			Round 1			Open
Bd	Rtg		Monaco	0 - 4		England	Rtg
1	2263	GM	Igor Efimov	0 - 1	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2666
2	2078	FM	Alexis Cahen	0 - 1	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2633
3	2100	IM	Damir Levacic	0 - 1	GM	Luke J McShane	2598
4	2009	FM	Patrice Verdier	0 - 1	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	2542
			Round 1			Women
Bd	Rtg		Barbados	0 - 4		England	Rtg
1	1835	WFM	Hannah Wilson	0 - 1	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	2354
2	1761	WCM	Chanon Reifer-Belle	0 - 1	WGM	Lan Yao	2270
3	1634		Gaybrianna Moore	0 - 1	IM	Harriet V Hunt	2284
4	1611	WCM	Kiarra Eversley	0 - 1	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	2181

Round 2 results were as follows, putting England Open 19th-28th= out of 206 teams and England Women 12th-20th= out of 184 teams.

			Round 2			Open
Bd	Rtg		England	3 - 1		Tajikistan	Rtg
1	2666	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	1 - 0	IM	Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev	2404
2	2598	GM	Michael Adams	½ - ½	IM	Jaloliddin Ilkhomi	2391
3	2633	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	1 - 0	FM	Mekhriddin Sharifov	2419
4	2542	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	½ - ½	IM	Muhammad Khusenkhojaev	2408
			Round 2			Women
Bd	Rtg		England	3½ - ½		Nigeria	Rtg
1	2354	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	1 - 0	WFM	Deborah Ebimobo-ere Quickpen	2174
2	2297	IM	Jovanka Houska	½ - ½	WFM	Michelle Chiamaka Nwankwo	1997
3	2284	IM	Harriet V Hunt	1 - 0		Sandra Osarugue Omoruyi	1919
4	2181	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	1 - 0	WIM	Bridget Michael	1925

Round 3 results were as follows, putting England Open 26th-27th= out of 206 teams and England Women 18th= out of 189 teams.

			Round 3			Open
Bd	Rtg		Lithuania	2 - 2		England	Rtg
1	2554	GM	Titas Stremavicius	½ - ½	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2666
2	2542	GM	Paulius Pultinevicius	1 - 0	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2633
3	2536	GM	Tomas Laurusas	0 - 1	GM	Luke J McShane	2598
4	2410	IM	Gleb Pidluznij	½ - ½	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	2542
			Round 3			Women
Bd	Rtg		Brazil	1 - 3		England	Rtg
1	2200	FM	Juliana Sayumi Terao	0 - 1	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	2354
2	2197	FM	Julia Alboredo	0 - 1	WGM	Lan Yao	2270
3	2130	WIM	Kathie Goulart Librelato	1 - 0	IM	Jovanka Houska	2297
4	1931	WFM	Agatha Hurba Nunes	0 - 1	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	2181

Round 4 results were as follows, putting England Open 10th-11th= out of 206 teams and England Women 13th= out of 189 teams. This round saw the first England team loss of the overall event. It at least makes the next round easier with any luck,

			Round 4			Open
Bd	Rtg		England	3 - 1		Singapore	Rtg
1	2666	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	½ - ½	GM	Jingyao Tin	2584
2	2598	GM	Michael Adams	1 - 0	GM	Jagadeesh Siddharth	2497
3	2598	GM	Luke J McShane	½ - ½	FM	Zi Han Goh	2347
4	2542	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	1 - 0	FM	Kaushik Ashwath	2303
			Round 4			Women
Bd	Rtg		England	1½-2½		Azerbaijan	Rtg
1	2354	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	½ - ½	IM	Ulviyya Fataliyeva	2402
2	2270	WGM	Lan Yao	0 - 1	WGM	Govhar Beydullayeva	2392
3	2297	IM	Jovanka Houska	½ - ½	IM	Khanim Balajayeva	2356
4	2284	IM	Harriet V Hunt	½ - ½	IM	Gulnar Mammadova	2311

Round 5 results were as follows. England Women got a relatively easier pairing after losing in round 4. England Open team on the other hand had stronger opponents than in round 4.

