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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]
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 ...
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.
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.
In December 2023, she won the second Championship title in Albanian Women's Chess Championship, after 8 rounds with 6.5 points, 6 victories, 1 tie and 1 loss. [11] From 11 to 22 September 2024, she played second time for Albania Team at the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Women in Budapest on third table, scoring 6.5 points in 10 games played.
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).
Dana Kochavi (born 2007) is an Israeli chess player. [1] She is a FIDE master, having won that title in 2024. [2]In 2023, she won the title of Woman FIDE master.In September 2024, she competed in the 45th Chess Olympiad, where she won the gold medal for the women's reserve board category, [3] [4] and was the only chess player in the championship to win all her games. [5]
Vantika Agrawal (born September 2002) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is a three-time gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad including two gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024 at Budapest. [2] She won a silver medal with the Indian Team at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian ...