Details of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024

Venue: The Budapest Olympic Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, Hungary
Schedule: September 11 - 22, 2024
Format: Classical (11-Round Swiss Tournament)
Time Control: 90+30, with 30 minutes added after move 40

Number of Teams Participating: Open Section: 193; Women's Section: 181
Official Website: FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024

45th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 Winners

Medal Open Section Match Pts Women Section Match Pts
🥇 India 21 India 19
🥈 USA 17 Kazakhstan 18
🥉 Uzbekistan 17 USA 17

Individual Medals Open Section

  Gold Silver Bronze
Board 1 Gukesh D Nodirbek Magnus Carlsen
Board 2 Nguyen Thai Dai Van Lazov Toni Gurel Ediz
Board 3 Arjun Erigaisi Yu Yangyi Le Tuan Minh
Board 4 Vokhidov Shamsiddin Aronian Levon Pichot Alan

Individual Medals Women Section

  Gold Silver Bronze
Board 1 Zhu Jiner Sarasadat Dzagnidze Nana
Board 2 Yip Carissa Paehtz Elisabeth Song Yuxin
Board 3 Divya Deshmukh Sabrina Danielian Elina
Board 4 Vantika Agrawal Lee Alice Sargsyan Anna M

Team India Squad - Open Section:

With an impressive average ELO rating of 2753, Team India is the second seed in the Open section. Here’s the lineup

Captain: Narayanan, Srinath

Player Rating
GM Erigaisi Arjun 2778
GM Gukesh Dommaraju 2764
GM Praggnanandhaa R 2750
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2720
GM Harikrishna Pentala 2686

Team India Squad - Women's Section:

Team India leads the women's section with an outstanding average ELO rating of 2467, closely followed by Georgia at 2462. Here’s the team lineup:

Captain: Kunte, Abhijit

Player Rating
GM Dronavalli Harika 2502
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu 2498
IM Divya Deshmukh 2483
IM Tania Sachdev 2386
IM Vantika Agrawal 2370

Individual Board Top 3 Performance - Open Section

RP = Rating Performance, Games = Games Played, GM = Grandmaster, IM = International Master 

Board 1:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 GM Gukesh D 2764 India 3056 10
2 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2766 Uzbekistan 2884 11
3 GM Magnus Carlsen 2832 Norway 2810 8

 


Board 2:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van 2647 Czech Republic 2783 10
2 IM Lazov Toni 2360 North Macedonia 2763 8
3 GM Gurel Ediz 2602 Turkiye 2755 11

Board 3:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2778 India 2968 11
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2703 China 2802 10
3 GM Le Tuan Minh 2564 Vietnam 2795 11

Board 4:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 GM Vokhidov Shamsiddin 2650 Uzbekistan 2779 10
2 GM Aronian Levon 2729 USA 2773 10
3 GM Pichot Alan 2628 Spain 2756 9

Board 5:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 GM Svane Frederik 2640 Germany 2791 9
2 GM Gledura Benjamin 2628 Hungary 2692 10
3 GM Ivic Velimir 2599 Serbia 2648 10

Individual Board Top 3 Performance - Women's Section

WGM = Woman Grandmaster, WFM = Woman FIDE Master, WIM = Woman International Master

Board 1:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 GM Zhu Jiner 2487 China 2597 9
2 IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2468 Spain 2560 9
3 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2508 Georgia 2541 10

RP = Rating Performance, Games = Games Played


Board 2:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 IM Yip Carissa 2386 USA 2634 11
2 GM Paehtz Elisabeth 2455 Germany 2477 10
3 IM Song Yuxin 2373 China 2467 9

Board 3:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 IM Divya Deshmukh 2483 India 2608 11
2 IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2374 Spain 2505 11
3 GM Danielian Elina 2393 Armenia 2495 10

Board 4:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 IM Vantika Agrawal 2370 India 2558 9
2 IM Lee Alice 2384 USA 2471 10
3 IM Sargsyan Anna M 2364 Armenia 2446 10

Board 5:

Rank Name Rating Team RP Games
1 WFM Kochavi Dana 2009 Israel 2676 8
2 WIM Nadirjanova Nodira 2059 Uzbekistan 2460 8
3 IM Lu Miaoyi 2438 SerbiaChina 2410 9

Team India's Pairings, Results, and Standing After Each Round:

11 September, 2024: Round 1

Open Section: India vs Morocco, India won 4 - 0 (Board Points: 4, Standing: 1)

Pragg and Vidit got the white pieces on board numbers 1 and 3.

GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) 1 - 0 IM Mohamed Tissir (2355)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 FM Jacques Elbilia (2343)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) 1 - 0 FM Pierre Mehdi Ouakhir (2191)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (2686) 1 - 0 Anas Moayad (2016)

Women's Section: India vs Jamaica, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 3.5, Standing: 73)

Divya and Tania played with the white pieces.

GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) 1 - 0 WFM Adani Clarke (1919)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 WIM Rachel Miller (1912)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) ½ - ½ WFM Raehanna Brown (1910)
IM Tania Sachdev (2386) 1 - 0 Gabriella Watson (1826)

12 September, 2024: Round 2

Open Section: India vs Iceland, India won 4 - 0 (Board Points: 8, Standing: 1)

India made a strategic change by resting Pragg and placing Gukesh on board 1. Both Arjun and Hari have the advantage of playing with the white pieces.

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2531)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Hannes Stefansson (2471)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) 1 - 0 IM Hilmir Freyr Heimisson (2391)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (2686) 1 - 0 GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2450)

Women's Section: India vs Czech Republic, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 7, Standing: 33)

Similar to the Open section, India made a key change in the women's section by bringing in the experienced Grandmaster Harika on board 1, replacing Vaishali. Both Harika and Vantika played with the white pieces.

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) 1 - 0 WGM Julia Movsesian (2198)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 WIM Natalie Kanakova (2145)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) 1 - 0 WGM Tereza Rodshtein (2149)
IM Tania Sachdev (2386) ½ - ½ WIM Martina Korenova (2104)

13 September, 2024: Round 3

Open Section: India vs Hungary B, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 11.5, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Adam Kozak (2609)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) 1 - 0 GM Tamas Banusz (2605)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Peter Prohaszka (2542)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) ½ - ½ GM Gabor Papp (2550)

Women's Section: India vs Switzerland, India won 3 - 1 (Board Points: 10, Standing: 7)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) 0 - 1 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2483)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) 1 - 0 WGM Ghazal Hakimifard (2192)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 WIM Sofiia Hryzlova (2188)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) 1 - 0 WFM Mariya Manko (2159)

14 September, 2024: Round 4

Open Section: India vs Serbia, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 15, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Alexandr Predke (2671)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) ½ - ½ GM Alexey Sarana (2713)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Aleksandar Indjic (2611)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) 1 - 0 GM Velimir Ivic (2599)

Women's Section: India vs France, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 13.5, Standing: 2)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) 0 - 1 IM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette (2369)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) ½ - ½ IM Sophie Milliet (2348)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 WGM Mitra Hejazipour (2327)
IM Tania Sachdev (2386) 1 - 0 WIM Natacha Benmesbah (2258)

15 September, 2024: Round 5

Open Section: India vs Azerbaijan, India won 3 - 1 (Board Points: 18, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Aydin Suleymanli (2632)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) ½ - ½ GM Nijat Abasov (2626)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Rauf Mamedov (2637)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) ½ - ½ GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2733)

Women's Section: India vs France, India won 2.5 - 1.5 (Board Points: 16, Standing: 1)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) 0 - 1 IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2482)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) 1 - 0 IM Meruert Kamalidenova (2352)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) ½ - ½ WIM Xeniya Balabayeva (2335)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) 1 - 0 WIM Alua Nurman (2324)

