Chess Olympiad

**Chess Olympiads** are chess  events open to all national teams. They have been run since 1927 by the world chess organisation, FIDE. Since 1950, they have been run every two years. Earlier events were all-play-all. Then, as numbers grew, a system of qualifying sections were used. In recent times, the format has been a Swiss system. This, in chess terms, is a method whereby opponents are chosen each round to have similar scores. It has been widely used for individual tournaments.

## Recognised sport

Chess is a recognized sport by the International Olympic Committee with FIDE being the recognized International Sports Federation for chess since June 1999.
As a member of the International Olympic Committee, FIDE adheres to its rules, including controversially having doping tests. The prospects of chess becoming an Olympic sporting event at some future date remain unclear. The naming of FIDE's team championship as the "Chess Olympiad" is of historical origin and implies no connection between this event and the Olympic Games.

## Open section

|Year|Event|Location|Gold|Silver|Bronze|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1927|1st Chess Olympiad|London, United Kingdom|40|38.5|36.5|
|1928|2nd Chess Olympiad|The Hague, Netherlands|44|39.5|37|
|1930|3rd Chess Olympiad|Hamburg, Germany|48.5|47|44.5|
|1931|4th Chess Olympiad|Prague, Czechoslovakia|48|47|46.5|
|1933|5th Chess Olympiad|Folkestone, United Kingdom|39|37.5|34|
|1935|6th Chess Olympiad|Warsaw, Poland|54|52.5|52|
|1936|_non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad_ *|Munich, Germany|Hungary 110.5|Poland 108|Germany 106.5|
|1937|7th Chess Olympiad|Stockholm, Sweden|54.5|48.5|47|
|1939|8th Chess Olympiad|Buenos Aires, Argentina|36|35.5|33.5|
|1950|9th Chess Olympiad|Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia|45.5|43.5|West Germany 40.5|
|1952|10th Chess Olympiad|Helsinki, Finland|21|19.5|19|
|1954|11th Chess Olympiad|Amsterdam, Netherlands|34|27|26.5|
|1956|12th Chess Olympiad|Moscow, Soviet Union|31|26.5|26.5|
|1958|13th Chess Olympiad|Munich, West Germany|34.5|29|25.5|
|1960|14th Chess Olympiad|Leipzig, East Germany|34|29|27|
|1962|15th Chess Olympiad|Varna, Bulgaria|31.5|28|26|
|1964|16th Chess Olympiad|Tel Aviv, Israel|36.5|32|West Germany 30.5|
|1966|17th Chess Olympiad|Havana, Cuba|39.5|34.5|33.5|
|1968|18th Chess Olympiad|Lugano, Switzerland|39.5|31|30|
|1970|19th Chess Olympiad|Siegen, West Germany|27.5|26.5|26|
|1972|20th Chess Olympiad|Skopje, Yugoslavia|42|40.5|38|
|1974|21st Chess Olympiad|Nice, France|46|37.5|36.5|
|1976|22nd Chess Olympiad *|Haifa, Israel|37|36.5|35.5|
|1978|23rd Chess Olympiad|Buenos Aires, Argentina|37|36|35|
|1980|24th Chess Olympiad|Valletta, Malta|39|39|35|
|1982|25th Chess Olympiad|Lucerne, Switzerland|42.5|36|35|
|1984|26th Chess Olympiad|Thessaloniki, Greece|41|37|35|
|1986|27th Chess Olympiad|Dubai, UAE|40|39|38|
|1988|28th Chess Olympiad|Thessaloniki, Greece|40.5|34.5|34.5|
|1990|29th Chess Olympiad|Novi Sad, Yugoslavia|39|35.5|35.5|
|1992|30th Chess Olympiad|Manila, Philippines|39|35|34.5|
|1994|31st Chess Olympiad|Moscow, Russia|37.5|35|-II 34.5|
|1996|32nd Chess Olympiad|Yerevan, Armenia|38.5|35|34|
|1998|33rd Chess Olympiad|Elista, Russia|35.5|34.5|32.5|
|2000|34th Chess Olympiad|Istanbul, Turkey|38|37|35.5|
|2002|35th Chess Olympiad|Bled, Slovenia|38.5|37.5|35|
|2004|36th Chess Olympiad|Calviá, Spain|39.5|36.5|36.5|
|2006|37th Chess Olympiad|Turin, Italy|36|34|33|
|2008|38th Chess Olympiad|Dresden, Germany|19|18|17|
|2010|39th Chess Olympiad|Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia|19|18|17|
|2012|40th Chess Olympiad|Istanbul, Turkey|19|19|18|
|2014|41th Chess Olympiad|Tromsø, Norway|19|17|17|
|2016|42th Chess Olympiad|Baku, Azerbaijan|20|20|18|
|2018|43th Chess Olympiad|Batumi, Georgia|18|18|18|
|2022|44th Chess Olympiad|Chennai, India|19|19|18|
|2024|45th Chess Olympiad|Budapest, Hungary|21|17|17|
 In 1936 FIDE refused its approval on grounds of Nazi anti-semitism; however, the organisers accepted Jewish players, and many did play in the event.

In 1976 the USSR and other communist countries did not compete for political reasons.

## Women's section

|Year|Event|Location|Gold|Silver|Bronze|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1957|lst Chess Olympiad|Emmen|10.5|10.5|10|
|1963|2nd Chess Olympiad|Split|25|24.5|21|
|1966|3rd Chess Olympiad|Oberhausen|22|20.5|17|
|1969|4th Chess Olympiad|Lublin|26|20.5|19|
|1972|5th Chess Olympiad|Skopje|11.5|8.5|8|
|1974|6th Chess Olympiad|Medellin|13.5|13.5|13|
|1976|7th Chess Olympiad|Haifa|17|11.5|11.5|
|1978|8th Chess Olympiad|Buenos Aires|16|11|11|
|1980|9th Chess Olympiad|Valletta|32.5|32|26.5|
|1982|10th Chess Olympiad|Luzern|33|30|26|
|1984|11th Chess Olympiad|Thessaloniki|32|27.5|27|
|1986|12th Chess Olympiad|Dubai|33.5|29|28|
|1988|13th Chess Olympiad|Thessaloniki|33|32.5|28|
|1990|14th Chess Olympiad|Novi Sad|35|35|29|
|1992|15th Chess Olympiad|Manila|30.5|29|28.5|
|1994|16th Chess Olympiad|Moscow|32|31|27|
|1996|17th Chess Olympiad|Yerevan|30|28.5|28.5|
|1998|18th Chess Olympiad|Elista|29|27|27|
|2000|19th Chess Olympiad|Istanbul|32|31|28.5|
|2002|20th Chess Olympiad|Bled|29.5|29|28|
|2004|21st Chess Olympiad|Calvià|31|28|27.5|
|2006|22nd Chess Olympiad|Torino|29.5|28|27.5|
|2008|23rd Chess Olympiad|Dresden|18|18|17|
|2010|24th Chess Olympiad|Khanty-Mansiysk|22|18|16|
|2012|25th Chess Olympiad|Istanbul|19|19|18|
|2014|26th Chess Olympiad|Tromsø|20|18|18|
|2016|27th Chess Olympiad|Baku|20|17|17|
|2018|28th Chess Olympiad|Batumi|18|18|17|
|2022|29th Chess Olympiad|Chennai|18|18|17|
|2024|30th Chess Olympiad|Budapest|19|18|17|