Chess Olympiad 2024 Day 8

45th Chess Olympiad is the biggest team chess event! More than 190 teams are participating in the Open section.

The 45th Chess Olympiad is an 11-round team Swiss tournament played in classical time control. At the end of the event, the team with the most match points wins.

Round 1-10, the games begin at 6.30pm IST. The final round begins at 2:30pm IST.

India's line-up:
Gukesh Dommaraju
Arjun Erigaisi
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Vidit Gujrathi
Harikrishna Pentala

Women:
Harika Dronavalli
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Divya Deshmukh
Vantika Agrawal
Tania Sachdev

Teams consist of four players and one reserve. Each team has a captain, who can also be one of the players or the reserve.

Teams compete in an 11-round Swiss
Teams assign players to boards one, two, three, and four
Matches consist of players from each board of one nation playing against the corresponding board of the opponent nation
Time control: 90+30, with 30 minutes added after move 40
Players cannot draw by agreement before move 30

Nations compete for team medals, and players compete for individual medals on their specific board. Nations also win trophies, with the top Open team winning the Hamilton-Russell Cup, the top Women's team winning the Vera Menchik Cup, and the Nona Gaprindashvili trophy going to the nation with the best combined classification in the Open and Women's sections.


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