🔴 Live Chess Olympiad - நேரு ஸ்டேடியத்திலிருந்து நேரலை Stalin - Modi -
Nehru Stadium
The 44th Chess Olympiad (also known as the Chennai Chess
Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and
comprising open[note 1] and women's tournaments, as well as several events
designed to promote the game of chess, will be held in Chennai, India from 28
July to 10 August 2022.[1][2] This will be the first Chess Olympiad to take
place in India.[3] The event was initially supposed to take place in
Khanty-Mansiysk, along with the Chess World Cup 2019, but was moved to Moscow
and scheduled for the period from 5 to 17 August 2020.[4][5][note 2] However,
it was postponed as a result of the growing concerns around the COVID-19
pandemic[6] and finally relocated to Chennai following Russian invasion of
Ukraine.[7]
The total number of participants will be 1,736, with 937 in the
Open and 799 in the Women's event.[8][9] The number of registered teams is 188
from 186 nations in the Open section[10] and 162 from 160 nations in the
Women's section.[11] Both sections will expectedly set team participation
records. The main venue of the Chess Olympiad will be the convention centre at
the Four Points by Sheraton, while the opening and closing ceremonies will be
held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.[12] The Chief Arbiter of the event will
be France's International Arbiter Laurent Freyd.[13]
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