Women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Dates run | 11–22 September 2024 |
| Competitors | 909 |
| Teams | 183 |
| Nations | 181 |
| Venue | SYMA Sports and Conference Centre |
| Location | Budapest, Hungary |
The women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad is being held from 11 to 22 September 2024. It is contested by a record number of 183 teams, representing 181 nations.[1] Hungary, as host nation, fields three teams. A total of 909 players participate in the open event.[2]
Competition format and calendar
[edit]The tournament is being played in a Swiss system format. The time control for all games is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, after which an additional 30 minutes are granted and increment of 30 seconds per move is applied from the first move. Players are permitted to offer a draw at any time. A total of 11 rounds will be played, and all teams are paired in every round.[3]
In each round, four players from each team face four players from another team; teams are permitted one reserve player who could be substituted between rounds. The four games are played simultaneously on four boards with alternating colours, scoring 1 game point for a win and ½ game point for a draw. The scores from each game are summed together to determine which team will win the round. Winning a round is worth two match points, regardless of the game point margin, while drawing a round is worth one match point. Teams will be ranked in a table based on match points. Tie-breakers for the table are i) the Sonneborn–Berger system; ii) total game points scored; iii) the sum of the match points of the opponents, excluding the lowest one.[3]
The event takes place from 10 to 23 September 2024.[4] Tournament rounds will start on 11 September and will end with the final round on 22 September. All rounds begin at 15:00 CEST (UTC+2:00), except for the final round which will begin at 11:00 CEST (UTC+2:00). There will be one rest day on 17 September, after the sixth round.[5]
| 1 | Round | RD | Rest day |
| September | 11th Wed |
12th Thu |
13st Fri |
14th Sat |
15th Sun |
16th Mon |
17th Tue |
18th Wed |
19th Thu |
20th Fri |
21st Sat |
22nd Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | RD | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
Teams and players
[edit]The Women's event is being contested by a total of 909 players from 183 teams.[6] India have the highest pre-tournament average rating of 2467, but the team is weakened due to the absence of Koneru Humpy who played in 2022. The team is lead by Harika Dronavalli and also includes Vaishali R, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal and Tania Sachdev.[7][8] Georgia, whose team won a silver medal at the previous Olympiad, are the second seeds with an average rating of 2462. The squad consists of Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Nino Batsiashvili, Bella Khotenashvili and Salome Melia.[9][7] Poland is the third-seeded team with an average rating of 2422. The team is lead by Alina Kashlinskaya, who won the first leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024–25 in Tbilisi, and also includes Monika Soćko, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, who changed federation, Oliwia Kiołbasa, who scored the best individual performance at the previous Olympiad, and Alicja Śliwicka.[7][10]
Ukraine as defending champions are severely weakened due to the absence of Anna and Mariya Muzychuk, who are both among the top-ten rated players in the world. In their absence, the team will be led by Yuliia Osmak on board one followed by former World Women's Champion Anna Ushenina, Nataliya Buksa, Inna Gaponenko and Evgeniya Doluhanova.[7][11] Despite the fact that China is missing all four top players—Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie—the young team is still competitive and has the fourth highest average rating of 2416.[7]
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World no. 9 Nada Dzagnidze plays on board one for Georgia -
World no. 11 Harika Dronavalli plays on board one for India -
World no. 13 Alina Kashlinskaya plays on board one for Poland -
World no. 12 Vaishali Rameshbabu plays on board two for India -
Former Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk plays on board one for Switzerland
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Open". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women – Alphabetical list of players in the Open event". Chess-results.com.
- ^ a b "Regulations for the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024" (PDF). FIDE. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Calendar". FIDE. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad Budapest – Schedule". Budapest 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women – Alphabetical list of players in the Open event". Chess-results.com.
- ^ a b c d e Anna Burtasova (6 September 2024). "Rising stars and "veterans": 2024 Women's Olympiad preview". FIDE. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women — India". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women — Georgia". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women — Poland". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women — Ukraine". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Women's event at Chess-Results