistake, blunder.
Where the game turned
The complete game, move by move
Shaded moves are the ones that cost material or position: inaccuracy, mistake, blunder.
Where the game turned
The complete game, move by move
Shaded moves are the ones that cost material or position: inaccuracy, mistake, blunder.
Where the game turned
The complete game, move by move
Shaded moves are the ones that cost material or position: inaccuracy, mistake, blunder.
Average loss per move is how much, on average, each move gave away against the best available move, in hundredths of a pawn — lower is better. Clock low point is the smallest share of the starting time the player had left; below a tenth counts as severe time trouble. A move is only measured when the positions either side of it were both evaluated.
Game records from lichess.org broadcast relays, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The analysis shown here is shared under the same licence.
And the dossier on your next opponents.
The same evening, before the next pairing: every opponent your team is about to face, and every game they have played at the event. Here, Cape Verde before round 8 — built entirely from the live board relay.
| Rd | Colour | Opponent | Result | Mv | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel 2680 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined | Lost | 47 | 29.8 ⏱ |
| 2 | White | Tchouka, Yakini 1932 King's Indian Attack, with e6 | Won | 33 | 20.3 ⏱ |
| 3 | White | Romanov, Evgeny 2567 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation | Lost | 53 | 22.2 ⏱ |
| 4 | Black | Asante Debesai Zerabruk 1908 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations | Won | 23 | 9.7 |
| 5 | Black | Saraci, Nderim 2446 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Variation | Won | 64 | 6 ⏱ |
| 6 | White | Meier, Georg 2591 Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation | Lost | 68 | 21.7 ⏱ |
| Rd | Colour | Opponent | Result | Mv | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | Shevchenko, Kirill 2673 Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation | Lost | 37 | 37.8 ⏱ |
| 2 | Black | Egbe, Kossi Thierry 1847 Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack | Won | 41 | 34.5 ⏱ |
| 3 | Black | Lazov, Toni 2360 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Guimard Defense, Main Line | Lost | 59 | 34.1 ⏱ |
| 4 | White | Kibrom Weldegebriel Beraki 1885 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation | Won | 30 | 15.7 |
| 5 | White | Ondozi, Murtez 2371 Semi-Slav Defense | Drew | 99 | 15.8 ⏱ |
| 6 | Black | Rodriguez Vila, Andres 2417 French Defense: Chigorin Variation | Won | 59 | 41.4 ⏱ |
| 7 | Black | Barrish, Daniel 2281 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation | Lost | 51 | 28.1 ⏱ |
| Rd | Colour | Opponent | Result | Mv | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | Parligras, Mircea-Emilian 2537 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation | Lost | 51 | 19.2 ⏱ |
| 2 | Black | Semeko, Lumen Paco 1740 Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense | Drew | 66 | 39.8 |
| 4 | White | Samuel Merhawi Gebrehiwet 1788 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line | Won | 52 | 38.3 |
| 5 | White | Fejzullahu, Afrim 2221 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted | Won | 48 | 16.8 ⏱ |
| 6 | White | Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo 2362 French Defense: Exchange Variation | Lost | 58 | 31.2 |
| 7 | Black | Levitan, Caleb Levi 2193 Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation | Lost | 69 | 42.4 |
| Rd | Colour | Opponent | Result | Mv | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | Lupulescu, Constantin 2590 King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System | Lost | 23 | 44.4 ⏱ |
| 2 | White | Amewounou, Komlan Kouessan 1825 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo | Won | 27 | 6.6 ⏱ |
| 3 | White | Risteski, Emil 2367 Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | Lost | 27 | 52.1 ⏱ |
| 4 | Black | Lilay Weldu Gebru 1977 Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack, Original Marshall Attack | Won | 27 | 13 ⏱ |
| 5 | Black | Uruci, Endrit 2348 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack | Lost | 33 | 29.4 |
| 7 | White | Karsten, Jan 2311 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack | Lost | 44 | 36.8 ⏱ |
And what actually scores against them.
Knowing an opponent opens 1.d4 is half the work. The other half is knowing how 1.d4 has gone at this event — across every game played, between players of your team's own standard.
Across the whole Olympiad, 1.d4 was played 1,362 times and White scored 53.4%.
