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09/09/2024

FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024

 

The FIDE Chess Olympiad of 2024 starts in Budapest on 10th September with pre-event meetings and an opening ceremony.  Actual play starts the following day.  Players selected for the two England teams are as follows, though when the following names were first published the matter of board order was yet to be decided.

 

Open (usually just Men):

Michael Adams; David Howell; Gawain Jones; Luke McShane; Nikita Vitiugov

Women:

Jovanka Houska; Harriet Hunt; Bodhana Sivanandan; Katarzyna Toma; Lan Yao

 

Participating teams, in seeding order, are as follows.  The list of captains contains some colossal players, let alone the actual teams.  The catalogue of diverse nations, many just small islands located in huge oceans, seems more reminiscent of stamp collecting than chess.  This lives up to FIDE’s motto, “Gens Una Sumus”, which, for those who didn’t do Latin at school, means “We are One People”.

 

A Yorkshire-related feature is that Sheffield’s Jonathan Arnott has been roped in as captain and coach for the Papua New Guinea team by Rupert Jones who was born in Papua New Guinea, his father being a missionary there at the time.  Further, former Leeds University Woodhouse Cup player Paul Wojciechowski is captaining the Jersey team.  (Guernsey has its own team.)

 

Open

Seed

Team

Ave.

Rtg

Captain

1

United States of America

2757

Donaldson, John

2

India

2753

Narayanan, Srinath

3

China

2724

Wen, Yang

4

Uzbekistan

2690

Kramnik, Vladimir

5

Netherlands

2682

Smeets, Jan

6

Norway

2670

Vea, Odin Blikra

7

Germany

2667

Gustafsson, Jan

8

England

2665

Watson, William N

9

Hungary

2663

Acs, Peter

10

Iran

2659

Grischuk, Alexander

11

Poland

2658

Sulypa, Oleksandr

12

Azerbaijan

2657

Radjabov, Teimour

13

Spain

2654

Martinez Martin, David

14

France

2653

Maze, Sebastien

15

Ukraine

2650

Beliavsky, Alexander G

16

Serbia

2649

Perunovic, Miodrag

17

Armenia

2645

Pashikian, Arman

18

Romania

2631

Sokolov, Ivan

19

Czech Republic

2615

Boleslav, Petr

20

Israel

2596

David Glaz, Ilana

21

Vietnam

2593

Bui, Vinh

22

Turkiye

2591

Kanmazalp, Ogulcan

23

Greece

2589

Nikolaidis, Ioannis

24

Bulgaria

2587

Georgiev, Kiril

25

Croatia

2578

Kozul, Zdenko

26

Hungary B

2577

Medvegy, Zoltan

27

Slovenia

2576

Sebenik, Matej

28

Italy

2567

van Wely, Loek

29

Lithuania

2565

Vaznonis, Donatas

30

Denmark

2561

Hansen, Soren Bech

31

Austria

2559

Predojevic, Borki

32

Georgia

2547

Sturua, Zurab

33

Argentina

2546

Hungaski, Robert

34

Moldova

2542

Soltanici, Ruslan

35

Cuba

2540

Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar

36

Montenegro

2535

Kosic, Dragan

37

Australia

2526

Rodgers, Jack

38

Switzerland

2524

Hindermann, Felix

39

Brazil

2523

Diamant, Andre

40

Sweden

2518

Bergstrom, Peter

41

Kazakhstan

2513

Ismagambetov, Anuar

42

Latvia

2502

Maklakova, Nellija

43

Slovakia

2495

Movsesian, Sergei

44

Colombia

2490

Arenas, David

45

Singapore

2485

Kvon, Andrey

46

Iceland

2483

Olafsson, Helgi

47

Chile

2480

Garcia Cardenas, Pablo

48

Belgium

2478

Dardha, Arben

49

Canada

2468

Plotkin, Victor

50

Philippines

2466

Torre, Eugenio

51

Mexico

2465

Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto

52

Peru

2462

Pacheco, Marco

53

Portugal

2462

Antunes, Antonio

54

Hungary C

2455

Gonda, Laszlo

55

Finland

2450

Ponnio, Toni

56

Bosnia & Herzegovina

2447

Bogut, Zeljko

57

Paraguay

2443

Riquelme, Andres

58

Uruguay

2440

Rivera, Daniel

59

Estonia

2426

Otsmann, Villu

60

Andorra

2424

 

