45th Chess Olympiad 2024: Full list of nations competing in open and women's section with squads
The 45th Chess Olympiad 2024 is scheduled to be held in Budapest, Hungary from September 10 to 23. The FIDE-organised event will feature the best chess players from around the world, including R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen, competing for one of the topmost prizes in the game.
The tournament will also have a women’s event, featuring some top Grandmasters and International Masters in the female chess circuit, such as Rameshbabu Vaishali and Nana Dzagnidze.
10 national teams, with five chess players each, will compete for the gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024. The first rounds of both the open event and the women’s event will take place on Wednesday, September 11. Both events will feature classical chess matches between the teams.
The 44th Chess Olympiad open and women’s events were won by two surprising contestants, with the young Uzbekistan and Ukraine teams winning the gold medals in the respective groups.
Full list of squads for the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024
45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Open Event
United States: Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian, Ray Robson
India: Arjun Erigaisi, Gukesh Dommaraju, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Vidit Gujrathi, Pentala Harikrishna
China: Wei Yi, Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Bu Xiangzhi, Wang Yue
Uzbekistan: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Javokhir Sindarov, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Jakhongir Vakhidov
Netherlands: Anish Giri, Jorden van Foreest, Max Warmerdam, Erwin L'Ami, Benjamin Bok
Norway: Magnus Carlsen, Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Aryan Tari, Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal, Elham Amar
Germany: Vincent Keymer, Dmitrij Kollars, Matthias Bluebaum, Frederik Svane, Alexander Donchenko
England: Nikita Vitiugov, David Howell, Michael Adams, Gawain Jones, Luke Mcshane
Hungary: Richard Rapport, Peter Leko, Sanan Sjugirov, Benjamin Gledura, Ferenc Berkes
Iran: Parham Maghsoodloo, Amin Tabatabaei, Bardiya Daneshvar, Pouya Idani, Mahdi Gholami Orimi
45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Women’s event
India: Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, Tania Sachdev
Georgia: Nana Dzagnidze, Nino Batsiashvili, Lela Javakhishvili, Bella Khotenashvili, Salome Melia
Poland: Alina Kashlinskaya, Monika Socko, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Oliwia Kiolbasa, Alicja Sliwicka
China: Zhu Jiner, Lu Miaoyi, Yuxin Song, Guo Qi, Ni Shiqun
Ukraine: Yuliia Osmak, Anna Ushenina, Nataliya Buksa, Inna Gaponenko, Evgeniya Doluhanova
Azerbaijan: Gunay Mammadzada, Govhar Beydullayeva, Khanim Balajayeva, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Gulnar Mammadova
United States: Irina Krush, Carissa Yip, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, Alice Lee, Anna Zatonskih
Germany: Dinara Wagner, Elisabeth Paehtz, Hanna Marie Klek, Lara Schulze, Josefine Heinemann
Spain: Sara Khadem, Sabrina Vega Gutierrez, Ana Matnadze, Marta Garcia Martin, Monica Calzetta Ruiz
Kazakhstan: Bibisara Assaubayeva, Meruert Kamalidenova, Xeniya Balabayeva, Alua Nurman, Amina Kairbekova