Open event at the 45th Chess Olympiad

General information
Dates run 11–22 September 2024
Competitors 975
Teams 197
Nations 195
Winner India
Venue SYMA Sports and Conference Centre
Location Budapest, Hungary

The open event at the 45th Chess Olympiad was held from 11 to 22 September 2024. It was contested by a record number of 197 teams, representing 195 nations.[1] Hungary, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 975 players participated in the open event.[2]

India won the gold medal in the Open event, which was their first overall win at the Chess Olympiads.[3] The United States and Uzbekistan completed the podium by winning the silver and bronze medals, respectively.[4] India's Gukesh Dommaraju achieved the highest rating performance of 3056 in the Open event after scoring 9 out of a possible 10 points (eight wins and two draws) on board one.[4][5] Individual gold medals were also won by Thai Dai Van Nguyen of the Czech Republic with 7½ out of 10 and a rating performance of 2783, Arjun Erigaisi of India who had the highest individual score in the tournament of 10 out of 11 with a rating performance of 2968, Shamsiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan who scored 8 out of 10 with a rating performance of 2779, and Frederik Svane of Germany who played as a reserve and finished with 9 out of 10 and a rating performance of 2791.[6]

  1. ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Open". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Open – Alphabetical list of players in the Open event". Chess-results.com.
  3. ^ Anirudh Menon (22 September 2024). "68 years in the making: Olympiad golds mark milestones in Indian chess history". ESPN. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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  6. ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Open – Board-prizes (Final Ranking after 11 Rounds)". Chess-results.com.