61

North Macedonia

2421

Kizov, Atanas

62

Mongolia

2394

Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren

63

Egypt

2387

Mostafa, Farag

64

Ireland

2386

O'Donnell, Conor

65

Bangladesh

2377

Mallick, Masudur Rahman

66

Faroe Islands

2371

Rodgaard, John

67

Venezuela

2364

Romero Gonzalez, Jose Gregorio

68

Albania

2364

Muco, Fatos

69

Scotland

2363

Farrell, Neil

70

Japan

2361

Stojanovic, Mihajlo

71

Kyrgyzstan

2354

Dzhumaev, Marat

72

Kosovo

2347

Fejzullahu, Afrim

73

Turkmenistan

2332

Annaberdiyev, Serdar

74

Bolivia

2329

Robles, Gustavo

75

United Arab Emirates

2326

Akopian, Vladimir

76

Costa Rica

2314

Granados Ramirez, Carlos Ricardo

77

New Zealand

2310

Bojkov, Dejan

78

Wales

2306

Camacho Collados, Marcos

79

South Africa

2302

Bryakin, Mikhail

80

Algeria

2271

Ould Rouis, Hatem

81

Zimbabwe

2265

Tapiwa, Gora Allister

82

Angola

2254

Dungo, Jose

83

Zambia

2249

Zimba, Andrew

84

Ecuador

2247

Velasquez Garcia, Maria Enriqueta

85

Luxembourg

2244

David, Alberto

86

Monaco

2243

Verdier, Patrice

87

Tajikistan

2241

Isaev, Jamshed

88

Uganda

2236

Wanyama, Harold

89

Indonesia

2234

Liem, Kristianus

90

Nigeria

2233

Ogbonnaya, Obinna

91

Thailand

2233

Pitirotjirathon, Jirapak

92

Panama

2232

Mathews Romero, Cesar

93

Morocco

2226

 

