The 45th Chess Olympiad, organised by the

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(FIDE) and comprising openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this section is open to all players. and women's tournaments, as well as several events designed to promote the game of

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, will be held in

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from 10 to 23 September 2024. It will be the first Chess Olympiad to take place in

after Budapest hosted the

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in 1926.

Bidding process

The bidding procedure for the Chess Olympiad 2024 and the FIDE Congress in connection with bids for the Women's World Cup 2022 and Chess World Cup 2023 was opened in November 2019. Each city interested to host the event had to submit their bid to FIDE by 31 March 2016. The bids were to guarantee that all necessary provisions in accordance with the Olympiad Regulations of the FIDE Handbook would be covered by the organiser, including articles 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 pertaining to the organising committee, finances, and provision of amenities and stipends, respectively. There was only one bid to host the Chess Olympiad in

, which was approved by the FIDE General Assembly in December 2020. Hungarian political authorities, chess players as well as prominent members of the Olympic movement and the sports administration have expressed their unconditional support to the event.

Change of numbering

The 45th Chess Olympiad was originally scheduled to take place in

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in 2022, but FIDE decided to move it from there and re-open the bid after the Belarusian organisers fail to accomplish their organisational and financial duties. After failing to find an alternative host for the event in 2022, FIDE decided to move the

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from 2021 to 2022, so the event scheduled for 2024 in Budapest will be the 45th Chess Olympiad.

Preparations

The provisional total budget for the Chess Olympiad is €16.6 million, including €9 million for event services and operations as well as the hosting fee. In June 2021, FIDE President

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together with the president of the

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László Szabó and the executive director of the National Sports Agency of Hungary Attila Mihok signed the contract for the event in Budapest. The organisers of the event intend to make it an innovative Olympiad by introducing new technologies, such as a 5G high-speed wireless network, a real-time visual broadcast, holograms and newly invented "sensitive" chess boards for the visually impaired. It was announced to be a "green" Olympiad with the possibility of transfers between the venues and the hotels with bicycles and electric vehicles as well as by avoiding paper and plastic.

Venue

The venue for the event will be the renovated Hungexpo Exhibition and Conference Centre.

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