These Geogia and England teams had played each other before in the 25th European Team Championship, round 6, on 10/10/2025, when the result was as follows.

25th European Team Championship, Round 6, 10/10/2025
Bd	Rtg		Georgia 1	1 ‑ 3		England	Rtg
1	2562	GM	Mikheil Mchedlishvili	½ ‑ ½	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2654
2	2486	GM	Nikolozi Kacharava	½ - ½	GM	Michael Adams	2646
3	2573	GM	Baadur Jobava	0 - 1	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2643
4	2502	GM	Luka Paichadze	0 - 1	GM	Luke J McShane	2614

The most interesting game in that match was Baadur Jobava v Gawain Maroroa-Jones. This fiery game can be played through on this site here. (Use browser’s”back” function to return to this page.).

At the Olympiad, Georgia improved the above score with Jobava holding Maroroa-Jones to a draw this time.

			Round 5			Open
Bd	Rtg		Georgia	1½-2½		England	Rtg
1	2550	GM	Mikheil Mchedlishvili	½ - ½	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2666	play
2	2525	GM	Nikolozi Kacharava	½ - ½	GM	Michael Adams	2598	play
3	2576	GM	Baadur Jobava	½ - ½	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2633	play
4	2461	GM	Luka Paichadze	0 - 1	GM	Luke J McShane	2598	play
			Round 5			Women
Bd	Rtg		Australia	0-4		England	Rtg
1	2146	WFM	Zhiyuan Shen	0 - 1	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	2354
2	2096	WIM	Heather S Richards	0 - 1	WGM	Lan Yao	2270
3	2093	WFM	Nguyen Mai Chi Phan	0 - 1	IM	Harriet V Hunt	2284
4	2086	WFM	Thu Giang Nguyen	0 - 1	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	2181

Games were included in those covered by Lichess, and the “play” links above are links to the games on Lichess.

This put England Open 8th= out of 206 teams and England Women 11th out of 189 teams.

Round 6 results were as follows, putting England Open in 10th place and England Women in 28th position.

			Round 6			Open
Bd	Rtg		France	2 - 2		England	Rtg
1	2718	GM	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	½ ‑ ½	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2666	play
2	2620	GM	Etienne Bacrot	0 - 1	GM	Michael Adams	2598	play
3	2612	GM	MarcAndria Maurizzi	1 - 0	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2633	play
4	2602	GM	Jules Moussard	½ - ½	GM	Luke J McShane	2598	play
			Round 6			Women
Bd	Rtg		Ukraine	2½-1½		England	Rtg
1	2463	WFM	Anastasiia Hnatyshyn	½ - ½	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	2354
2	2412	GM	Anna Ushenina	½ - ½	WGM	Lan Yao	2270
3	2390	IM	Nataliya Buksa	½ - ½	IM	Jovanka Houska	2297
4	2317	WGM	Anastasiya Rakhmangulova	1 - 0	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	2181

Games were included in those covered by Lichess, and the “play” links above are links to the games on Lichess.

Round 7 results were as follows, putting England Open in 20th place and England Women in 12th position.

			Round 7			Open
Bd	Rtg		England	1½ - 2½		India	Rtg
1	2666	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	0 - 1	GM	R Praggnanandhaa	2761	play
2	2598	GM	Michael Adams	½ ‑ ½	GM	Arjun Erigaisi	2759	play
3	2598	GM	Luke J McShane	1 - 0	GM	Sarin Nihal	2718	play
4	2542	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	0 - 1	GM	D Gukesh	2703	play
			Round 7			Women
Bd	Rtg		England	4 - 0		Turkmenistan	Rtg
1	2354	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	1 - 0	WFM	Lala Shohradova	2147
2	2270	WGM	Lan Yao	1 - 0	WCM	Leyla Shohradova	2101
3	2297	IM	Jovanka Houska	1 - 0		Mahri Agamuradova	1939
4	2284	IM	Harriet V Hunt	1 - 0		Ogulsuray Bayrambayeva	1952

Games were included in those covered by Lichess, and the “play” links above are links to the games on Lichess. (See above for link to Women’s games.)