94

Dominican Republic

2225

Arvelo Leo, Gian Carlo

95

Trinidad & Tobago

2222

Hunte, Keelan

96

Lebanon

2217

El Jawich, Ali

97

South Korea

2213

Kim, Sangyoon

98

Madagascar

2213

Razafindrazaka, Rindra

99

Syria

2211

Alsaed, Hamad

100

Chinese Taipei

2211

Chen, Mei Fang Dina

101

El Salvador

2201

Castillo, Nelson

102

Malaysia

2193

Zulkipli, Zaidan

103

Sudan

2176

Eltayeb, Dafaalla

104

Yemen

2165

Sultan, Mohsen Awadh Senan

105

Jordan

2163

Mansour, Sameer

106

Iraq

2162

Abdul Hadi, Maftool Mhere

107

Jamaica

2161

Elliott, Warren

108

Nicaragua

2159

Lacayo, Rene

109

Tunisia

2154

Hmila, Hichem

110

Guatemala

2147

Calderin Gonzalez, Roberto

111

Sri Lanka

2144

Amanov, Zhanibek

112

Malta

2123

Sakelsek, Tadej

113

Cape Verde

2115

Ortega Amarelle, Mariano

114

Cyprus

2108

Zacharoplastis, Pambos

115

Nepal

2106

Ranabhat, Tara Bahadur

116

Palestine

2096

Seder, Naji

117

Ethiopia

2075

Reda, Tofik Berhe

118

Liechtenstein

2072

Heinatz, Gundula

119

Puerto Rico

2070

Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel

120

Botswana

2069

Modisane, Thompson

121

Pakistan

2067

Akhtar, Muhammad Saleem

122

Hong Kong

2061

Chan, KK

123

Libya

2061

Franika, Khaled Mahmoud

124

Brunei Darussalam

2055

Mastrovasilis, Athanasios

125

Malawi

2052

Mbwana, Leonard

126

Netherlands Antilles

2047

Curiel, David

127

Honduras

2043

Bobadilla, Yelso

128

Mozambique

2036

Alice, Mateus Felizardo Viageiro

129

South Sudan

2035

John, Henry

130

Cote d’Ivoire

2026

Mambe, Lobognon Anderson Olivier

131

Jersey

2022

Wojciechowski, Paul

132

Isle of Man

2021

Cross, Glenn

133

Haiti

2017

Luxama, Jacques Muller

134

Barbados

2006

Gurevich, Mikhail

135

Senegal

1998

Wane, Al Hassane

136

Afghanistan

1977

Pourramezanali, Amirreza

137

Saudi Arabia

1977

Haddouche, Mohamed

138

Kenya

1970

Magana, Ben

139

Cameroon

1953

Mbaale, Paul Gerard

140

Liberia

1950

Okai, A. Beauford

141

Namibia

1947

Dien, Lloyd

142

Suriname

1944

Panchoe, Govind

143

Somalia

1943

Farah, Mustafa Mohamoud

144

Oman

1939

Stativkin, Dmitriy

145

Gambia

1934

Jammeh, Lamin

146

Sao Tome and Principe

1931

Espirito Santo, Tome

147

Bahrain

1925

Fatema Mohamed, Alqatan

148

Equatorial Guinea

1921

Varela Escudero, Felipe

149

Palau

1919

Hernandez, Roberto

150

Ghana

1916

Sosu, Edward

151

Mauritania

1913

El Ghadhy, Sidi Mohamed

152

Guernsey

1908

Konopka, Michal

153

Aruba

1906

Bueno Perez, Lazaro Antonio

154

San Marino

1904

Caruso, Augusto

155

Eritrea

1900

Abdella Mohammed, Yaedi

156

Maldives

1895

Dabo-Peranic, Robert

157

Guyana

1893

Greenidge, Ronuel

158

Seychelles

1889

Burka, Yuri

159

Bermuda

1880

Maksimenko, Andrei

160

Myanmar

1879

Lwin, Maung Maung

161

Mali

1877

Kadouno, Drissa

162

Kuwait

1875

Iuldachev, Saidali

163

Guam

1874

Tirador, Elias

164

Togo

1862

Numatsi, Yawotsu Dzigba

165

Mauritius

1861

Bhowany, Koomaren

166

Fiji

1853

Arvind, Goru

167

Tanzania

1840

Mangula, Musa

168

Lesotho

1829

Mphetole, Mona

169

Saint Lucia

1822

Gaprindashvili, Valeriane

170

Sierra Leone

1818

Kamara, Samuel

171

Bhutan

1813

Thinley Palden, Dorji

172

Qatar

1812

Kuzmin, Alexey

173

Dominica

1798

Karolyi, Tibor

174

Burundi

1797

Irakoze, Eric

175

Eswatini

1773

Matsebula, Qiniso

176

Bahamas

1770

Lima, Darcy

177

Comoros Islands

1768

Younoussa, Ibrahim

178

Papua New Guinea

1763

Arnott, Jonathan W

179

Cayman Islands

1761

Pitterson, Jomo

180

Antigua and Barbuda

1758

Bailey, Matthew

181

Macau

1757

Ho Hou-Meng, Herman

182

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1739

Kasongo Kazadi, Olivier

183

Djibouti

1703

Moustapha, Mohamed Daher

184

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1701

Enemchukwu, Chinedu

185

Gabon

1663

Bongo Akanga Ndjila, Barthelemy

186

US Virgin Islands

1649

Smith, Michael

187

Chad

1613

Wadidi, Samir

188

British Virgin Islands

1597

McSheene, Jenefer

189

Burkina Faso

1541

D`Avout D`Auerstaedt, Benoit Augustin

190

Laos

1524

Vilavane, Inthava

191

Cambodia

1470

Askarov, Bakhtiyar

192

Niger

1461

Adamou Noma, Boureima

193

Grenada

1446

Glean Jr, Carlyle

194

Belize

1400

Awe, Alfred

195

Central African Republic

1400

Pindy DAllomb, Baros

196

Refugees

1400

Klimakovs, Sergejs

197

Vanuatu

1400

Hinton, Rik

Women

Seed

Team

Ave. Rtg

Captain

1

India

2467

Kunte, Abhijit

2

Georgia

2462

Tukmakov, Vladimir B

3

Poland

2422

Dziuba, Marcin

4

China

2416

Shen, Yang

5

Ukraine

2400

Brodsky, Michail

6

Azerbaijan

2398

Shereshevsky, Mihail

7

United States of America

2387

Khachiyan, Melikset

8

Germany

2380

Yakovich, Yuri

9

Spain

2375

Salgado Lopez, Ivan

10

Kazakhstan

2373

Kotsur, Pavel

11

Armenia

2363

Andriasian, Zaven

12

Bulgaria

2355

Arnaudov, G. Petar

13

France

2355

Alexieva, Silvia

14

Hungary

2320

Fodor, Tamas Jr.

