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The Chess Olympiad 2024 is going to take place in Budapest, Hungary from 10 to 23 September 2024. It is the world’s largest team event and will have a record breaking participation. Today the most important chess gathering of the year was officially opened in Budapest.

Instead of being part of team Ukraine in the Chess Olympiad 2024, GM Igor Kovalenko had to stay back to defend his country. At the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympiad, Igor Kovalenko joined online for some chess in full military gear.

This and more images precede the coming FIDE congress, where the a controversial motion by Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation will be discussed.

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After 19-year-old Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, World Champion Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the 2022 tournament.

The Chess Olympiad 2024 is going to take place in Budapest, Hungary from 10 to 23 September 2024. It is the world’s largest team event and will have a record breaking participation. Today the most important chess gathering of the year was officially opened in Budapest. (Unexpected: no live broadcast of the opening by the organizers)

Ivan Sokolov, one of world’s most renowned coaches, is the captain of team Romania for the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. Upon arriving in the city, Sokolov commented the organization and complained of overcharge for the hotels. The same problem was reported by numerous federations.

Vignir Vatnar Stefansson is the winner Ciudad de Galdar 2024. Stefansson collected 7,5/9 and won the event half a point ahead of Thomas Beerdsen, Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez, Lev Yankelevich, and Paolo Ladron De Guevara Pinto.

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The day of the opening ceremony of the Chess Olympiad 2024 is here! Most delegations, except the 11 still experiencing visa issues, are in Budapest. And photo reports are coming from your cameras at a record rate! This article will be continuously updated with new photos, smiles and faces from Budapest through the day.

The visa issues for the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest continue to trouble multiple federations. In the late Monday situation update the list of countries with visa denials for Hungary was primarily made of African nations – Algeria, Eswatini, Lesotho, Gambia, CAR, Tunisia, and Egypt.

There will be a total of 49 African nations at the Chess Olympiad 2024 that starts in Budapest this September 10.