Regulations

Regulations :

The Tournament regulations are in accordance with FIDE Handbook D, Regulations for specific competitions.
D. 2. Chess Olympiad
FIDE Handbook Olympiad Competition
FIDE Handbook Olympiad Pairing Rules 2022

Dress Code :

The 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, set to start on the 29th of July, will be the most prominent chess gathering of the year. The historical participation records are updated with 189 teams registered for the Open and 162 in the Women’s section.

With your help, we’re looking forward to making this Olympiad not only the biggest in numbers but also the most elegant. We are happy to announce that the most stylish teams wearing the best uniforms will get special awards.

With hundreds of players from all over the Globe, Chess Olympiads are a celebration of diversity and friendship, putting FIDE’s motto “Gens Una Sumus” (“We are one family”) in the spotlight. Every Olympiad has plenty of media attention, with photographers’ shutters heavy at work every day – the perfect setup to showcase your national colours and cultural features.

At the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the athletes’ uniforms have long become an eye-catcher, with state-of-the-art outfits for teams created by the likes of Ralph Lauren and Armani, along with sportswear giants. Recent Chess Olympiads have also boasted of attention-grabbing team uniforms and individual outfits, and we hope that Chennai will reinforce this forming tradition.

We are also glad to announce that we will install a special photocall in Playing Hall 1, near the entrance to the VIP zone. We expect all teams and players to pass by it and have a professional headshot taken. These headshots will be used for the FIDE ID profiles, so we recommend not to miss this opportunity!

Pairing and Results :

The pairings and results will be available on the official website: https://chennai2022.fide.com on the venues of the Olympiad and the Congress, as well as at the Information desk in all the hotels accommodating the players.

Board Orders :

The team captains are requested to announce to the Organizers their team composition for the next round after the end of the previous one, or in the morning of The pairings and results will be available on the official website: https://chennai2022.fide.com on the venues of the Olympiad and the Congress, as well as at the Information desk located in all the hotels accommodating the players. Federations will submit their fixed board order for each of their teams via the Olympiad registration system. This can subsequently be amended by emailing the Technical Administration Panel: tap@aicf.in at any time until the Olympiad Technical Meeting. TAP will provide each team captain with a password to submit their team compositions for each round via Chess-Results. Full instructions, including the deadlines for each round, will be distributed after the closure of the registration system. The teams’ captains will be given green cards for the players who will play in the current round, which should be returned to the Match Arbiters after the game. The players are asked to carry their green player cards with their accreditation badges.