15

England

2297

Conquest, Stuart C

16

Turkiye

2290

Mamedov, Nidjat

17

Netherlands

2289

Bosch, Jeroen

18

Mongolia

2288

Turmunkh, Dugeree

19

Serbia

2286

Maric, Alisa

20

Vietnam

2285

Huynh Hoa, Minh Nhat

21

Switzerland

2282

Novkovic, Milan

22

Romania

2276

Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula

23

Greece

2264

Banikas, Hristos

24

Italy

2261

Mogranzini, Roberto

25

Israel

2240

Kogan, Arthur

26

Argentina

2238

Iermito, Sebastian Dario

27

Canada

2238

Hracek, Zbynek

28

Slovenia

2222

Mikac, Matjaz

29

Cuba

2215

Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis

30

Austria

2214

Shengelia, David

31

Hungary B

2204

Galyas, Miklos

32

Slovakia

2196

Stohl, Igor

33

Sweden

2191

Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel

34

Uzbekistan

2176

Dreev, Aleksey

35

Norway

2171

Johansson, Linus

36

Latvia

2168

Lanka, Zigurds

37

Iran

2165

Toufighi, Homayoon

38

Estonia

2164

Ehlvest, Jaan

39

Peru

2162

Soto Conde, Dante Arturo

40

Croatia

2159

Mandekic, Ivan

41

Czech Republic

2149

Polak, Tomas

42

Montenegro

2142

Lekic, Dusan

43

Brazil

2132

Mafra, Kaiser Luiz

44

Colombia

2120

Urbano, Luis Alejandro Mateus

45

Lithuania

2116

Sakalauskas, Vaidas

46

Australia

2114

Radovanovic, Mihajlo

47

Philippines

2102

Gonzales, Jayson

48

Belgium

2089

Vukojevic, Philippe

49

Hungary C

2071

Csonka, Balazs

50

Finland

2066

Ponnio, Toni

51

Mexico

2055

Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Gerardo

52

Egypt

2043

Ezat, Mohamed

53

Luxembourg

2041

Paci, Cedric

54

Ecuador

2034

Ponce Parrales, Netzar Rolan

55

Denmark

2033

Sylvan, Jacob

56

Bosnia & Herzegovina

2032

Trkulja, Goran

57

North Macedonia

2025

Andonovski, Ljubisa

58

Monaco

2023

Grabinsky, Vladimir

59

Scotland

2022

Burnett, Andrew

60

Ireland

2020

Mats, Diana

61

Moldova

2015

Slovineanu, Viacheslav

62

Bangladesh

2011

Chowdhury, Mahmuda Hoque

63

Portugal

2008

Rocha, Sergio

64

Paraguay

1998

Kropff, Ricardo

65

Albania

1996

Zadrima, Aldo

66

Venezuela

1994

Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina

67

Chile

1993

Valdes Escobar, Alvaro

68

Indonesia

1987

Lumondong, Lisa Karlina

69

Nigeria

1981

Adedayo-Adeosun, Olabowale Doyin

70

Malaysia

1978

Subramaniam, Sumant

71

Algeria

1966

Yahiaoui, Abdelkrim

72

Iceland

1963

Johannesson, Ingvar Thor

73

Turkmenistan

1956

Turayev, Shahruh

74

New Zealand

1940

Van Riemsdijk, Herman C.

