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The provisional total budget for the Chess Olympiad was €16.6 million, including €9 million for event services and operations as well as the hosting fee. [15] In June 2021, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, together with the president of the Hungarian Chess Federation László Szabó and the executive director of the National Sports Agency of Hungary Attila Mihok, signed the contract in ...
Location. Budapest, Hungary. The open event at the 45th Chess Olympiad was held from 11 to 22 September 2024. It was contested by a record number of 197 teams, representing 195 nations. [ 1 ] Hungary, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 975 players participated in the open event. [ 2 ]
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.
In November 2021 in Riga, Vantika Agrawal ranked in 14th place in FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021. [10] She received the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2021. [11] In 2024, she was part of the gold winning women's team at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. She also won the individual gold playing on Board 4. [2]
In October 2022, he had a strong standing in the World Junior Chess Championship. [5] Svane played in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated Lee Jun Hyeok in the first round, but was defeated by Ivan Cheparinov in the second round. At his Chess Olympiad debut in 2024, he earned an individual gold medal, scoring 8/9 on board five. [6]
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 ...
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]
Apr 1 – Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş becomes the youngest grandmaster in the world and the fourth youngest in history, at the age of 12 years, nine months, and 29 days. [26] Apr 7 – Arjun Erigaisi wins the Menorca Open on tiebreaks . [27] Apr 21 – Gukesh Dommaraju wins the Candidates Tournament 2024, advancing to the World Chess Championship 2024.