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  2. Women's Chess Olympiad - Wikipedia

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    Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments. 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 (1927–1944). The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times.

  3. Women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad - Wikipedia

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    The women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad was from 11 to 22 September 2024. It was contested by a record number of 183 teams, representing 181 nations. [1] Hungary, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 909 players participated in the open event. [2]

  4. Women's event at the 44th Chess Olympiad - Wikipedia

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    The Women's event was contested by a record number of 162 teams, representing 160 nations. India, as host nation, fields three teams. [1]The women's tournament was short of seven out of the ten top players according to the FIDE rating list published in July 2022, with only the Muzychuk sisters—former Women's World Champion Mariya and Anna—and Nana Dzagnidze participating. [8]

  5. 45th Chess Olympiad - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Chess Olympiad - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Category:Women's Chess Olympiads - Wikipedia

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    0–9. 1st Women's Chess Olympiad; 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad; 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad; 4th Women's Chess Olympiad; 5th Women's Chess Olympiad; 6th Women's Chess Olympiad

  8. 2024 in chess - Wikipedia

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    The Candidates Tournament and Women's Candidates Tournament were held concurrently for the first time to determine the challengers for the reigning world champions Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun. [2] The winners, Gukesh and Tan Zhongyi, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2024 and Women's World Chess Championship 2025 respectively.

  9. Women in chess - Wikipedia

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    Around this time, Vera Menchik became the inaugural Women's World Chess Champion and was the first woman to compete in top-level tournaments with the best players in the world in the late 1920s. After her death, the Soviet Union dominated women's chess, winning every Women's Chess Olympiad they played