How Black answered it
| Reply | Games | Black scored |
|---|---|---|
| 1…Nf6 | 832 | 49.4% |
| 1…d5 | 402 | 43.3% |
| 1…e6 | 44 | 36.4% |
With Black, they have met Nf3 d5 1 time here.
Across the whole Olympiad, 1.d4 was played 1,362 times and White scored 53.4%.
How Black answered it
| Reply | Games | Black scored |
|---|---|---|
| 1…Nf6 | 832 | 49.4% |
| 1…d5 | 402 | 43.3% |
| 1…e6 | 44 | 36.4% |
With Black, they have met e4 e6 2 times here.
Across the whole Olympiad, 1.e4 was played 1,949 times and White scored 51.3%.
How Black answered it
| Reply | Games | Black scored |
|---|---|---|
| 1…c5 | 830 | 53.0% |
| 1…c6 | 259 | 51.2% |
| 1…e6 | 166 | 50.6% |
With Black, they have met Nf3 Nc6 1 time here.
Across the whole Olympiad, 1.e4 was played 1,949 times and White scored 51.3%.
How Black answered it
| Reply | Games | Black scored |
|---|---|---|
| 1…c5 | 830 | 53.0% |
| 1…c6 | 259 | 51.2% |
| 1…e6 | 166 | 50.6% |
With Black, they have met e4 e5 2 times here.
Scores are from 3,941 games at 45th Chess Olympiad, Budapest 2024 — every relayed game of the Open section — players of the same standard as your team, not grandmasters. Lines played fewer than 25 times are left out rather than reported as a trend. Which opening suits your player is your call; these are the numbers behind it.
Each player across the whole event.
By the rest day the question changes: is this player holding up? Every round they have played, how cleanly they played it, and what changed between the first half and the second. Here, Ghana across all 11 rounds.
FM Hasford, John Kojo 1956
3/9 · average loss 34.4 per moveTaller is better — each bar is one round, inverted so a clean game stands tall. Green won, grey drew, orange lost.
Every round in detail
| Rd | Col | Opponent | Result | Mv | Avg. loss | Clock low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Fawzy, Adham 2507 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack | Lost | 38 | 44.8 | 7.2% ⏱ |
| 2 | W | Khoder, Akram 2239 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation | Lost | 63 | 28.2 | 5.7% ⏱ |
| 4 | B | Alfaro, William 2133 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation | Lost | 24 | 37 | 65.1% |
| 5 | W | Moncur, Cecil 1839 Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense | Drew | 35 | 25.7 | 39.4% |
| 7 | B | Fancy, Stuart 1921 Pirc Defense: Chinese Variation | Won | 42 | 46.7 | 51.5% |
| 8 | B | Ortega Amarelle, Mariano 2453 Czech Defense | Lost | 27 | 45.6 | 42.7% |
| 9 | W | De Mey, Juan Pablo 1992 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation | Drew | 51 | 18.2 | 32.5% |
| 10 | W | Ah-Kye, Benitot Emmanuel 1815 Indian Defense: Knights Variation | Won | 49 | 13.9 | 59.1% |
| 11 | B | Kudakwashe Chinake 1859 Queen's Pawn Game | Lost | 43 | 49.9 | 48.4% |
IM Anquandah, Francis Eric 1941
3/9 · average loss 28.9 per moveTaller is better — each bar is one round, inverted so a clean game stands tall. Green won, grey drew, orange lost.
Every round in detail
| Rd | Col | Opponent | Result | Mv | Avg. loss | Clock low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W | Wageih, Kareim 2402 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation | Drew | 70 | 7.2 | 17.5% |
| 2 | B | Arkadan, Adib 2181 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line | Lost | 43 | 46.6 | 7.2% ⏱ |
| 3 | B | Sihlongonyane, Sikhanyiso 1813 Scandinavian Defense: Main Line | Drew | 69 | 22.5 | 0.7% ⏱ |
| 4 | W | Rocha, Maximiliano 2156 Italian Game: Paris Defense | Drew | 52 | 19.8 | 3.3% ⏱ |
| 6 | W | Pace, Colin 2186 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Exchange Variation | Lost | 49 | 49.2 | 31.2% |
| 8 | W | Alho, Diogo 2192 Sicilian Defense | Lost | 42 | 39 | 4.4% ⏱ |
| 9 | B | Stetsenko, Ilya 1903 Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line | Lost | 31 | 42.4 | 17.5% |
| 10 | B | Chinasamy, Devarajen 1975 Rapport-Jobava System | Drew | 38 | 15.7 | 19.2% |
| 11 | W | Young, Christopher 1758 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation | Won | 40 | 17.4 | 3.5% ⏱ |
Anhwere, Bernard 1893
4/9 · average loss 36 per moveTaller is better — each bar is one round, inverted so a clean game stands tall. Green won, grey drew, orange lost.
