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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.. The total number of participants was 1,884: 975 in the Open and 909 in the Women's event.
Average ratings calculated by chess-results.com based on September 2024 FIDE ratings. ^† The Sonneborn-Berger score is a tie-breaking criterion used to rank teams with equal match points. All board prizes were given out according to performance ratings for players who played at least eight games at the tournament.
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 Chennai GM is at the apex of a robust chess ecosystem, which is one of the best, perhaps the best, in the world. Gukesh won Gold medals at the FIDE Chess Olympiad in September. [Getty Images]
Average ratings calculated by chess-results.com based on September 2024 FIDE ratings. ^‡ The Sonneborn-Berger score is a tie-breaking criterion used to rank teams with equal match points. All board prizes were given out according to performance ratings for players who played at least eight games at the tournament.
In August 2024, the Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation submitted a resolution to the FIDE Congress to restore the full membership rights of the Chess Federation of Russia and the Belarusian Chess Federation with an immediate effect, [10] which had to be discussed at the meeting of the General Assembly during the FIDE Congress at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. [11]
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]
[62] [60] The United States and Kazakhstan had the same score as India but due to weaker tie-breakers finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively. [61] Oliwia KioĊbasa of Poland had the highest individual score in the Women's event, with 9½ out of a possible 11 points (nine wins, one draw and one loss) with a performance rating of 2565.