Women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad

General information
Dates run 11–22 September 2024
Competitors 909
Teams 183
Nations 181
Winner India
Venue SYMA Sports and Conference Centre
Location Budapest, Hungary

The women's event at the 45th Chess Olympiad was from 11 to 22 September 2024. It was contested by a record number of 183 teams, representing 181 nations.[1] Hungary, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 909 players participated in the open event.[2]

India won the gold medal in the Women's event, which was their first overall win at the Chess Olympiads.[3] Kazakhstan won the silver and the United States took the bronze medals.[4] Dana Kochavi, playing as a reserve for Israel, had the highest rating performance of 2676 by achieving a perfect score of 8 out of 8 possible points.[5] Individual gold medals were also won by Zhu Jiner of China with 7 out of 9 and a rating performance of 2597, Carissa Yip of the United States who had the highest individual score in the tournament of 10 out of 11 with a rating performance of 2634, Divya Deshmukh who scored 9½ out of 11 with a rating performance of 2608, and Vantika Agrawal of India with 7½ out of 9 and a rating performance of 2558.[6]

  1. ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Open". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women – 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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  5. ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women – Israel". Chess-results.com. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ^ "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women – Board-prizes (Final Ranking after 11 Rounds)". Chess-results.com.