Round 8 saw England Open team paired against Uzbekistan 2 (the host nation having the right to enter two teams) while England Women were paired against Peru. Results, as follows, put England Open into 36th position and England Women into 19th position.

			Round 8			Open
Bd	Rtg		England	1½-2½		Uzbekistan 2	Rtg
1	2598	GM	Michael Adams	½ - ½	GM	Jakhongir Vakhidov	2527	play
2	2633	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	½ - ½	GM	Abdimalik Abdisalimov	2548	play
3	2598	GM	Luke J McShane	½ - ½	GM	Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov	2540	play
4	2542	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	0 - 1	GM	Khumoyun Begmuratov	2514	play
			Round 8			Women
Bd	Rtg		Peru	2 - 2		England	Rtg
1	2316	IM	Deysi Cori T.	1 - 0	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	2354
2	2184	WIM	Maria Teresa Jimenez Salas	0 - 1	WGM	Lan Yao	2270
3	2168	FM	Fiorella Contreras Huaman	½ - ½	IM	Harriet V Hunt	2284
4	2069	WIM	Aleyla Hilario	½ - ½	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	2181

Games were included in those covered by Lichess, and the “play” links above are links to the games on Lichess. (See above for link to Women’s games.)

Round 9 was England Open’s turn to play Peru. Results were as follows, putting England Open into 25th position, and England Women into 13th position.

			Round 9			Open
Bd	Rtg		Peru	1 ‑ 3		England	Rtg
1	2575	GM	Jorge Cori	0 - 1	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2666	play
2	2387	IM	Steven Rojas Salas	0 - 1	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2633	play
3	2381	IM	German Gonzalo Quirhuayo Chumbe	½ ‑ ½	GM	Luke J McShane	2598	play
4	2369	IM	Fernando Miguel Fernandez Sanchez	½ ‑ ½	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	2542	play
			Round 9			Women
Bd	Rtg		England	3 - 1		Estonia	Rtg
1	2354	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	½ ‑ ½	IM	Mai Narva	2411
2	2297	IM	Jovanka Houska	½ ‑ ½	WIM	Margareth Olde	2242
3	2284	IM	Harriet V Hunt	1 - 0	WFM	Sofia Blokhin	2046
4	2181	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	1 - 0	WCM	Grete Olde	2002

Games were included in those covered by Lichess, and the “play” links above are links to the games on Lichess. (See above for link to Women’s games.)

Round 10 board results in this, the penultimate round, were as follows, putting England Open into 21st position and England Women in also in 21st position.

			Round 10			Open
Bd	Rtg		England	2½-1½		Belarus	Rtg
1	2666	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	0 - 1	GM	Denis Lazavik	2621	play
2	2598	GM	Michael Adams	½ ‑ ½	IM	Artiom Stribuk	2489	play
3	2633	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	1 - 0	GM	Mihail Nikitenko	2415	play
4	2598	GM	Luke J McShane	1 - 0	IM	Viachaslau Zarubitski	2392	play
			Round 10			Women
Bd	Rtg		England	1½ - 2½		Georgia	Rtg
1	2354	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	½ ‑ ½	GM	Nana Dzagnidze	2478
2	2270	WGM	Lan Yao	½ ‑ ½	GM	Nino Batsiashvili	2466
3	2297	IM	Jovanka Houska	½ ‑ ½	GM	Bella Khotenashvili	2435
4	2284	IM	Harriet V Hunt	0 - 1	IM	Lela Javakhishvili	2424

Games were included in those covered by Lichess, and the “play” links above are links to the games on Lichess. (See above for link to Women’s games.)

Round 11 pairings were as follows, play being due to start at the earlier time of 7.00 a.m. UK time.

