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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 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 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.
44th Chess Olympiad : Chennai: Swiss: 26 Jul – 9 Aug: 188 Uzbekistan Armenia: India-2: 44th Chess Olympiad (women event) Swiss: 26 Jul – 9 Aug: 162 Ukraine Georgia India: 2022 FIDE World Team Championship: Jerusalem: Groups and play-offs: 20–25 Nov: 12 China Uzbekistan Spain
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.
Humpy competed at the 2022 Chess Olympiad as part of the women's India team, which achieved a bronze medal. [23] In 2023, Humpy was the runner up in the World Rapid championships. [24] In 2024, Humpy became the World Rapid champion for the second time in her career. [25]
Nikolas Theodorou played for Greece in the Chess Olympiad: In 2022, at second board in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai (+6, =3, -0) and won individual silver medal. [3] In 2016, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title five years later.
In 2022 Dragoș Cereș won Moldovan Chess Championship. [5] In August 2023, he finished third in the Riga Technical University Open "A" tournament. [6] Dragoș Cereș played for Moldova in the Chess Olympiad: In 2022, at reserve board in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai (+5, =3, -1). [7] In 2022, he was awarded the FIDE International Master ...