44th Chess Olympiad 2022 preview

30 Indians will play in six teams

The final addition among the six Indian teams is in the Women's section. India 3 Women will comprise - IM Eesha Karavade, WIM Sahithi Varshini M, WGM Pratyusha Bodda, WGM Nandhidhaa P V and WIM Vishwa Vasnawala. The team will be captained by GM Dibyendu Barua.

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar tweeted his best wishes for the Indian team

Press Conference

Stats and facts

• Open teams - 188, Players - 937

• Women teams - 162, Players - 799

• Total teams - 350, Players - 1736

• Open - 233 GMs, 111 IMs, 3 WGMs and a WIM are taking part from 186 countries.

• Women - 15 GMs, 46 IMs, 51 GMs and 98 WIMs are taking part from 160 countries.

• Teams having 4 players and no reserves - Open: Comoros Islands, Laos and Nicaragua. Women: Ivory Coast, Cyprus, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Indonesia, Laos, Nicaragua, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-leste and Chinese Taipei.

• Both Open and Women's team top seeds - Magnus Carlsen and Koneru Humpy are yet to win a medal at Chess Olympiad event. This is also Carlsen's first Olympiad since 2016.

• 13 Women are playing in the Open section.

• Youngest participant of the event is Randa Seder of Palestine. She is just eight years old.

Opening Ceremony

Schedule

Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. IST from 29th July to 8th August 2022. The final round on 9th August starts 10 a.m. IST. Rest day is on 4th August 2022.

Open teams list

Details

Women teams list

Details

Links

Official site

Tournament Regulations

Stats and facts - Chess-results and FIDE

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