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The women's event at the 44th Chess Olympiad was held from 29 July to 9 August 2022. It was contested by a record number of 162 teams, representing 160 nations. [1] India, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 799 players participated in the women's event. [2]
The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to 10 August 2022. It consisted of Open and Women's tournaments, as well as several events to promote chess .
The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments.
Deshmukh became India's 21st woman chess Grandmaster in 2021. [4] She won the 2022 Women's Indian Chess Championship. [7] She also won an individual bronze medal at the 2022 Chess Olympiad. She was also part of the gold medal-winning FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 team. [8] [9] As of December 2024, she is the 2nd ranked woman chess player in ...
The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the Vera Menchik Cup in honor of the first Women's World Chess Champion. Judit Polgár from Hungary is the only player who won Chess Olympiad medals in both competitions – two gold medals in the women's event ( 1988 , 1990 ) and two silver medals in the open event ( 2002 , 2014 ).
The open event at the 44th Chess Olympiad was held from 29 July to 9 August 2022. It was contested by a record number of 188 teams, representing 186 nations. [1] India, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 937 players participated in the open event. [2]
In 2018 in Dresden Josefine Heinemann ranked 3rd in German Masters for women. [3] Josefine Heinemann played for Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiad: In 2022, at second board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+2, =6, -1). [4] Josefine Heinemann played for Germany in the European Women's Team Chess Championships: [5]
Gergana Peycheva played for Bulgaria in the Women's Chess Olympiad: In 2022, at second board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+3, =5, -1). [4] In 2018, she was awarded the FIDE Master (FM) title and received the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title two years later. Also Gergana Peycheva is a FIDE Instructor (2020).