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The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021 , with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.
The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23 September 2024.. There were two main events contested at the Chess Olympiad—an Open event, enabling participation of players from all genders, and a Women's event, enabling participation of female players only.
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations compete in an Olympic-style event. [1] [2] The first unofficial edition, labelled as the "Chess Olympic Games", was held in Paris in 1924, and coincided with the Summer Olympic Games that took place in the city in the same year. [3]
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For the first time in the history of Chess Olympiads, no European team won a medal in the Open event. [71] The challenger in the World Chess Championship 2024 Gukesh Dommaraju of India achieved the highest rating performance of 3056 in the Open event after scoring 9 out of a possible 10 points (eight wins and two draws) on board one.
However, the drama started even before the event when Levon Aronian, who won three gold medals for Armenia at the Chess Olympiads, decided to not play against his former teammates. [51] Wesley So was winning after less than 20 moves against Hrant Melkumyan with a rook sacrifice, which would have been followed by a queen sacrifice and mate in ...
Players and spectators at the Westminster Central Hall Competing countries (in green) of the 1st Chess Olympiad. The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open [1] and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 18 and 30 July, 1927 at the Westminster Central Hall, London, United Kingdom.
The official poster for the Olympiad. The 17th Chess Olympiad (Spanish: La 17 a Olimpíada de ajedrez), organized by FIDE and comprising an open [1] team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 23 and November 20, 1966, in Havana, Cuba.