The Chess Olympiad 2028 is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from October 28 to November 11, 2028. It will be hosted at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), the largest venue of its kind in the Middle East, with a proposed budget of 15.3 million euros. Abu Dhabi won the bid with 96 votes against 60 for Genoa, Italy, during the FIDE Council meeting on December 17, 2023.