16 September, 2024: Round 6

Open Section: India vs Hungary, India won 3 - 1 (Board Points: 21, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) ½ - ½ GM Richard Rapport (2715)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) ½ - ½ GM Peter Leko (2666)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Sanan Sjugirov (2644)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) 1 - 0 GM Benjamin Gledura (2628)

Women's Section: India vs Armenia, India won 2.5 - 1.5 (Board Points: 18.5, Standing: 1)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) ½ - ½ IM Lilit Mkrtchian (2366)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) ½ - ½ WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (2328)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 GM Elina Danielian (2393)
IM Tania Sachdev (2386) ½ - ½ IM Anna M Sargsyan (2364)

17 September, 2024: Rest Day

18 September, 2024: Round 7

Open Section: India vs China, India won 2.5 - 1.5 (Board Points: 23.5, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Wei Yi (2762)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) ½ - ½ GM Yangyi Yu (2703)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) ½ - ½ GM Bu Xiangzhi (2693)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (2686) ½ - ½ GM Wang Yue (2637)

Women's Section: India vs Georgia, India won 3 - 1 (Board Points: 21.5, Standing: 1)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) ½ - ½ GM Nana Dzagnidze (2508)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) 1 - 0 IM Lela Javakhishvili (2446)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) ½ - ½ GM Nino Batsiashvili (2461)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) 1 - 0 GM Bela Khotenashvili (2432)

19 September, 2024: Round 8

Open Section: India vs Iran, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 27, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2723)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) ½ - ½ GM Amin Tabatabaei (2714)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Bardiya Daneshvar (2598)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (2686) 1 - 0 GM Pouya Idani (2599)

Women's Section: India vs Georgia, India lost 1.5 - 2.5 (Board Points: 23, Standing: 1)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) 0 - 1 IM Alina Kashlinskaya (2490)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) 0 - 1 GM Monika Socko (2422)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (2404)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) ½ - ½ WIM Alicja Sliwicka (2373)

20 September, 2024: Round 9

Open Section: India vs Uzbekistan, Match Draw 2 - 2 (Board Points: 29, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) ½ - ½ GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2766)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) ½ - ½ GM Javokhir Sindarov (2677)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) ½ - ½ GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2650)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) ½ - ½ GM Jakhongir Vakhidov (2571)

Women's Section: India vs USA, Match Draw 2 - 2 (Board Points: 25, Standing: 2)

GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) 0 - 1 IM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (2380)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) ½ - ½ IM Carissa Yip (2386)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) 1 - 0 GM Irina Krush (2396)
IM Tania Sachdev (2386) ½ - ½ IM Alice Lee (2384)

21 September, 2024: Round 10

Open Section: India vs USA, India won 2.5 - 1.5 (Board Points: 31.5, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Fabiano Caruana (2798)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) 0 - 1 GM Wesley So (2752)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2748)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) ½ - ½  GM Levon Aronian (2729)

Women's Section: India vs China, India won 2.5 - 1.5 (Board Points: 27.5, Standing: 1)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) ½ - ½ GM Zhu Jiner (2487)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) ½ - ½ IM Guo Qi (2367)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 WGM Ni Shiqun (2348)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) ½ - ½ IM Lu Miaoyi (2438)

22 September, 2024: Round 11

Open Section: India vs Slovenia, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 34, Standing: 1)

GM Gukesh Dommaraju (2764) 1 - 0 GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2692)
GM Praggnanandhaa R (2750) 1 - 0 GM Anton Demchenko (2597)
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) 1 - 0 GM Jan Subelj (2498)
GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) ½ - ½  GM Matej Sebenik (2515)

Women's Section: India vs Azerbaijan, India won 3.5 - 0.5 (Board Points: 31, Standing: 1)

GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) 1 - 0 IM Gunay Mammadzada (2433)
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2498) ½ - ½ IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (2378)
IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) 1 - 0 WGM Govhar Beydullayeva (2395)
IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) 1 - 0 IM Khanim Balajayeva (2384)

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