			Round 11	1½ ‑ 2½		Open
Bd	Rtg		Italy	0 - 0		England	Rtg
1	2573	GM	Lorenzo Lodici	0 - 1	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	2666	play
2	2556	GM	Luca Jr Moroni	1 - 0	GM	Michael Adams	2598	play
3	2539	GM	Francesco Sonis	0 - 1	GM	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	2633	play
4	2473	IM	Edoardo Di Benedetto	½ ‑ ½	GM	Luke J McShane	2598	play
			Round 11			Women
Bd	Rtg		Philippines	1½ ‑ 2½		England	Rtg
1	2260	WGM	Janelle Mae Frayna	0 - 1	FM	Bodhana Sivanandan	2354
2	2160	WIM	Ruelle Canino	½ ‑ ½	WGM	Lan Yao	2270
3	2134	WIM	Jan Jodilyn Fronda	0 - 1	IM	Jovanka Houska	2297
4	2076	WFM	Shania Mae Mendoza	1 - 0	WGM	Elmira Mirzoeva	2181

Games were included in those covered by Lichess, and the “play” links above are links to the games on Lichess. (See above for link to Women’s games.)

Leading final rankings in the two sections were as follows:

	Open	Matches			TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4		Women	Matches			TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
Rk.	Open	Won	Drawn	Lost	MP	OSB	GP	OMP	Rk.	Women	Won	Drawn	Lost	MP	OSB	GP	OMP
1	Uzbekistan	10	0	1	20	455.5	32.5	161	1	China	9	2	0	20	463.0	33.0	161
2	India	8	2	1	18	405.5	28.5	162	2	Kazakhstan	7	4	0	18	395.0	29.0	160
3	Germany	9	0	2	18	386.5	28.5	160	3	India	7	3	1	17	424.0	31.0	161
4	USA	8	1	2	17	391.5	29.0	157	4	USA	8	1	2	17	418.0	32.5	150
5	Azerbaijan	7	3	1	17	364.5	28.5	151	5	Poland	8	1	2	17	381.0	28.5	160
6	Armenia	7	3	1	17	339.5	27.0	154	6	Armenia	8	1	2	17	369.0	28.5	154
7	Hungary	7	3	1	17	320.5	24.5	152	7	Mongolia	8	1	2	17	331.0	27.0	149
8	China	7	2	2	16	374.5	28.0	160	8	Georgia	6	4	1	16	360.0	28.5	151
9	France	6	4	1	16	366.5	28.5	151	9	Vietnam	8	0	3	16	348.0	28.5	149
10	Spain	8	0	3	16	354.5	28.5	147	10	Slovenia	7	2	2	16	336.0	29.5	138
11	Ukraine	8	0	3	16	350.5	28.0	148	11	Turkiye	7	2	2	16	323.0	28.0	138
12	England	7	2	2	16	335.5	27.5	145	12	France	7	1	3	15	368.0	30.0	145
13	Turkiye	7	1	3	15	361.5	27.5	152	13	Uzbekistan	7	1	3	15	358.5	28.5	152
14	Poland	6	3	2	15	348.0	28.5	146	14	Bulgaria	7	1	3	15	358.0	28.5	150
15	Iran	6	3	2	15	348.0	28.5	143	15	England	7	1	3	15	357.5	30.5	136
16	Netherlands	7	1	3	15	342.5	26.0	153	16	Azerbaijan	7	1	3	15	355.0	28.5	150
17	Romania	5	5	1	15	339.5	28.0	143	17	Romania	7	1	3	15	323.5	29.5	133
18	Uzbekistan 2	7	1	3	15	332.0	25.5	154
19	Vietnam	6	3	2	15	326.5	30.5	130
20	Croatia	7	1	3	15	321.5	29.0	132

The ranking method was in succession:

TB1: Match points (2 for wins, 1 for draws, 0 for losses)

TB2: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Chennai)

TB3: Game-points (1 for wins, ½ for draws, 0 for losses)

TB4: Olympiad-Sum of Adjusted match points without lowest result (Chennai)

(Seems to be based on sum of opponents’ match points ignoring the lowest.)

The closing ceremony is scheduled for 2.45 p.m. UK time.