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The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India in 2022. This was the first chess olympiad to take place in India. The main venue was the convention centre at the Four Points by Sheraton. There were 937 participants in the open tournament and 800 in the women's event. Teams represented 186 nations in the open section and 160 in the women's. Both sections set team participation records. Uzbekistan won the gold medal in the open event, while Ukraine claimed gold in the women's event. English player David Howell had the highest performance for an individual player in the open event with a performance rating of 2898, scoring 7½ out of a possible 8 points. Polish player Oliwia Kiołbasa had the highest individual performance in the women's event with a performance rating of 2565, with 9½ of a possible 11 points. The 93rd FIDE Congress took place during the Olympiad. (Full article...)
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Hi Kiril Simeonovski and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 13:10, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Looks good to me. I'd only use capital letters for the chess olympiad ("Chess Olympiad" instead of "chess olympiad") as it seems to be more common.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 19:26, 12 September 2023 (UTC)