Chess Olympiad 2024 – up to 60 federations with visa issues

The Chess Olympiad is the largest and most important team event in the FIDE calendar. It involves serious organizational effort both on local and on international level. This effort is increasingly difficult, as the number of participants is growing. The Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest breaks the participation record. 2022 Chennai Olympiad held the participation record with 187 teams registered in Open competition and 162 teams registered in the Women’s competition, a record that was previously set in Batumi...