Every round in detail
| Rd | Col | Opponent | Result | Mv | Avg. loss | Clock low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Wafa, Hamed 2368 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations | Lost | 28 | 53.8 | 0.8% ⏱ |
| 3 | W | Mbongeni, Mabuza 1784 Indian Defense: Knights Variation | Lost | 46 | 53 | 6.1% ⏱ |
| 4 | B | Sanchez, Steven 2072 King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense | Lost | 39 | 26.8 | 13.6% |
| 5 | B | Ferguson, Joseph 1797 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Variation | Won | 41 | 12.9 | 32.6% |
| 6 | B | Darmanin, Jake 2119 Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6 | Drew | 56 | 42.3 | 7.1% ⏱ |
| 7 | W | McCoy, Tom 1883 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line | Won | 55 | 23.8 | 3.1% ⏱ |
| 8 | B | Mirulla, David 1904 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack | Won | 50 | 26 | 5.3% ⏱ |
| 9 | W | Pesqueira, Jose 1880 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto | Drew | 38 | 22.6 | 9.9% ⏱ |
| 11 | B | Shaw, Clifford 1744 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Pin Defense | Lost | 13 | 63.2 | 50% |
Fomevor, Cephas Clinton 1873
4.5/9 · average loss 29.9 per moveTaller is better — each bar is one round, inverted so a clean game stands tall. Green won, grey drew, orange lost.
Every round in detail
| Rd | Col | Opponent | Result | Mv | Avg. loss | Clock low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W | Sadek, Sameh 2269 Slav Defense | Lost | 52 | 25.8 | 0.6% ⏱ |
| 2 | W | Assaad, Joe 2150 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation | Lost | 49 | 36.1 | 0.6% ⏱ |
| 3 | B | Nxumalo, Vuyo 1746 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, New York System | Won | 46 | 29 | 0.6% ⏱ |
| 5 | W | Pride, Avian 1742 Semi-Slav Defense | Won | 30 | 26 | 18.2% |
| 6 | W | Novak, Attila Robert 2135 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line | Lost | 33 | 35.8 | 0.6% ⏱ |
| 7 | B | Jones, Rupert 1849 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense | Won | 31 | 36.7 | 8.1% ⏱ |
| 9 | B | Antonio, Kyell-Jean 1763 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense | Drew | 30 | 9.7 | 9.9% ⏱ |
| 10 | W | Lam Kin Cheung, Stephane 1677 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni | Lost | 56 | 46.8 | 4% ⏱ |
| 11 | W | Tracey, Shaun M 1684 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation | Won | 59 | 23 | 1.9% ⏱ |
Frempong-Smart Daniel 1863
3.5/8 · average loss 39.2 per moveTaller is better — each bar is one round, inverted so a clean game stands tall. Green won, grey drew, orange lost.
Every round in detail
| Rd | Col | Opponent | Result | Mv | Avg. loss | Clock low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | B | Kassis, Antoine 2085 Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack | Lost | 50 | 36.8 | 7.6% ⏱ |
| 3 | W | Mtsetfwa Philani 1688 Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan | Won | 104 | 38.5 | 0.7% ⏱ |
| 4 | W | Ortiz, Marcos 2191 Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan | Lost | 35 | 36.9 | 28.6% |
| 5 | B | Whyms, Chapell 1701 Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation | Won | 38 | 32.1 | 14.3% |
| 6 | B | Mizzi, Jack 2053 Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation | Drew | 77 | 24.8 | 16% |
| 7 | W | Stuart, Terry Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan | Won | 36 | 15.4 | 42% |
| 8 | W | Vaz, Jose Carlos 1909 Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan | Lost | 28 | 91.7 | 49.4% |
| 10 | B | Lee Luen Mang, Stefan 1803 Slav Defense: Modern Line | Lost | 32 | 37.3 | 52.7% |
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