Hello everyone and welcome to the Chess Olympiad 2024 live blog! In this rolling updates article, we will cover all events and news regarding the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. The news will appear here time stamped at reverse chronological order. Scroll down to the first news, while on top you will find the latest curiosities from Budapest. Round 1 starts September 11 at 15:00 CET
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August 26, 2:15 AM
August 26, 1:25 AM
According to the July rating list, the top team of the Olympiad is USA with average ELO of 2755, followed by India (2753), China (2726), Netherlands (2687), Uzbekistan (2684), Norway (2673), England (2666), Germany (2663), Hungary (2663), and Poland (2662). See all participants in the open section
In the women section of the Olympiad the top team is India (2467), closely followed by Georgia (2461), Poland (2418), China (2414), Ukraine (2402), Azerbaijan (2402), USA (2388), Spain (2382), Germany (2380), Kazakhstan (2370), and Armenia (2365). See all participants in the women section
The August update of the rating list will bring changes, we will closely follow them here.
August 26, 12:45 AM
The Chess Olympiad 2024 will have an official song. This is Rose May and Raul – Trojan war. You can listen to the song, read the story and the full lyrics here
August 26, 12:25 AM
The Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest breaks the participation record. 2022 Chennai Olympiad held the participation record with 187 teams registered in Open competition and 162 teams registered in the Women’s competition, a record that was previously set in Batumi, 2018 with 182 teams representing 176 countries in Open and Women sections. Now Budapest Chess Olympiad 2024 will feature 193 teams in the Open section and 181 squads in the Women’s competition.
Liechtenstein, Guernsey, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, the US Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, Nauru, and the Cayman Islands – will make their debut in Budapest in the Women section. (see the full news here)
