– (IM Michael Rahal, FIDE Press Officer, Shore Temple Mahabalipuram) Surrounded by great anticipation, the Chess Olympiad Relay Torch finally arrived this morning to the Olympiad venue in Mahabalipuram. After travelling throughout India for more than a month, International Masters Srihari L R and Harshavardhan G B, together with other local authorities, took over the […]
Team USA is the overwhelming favourites in the Open section with a team with an average rating of 2772, a staggering 75 points more than second-seeded hosts India. Norway, with their youngest team ever, is third-seeded with the help of a ratings boost by top-ranked World Champion Magnus Carlsen. While it can be said that […]
AWESOME TO BE BACK IN CHENNAI AGAIN The reigning World Number one as well as the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will be in Chennai as part of the Norway Chess Team to take part in the 44th Chess Olympiad scheduled from 28th July to 10th August at Mamallapuram, Chennai. The Norwegian Team is ranked […]
The FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich nominates Grandmaster Eugenio Torre (Philippines) as a Chairman of Appeals’ Committee for 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Legendary player and first Asian Gradmaster, Eugenio Torre holds a record for the most Olympiad participations (23), and now, serving as Appeals’ Committee Chairman he will bring in his experience and understanding of the […]
Chennai, July 24: The Curtain Raiser Rapid Rating Chess tournament was conducted in the same hall today that will host the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mamallapuram, attracted 1414 entries and created a World record by becoming the largest Open ever where all the games were played on electronic boards. GM Vishnu Prasanna of Tamil Nadu […]
During dinner last night with some colleagues from the organization, I was curious about the reason why Chennai, until 1996 known as Madras and deemed by many as India’s chess capital, had been chosen as the venue for the Olympiad, instead of any of the other huge Indian cities. Perhaps because of the hotel infrastructure […]
New Delhi, July 20, 2022: The ‘International Chess Day’ was celebrated on Wednesday with the unveiling of the official stamp of the 44th Chess Olympiad in the presence of a distinguished gathering at a city hotel in New Delhi. Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan and Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports […]
Budapest 1926 Team Tournament Date: July 1926 City: Budapest, Hungary Teams participating: 4 (6 teams applied, Austria and Czechoslovakia withdrew before the start) Players participating: 19 Game system: Round robin Downloadable game file: 26olymp.zip – Team Tournament 26it.zip – 1st FIDE Masters Tournament review Several competitions were organised in conjunction with the FIDE Congress held in […]
2nd Tournament of Nations (Chess Olympiad) (see all-time tournament summary) Date: 21st July – 6th August 1928 City: The Hague, The Netherlands Venue: perhaps Binnenhof (Dutch parliament) Tournament Director: N/A Chief Arbiter: Mr. Hartogensis (NL) Teams participating: 17 Players participating: 86 Games played: 544 Competition format: Four board round robin. Final order decided by: 1. […]
India is the birthplace of chess and has for long been understood to also be the future of chess. Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is already a living great, the depth and breadth of their already world class young talent led by the likes of Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, and R Praggnanandhaa, now also […]