Women’s and Open Teams: Latest Details and Highlights

The 45th Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest will see 193 chess olympiad 2024 teams in the Open section and 181 in the Women’s section, with 1,800 players competing. This prestigious event highlights the diversity and strength of the teams.

GM Hikaru Nakamura (who is also ranked second in the world) has pulled out of the game, which will be played in the Hungarian capital from September 10 to 23. Team India is at the 2nd position and World Champion Ding Leiren’s team China is still at the 3rd position.

Team USA has fielded a formidable lineup led by John Donaldson with Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Levon Aronian and Ray Robson. It is already one of the favorites before the tournament.

Reigning champions Uzbekistan will be eager to repeat their 2022 success and retain the title. Notably, none other than Vladimir Kramnik will serve as the team captain. Notable player of this team is Nadirbek Abdusatorov at 6th place with 2729 points.

Top 10 Teams: 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad

FED	Title	Team	Rating
1. United States (2758) Captain: John Donaldson
	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2796
	GM	So, Wesley	2757
	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2748
	GM	Aronian, Levon	2729
	GM	Robson, Ray	2700
2. India (2755) Captain: Srinath Narayanan
	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2778
	GM	Gukesh, D	2763
	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2757
	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2720
	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2695
3. China (2729) Captain: Yang Wen
	GM	Wei, Yi	2755
	GM	Ding, Liren	2745
	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2720
	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	2697
	GM	Wang, Yue	2652
4. Uzbekistan (2684) Captain: Vladimir Kramnik
	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2769
	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2674
	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2648
	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2643
	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	2571
5. Netherlands (2679) Captain: Jan Smeets
	GM	Giri, Anish	2745
	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2671
	GM	Warmerdam, Max	2663
	GM	L’ami, Erwin	2635
	GM	Bok, Benjamin	2635
6. Norway (2669) Captain: Odin Blikra Vea
	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	2832
	GM	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	2655
	GM	Tari, Aryan	2637
	GM	Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen	2551
	GM	Amar, Elham	2542
7. England (2666) Captain: William N Watson
	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2678
	GM	Howell, David W L	2675
	GM	Adams, Michael	2672
	GM	Jones, Gawain C B	2640
	GM	Mcshane, Luke J	2617
8. Poland (2665) Captain: Oleksandr Sulypa
	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2733
	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2680
	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	2643
	GM	Piorun, Kacper	2603
	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	2587
9. Iran (2664) Captain: Alireza Shafiei
	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2725
	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2718
	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	2617
	GM	Idani, Pouya	2595
	IM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	2505
10. Germany (2663) Captain: Jan Gustafsson
	GM	Keymer, Vincent	2721
	GM	Kollars, Dmitrij	2656
	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2640
	GM	Svane, Frederik	2636
	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	2633

World No. 10 GM Nana Dzginides of Georgia is one of the top 10 women’s players in the FIDE rankings starting in Budapest. The Georgian team will try their best to win the gold medal with their players.

The Indian team is second after winning bronze in Chennai but will miss Brahmapi Konero this time around. But with rising star Divya Deshmukh joining Budapest, the team looks to be a genuine title contender.

Although there are 4 Chinese players in the top 10, none of them will play in the Olympics. Despite this, China is still at number 4. GM Zhou Jin is the highest-ranked player, although all eyes will be on 14-year-old WGM Lu Miaoui, the Chinese women’s champion.

The Mozychak sisters did not play for the defending champions and missed the Olympiad: this time Ukraine will play as the 6th seed and defending the title will be very difficult. Ukraine may not succeed.

Third and fifth seeds Poland and Azerbaijan fielded their best players and will be teams to be reckoned with.

Top 10 Women’s Teams: 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad

FED	Title	Team	Rating
1. Georgia (2459) Captain: Vladimir B Tukmakov
	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2505
	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2451
	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	2451
	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	2427
	IM	Melia, Salome	2325
2. India (2458) Captain: Abhijit Kunte
	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2491
	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2488
	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	2464
	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	2390
	IM	Tania, Sachdev	2386
3. Poland (2416) Captain: Marcin Dziuba
	IM	Kashlinskaya, Alina	2474
	GM	Socko, Monika	2419
	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	2404
	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	2367
	WIM	Sliwicka, Alicja	2357
4. China (2416) Captain: Yang Shen
	GM	Zhu, Jiner	2469
	WGM	Lu, Miaoyi	2449
	IM	Song, Yuxin	2383
	IM	Guo, Qi	2362
	WGM	Ni, Shiqun	2352
5. Azerbaijan (2414) Captain: Mihail Shereshevsky
	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	2441
	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2412
	IM	Balajayeva, Khanim	2404
	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	2399
	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	2341
6. Ukraine (2400) Captain: Michail Brodsky
	IM	Osmak, Yuliia	2464
	GM	Ushenina, Anna	2417
	IM	Buksa, Nataliya	2396
	IM	Gaponenko, Inna	2323
	WGM	Doluhanova, Evgeniya	2315
7. United States (2392) Captain: Melikset Khachiyan
	GM	Krush, Irina	2405
	IM	Yip, Carissa	2402
	IM	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	2390
	IM	Lee, Alice	2371
	IM	Zatonskih, Anna	2320
8. Germany (2386) Captain: Yuri Yakovich
	IM	Wagner, Dinara	2452
	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2451
	WGM	Klek, Hanna Marie	2338
	FM	Schulze, Lara	2302
	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	2279
9. Spain (2382) Captain: Ivan Salgado Lopez
	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	2489
	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	2371
	IM	Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann	2345
	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	2321
	WGM	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	2242
10. Armenia (2365) Captain: Zaven Andriasian
	GM	Danielian, Elina	2393
	IM	Sargsyan, Anna M.	2371
	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2366
	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	2328
	WIM	Gaboyan, Susanna	2207