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