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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