44th Chess Olympiad

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The 44th Chess Olympiad (Tamil: 44-ஆவது சதுரங்க ஒலிம்பியாடு) was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to 9 August 2022. It consisted of two main tournaments—an Open event, enabling participation of players from all genders, and a Women's event, enabling participation of female players only—as well as several events to promote chess. The Olympiad was initially supposed to take place in August 2020 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, the host of the Chess World Cup 2019, but it was later moved to Moscow. However, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then relocated to Chennai following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This was the first Chess Olympiad to take place in India. The total number of participants was 1,737, consisting of 937 in the Open and 800 in the Women's event. The number of registered teams was 188 from 186 nations in the Open section and 162 from 160 nations in the Women's section; being...

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