75

Angola

1934

Rodrigues, Cesar

76

Bolivia

1930

Monroy Carrizo, Javier

77

Singapore

1927

Luther, Thomas

78

El Salvador

1919

Meza, Luis

79

Costa Rica

1915

Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal

80

Wales

1905

Clarke, Brandon G I

81

Tajikistan

1902

Mirzo, Jamshed

82

Sri Lanka

1900

Rupasinghe, Maheshika

83

Dominican Republic

1898

Del Rosario Moreno, Carlos

84

Jamaica

1892

Matthews, Shane

85

United Arab Emirates

1884

Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter

86

Panama

1882

Beitia Castillo, Anabel

87

South Africa

1878

Laubscher, Anzel

88

Kyrgyzstan

1877

Nurdin Uulu, Sardarbek

89

Iraq

1868

Avetisian, Manvel

90

Syria

1865

Thabet, Wasouf

91

Nicaragua

1863

Canda, Danilo

92

Jordan

1862

Khader, Sami

93

Uganda

1859

Otim Isaac, Jonathan

94

Andorra

1855

Mateu Guiu, Esteve

95

Botswana

1851

Motlotle Masego, Silvia

96

Uruguay

1848

Moccero, Eduardo

97

Trinidad & Tobago

1847

Blanco, Humberto L

98

Zambia

1840

Banda, Aaron

99

Zimbabwe

1840

Dozva, Agab

100

Japan

1827

Petrov, Marian

101

Puerto Rico

1810

Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri

102

Palestine

1807

Jabari, Omar Osama

103

South Korea

1799

Chung, Eunkyung Selina

104

Honduras

1796

Medina Colindres, Javier

105

Madagascar

1785

Rambolamalalatiana, Haja

106

Guatemala

1780

Leyva, Hector

107

Thailand

1775

Srisawat, Suchart

108

Tunisia

1774

Zenaidi, Kais

109

Barbados

1763

Mikhalchishin, Adrian

110

Kenya

1749

Andiwoh, Moses

111

Kosovo

1746

Kollari, Sabahajdin

112

Malta

1746

Sammut Briffa, Peter

113

Guernsey

1745

Bayar, Anu

114

Suriname

1742

Frijde, Reyna

115

Morocco

1736

Akhrif, Karima

116

Chinese Taipei

1730

Chen, Mei Fang Dina

117

Hong Kong

1714

Shen, Chenyi

118

Sudan

1712

Tanyous, Elizabeth Emile Nagib

119

Nepal

1705

Tamrakar, Raju

120

Ethiopia

1700

Yezina Munie, Tareke

121

Bahamas

1685

Cu Hor, Winston Darwin

122

Mozambique

1684

Mahota Jr, Guimaraes Mendes

123

Fiji

1674

Bennion, William Robert Raymond

124

Haiti

1673

Sanon, Mondoly

125

Namibia

1663

Mueller, Leonhard

126

Bermuda

1663

Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra

127

Cyprus

1661

Stefanidi, Maria-Anna

128

Lebanon

1660

Shamieh, Jamal

129

Lesotho

1659

Moseli, Phera

130

Ghana

1650

Ashley, Christiana Naa Merley

131

Guam

1647

Szekely, Zoltan

132

Palau

1636

Mission, Baby Edna

133

Liberia

1632

Teta, Thompson

134

Pakistan

1630

Shujaat, Ali

135

Aruba

1618

Williams, Carol

136

Brunei Darussalam

1616

Azahari, Aliuddin

137

Malawi

1610

Howahowa, Gift

138

Senegal

1607

Deme, Cheikh Sidy Mohamed

139

Cape Verde

1588

Neves, Diogo Alexandre

140

Oman

1585

Al Habsi, Azza

141

Kuwait

1582

Almutairi, Saleh

142

Jersey

1580

Zapata, Alonso

143

Eritrea

1574

Alazar Abraha, Demoz

144

Mauritius

1569

Li Ying, Patrick

145

Netherlands Antilles

1562

Da Silva de Goes, Riangelo

146

Eswatini

1561

Zama, D Tsabedze

147

Guyana

1531

Mohr, Georg

148

Bahrain

1525

Fatema Mohamed, Alqatan

149

Tanzania

1512

Mustafa, Ebrahim

150

Cote d’Ivoire

1510

Mosso, Guy Serge

151

Cayman Islands

1505

Blackwood, Ryan

152

Cameroon

1502

Fouda Tocko, Paul Aristide

153

Maldives

1488

Hassan, Mohamed

154

Saint Lucia

1484

Sandler, Leonid

155

Burundi

1477

Irankunda, Belyse

156

Liechtenstein

1475

Popova, Natalija

157

Libya

1461

Alabed, Hadhom Mohamed M.

158

Laos

1458

Chintanakone, Sisouk

159

Central African Republic

1457

Kenmure, Jamie

160

Seychelles

1456

Hoareau, Benjamin

161

Somalia

1456

Sahra Mohamed, Abdi

162

Sao Tome and Principe

1445

Ribli, Zoltan

163

Togo

1439

Botsoe, Koffi

164

Bhutan

1434

Dolma, Choso

165

San Marino

1430

Tonel, Giulia

166

Dominica

1413

Hoffman, Alejandro

167

British Virgin Islands

1400

Foisor, Sabina-Francesca

168

Chad

1400

Moussa, Senoussi

169

Comoros Islands

1400

Mohamed, Mohamed Fahima Ali

170

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1400

Kisita, Joyce

171

Djibouti

1400

El Adnani, Mokhliss

172

Equatorial Guinea

1400

Mompel Quesada, Javier

173

Gambia

1400

Jammeh, Lamin

174

Grenada

1400

Bouah, Denise

175

Mali

1400

Senou, Mariam

176

Mauritania

1400

Leffad, Khadijetou

177

Niger

1400

Maman, Oumarou

178

Refugees

1400

Pager Thuch, Alaak Daniel

179

Saint Kitts and Nevis

1400

Richards-Porter, Deborah

180

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1400

Porter, Russel

181

Sierra Leone

1400

Lwebuga, Ronald

182

South Sudan

1400

Aluel Elizabeth Akuei, Deng

183

US Virgin Islands

1400

Allen, Marisa

184

Vanuatu

1400

Astrid, Isene