• The People's Republic of China (PRC) first competed at the Chess Olympiads in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The women's team began competing in 1980...
    63 KB (50 words) - 04:23, 16 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Chess Olympiad
    the closing day of the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad. FIDE organised the first Official Olympiad in 1927 which took place in London. The Olympiads were...
    68 KB (1,462 words) - 04:58, 2 May 2024
  • tournament at the Chess Olympiads. The former Soviet Union has historically been the most successful nation with 18 gold medals won. The 44th Chess Olympiad was...
    124 KB (9,730 words) - 01:59, 6 April 2024
  • The 42nd Chess Olympiad (Azerbaijani: 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des...
    82 KB (8,338 words) - 21:18, 26 May 2024
  • teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with...
    36 KB (789 words) - 12:48, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 43rd Chess Olympiad
    The 43rd Chess Olympiad (Georgian: 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, 43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the...
    69 KB (6,185 words) - 09:54, 22 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Chess in China
    China is a major chess power, with the women's team winning silver medals at the Olympiad in 2010, 2012, and 2014; the men's team winning gold at the...
    52 KB (5,906 words) - 04:46, 21 April 2024
  • The 39th Chess Olympiad (Russian: 39-я Шахматная олимпиада, 39-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada), organised by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament...
    28 KB (1,313 words) - 14:44, 22 October 2023
  • The 41st Chess Olympiad (Norwegian: Den 41. Sjakkolympiade), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's...
    34 KB (3,159 words) - 23:51, 2 January 2024
  • Championships, World Youth Championships, and Youth Chess Olympiads. Membership in the Turkish Chess Federation has risen from 3,000 to about 250,000 in...
    18 KB (1,444 words) - 13:29, 12 February 2024
  • The 36th Chess Olympiad (Spanish: La 36a Olimpíada de ajedrez; Catalan: La 36a Olimpíada d'escacs), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs...
    29 KB (1,750 words) - 19:55, 21 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for 38th Chess Olympiad
    The 38th Chess Olympiad (German: Die 38. Schacholympiade), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other...
    24 KB (1,036 words) - 07:42, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for 30th Chess Olympiad
    The 30th Chess Olympiad (Tagalog: Ika-30 Olimpiyadang pang-ahedres), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several...
    14 KB (550 words) - 23:46, 11 August 2022
  • The Computer Olympiad is a multi-games event in which computer programs compete against each other. For many games, the Computer Olympiads are an opportunity...
    87 KB (1,518 words) - 02:13, 9 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Qiyu Zhou
    (Chinese: 周齐宇; born January 6, 2000), also known as Nemo Zhou and her online alias akaNemsko, is a Chinese-born Canadian chess player who holds the titles...
    35 KB (3,763 words) - 19:11, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 35th Chess Olympiad
    The 35th Chess Olympiad (Slovene: 35. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament...
    20 KB (613 words) - 18:33, 21 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ju Wenjun
    Ju Wenjun (category Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games)
    Ju Wenjun (Chinese: 居文君; pinyin: Jū Wénjūn; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion. In...
    12 KB (1,062 words) - 22:19, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ye Jiangchuan
    Ye Jiangchuan (category Chinese chess players)
    numerous Chess Olympiads and Asian Team Chess Championships. He has been four times member of the Asia Team champions, a 12 times Olympiad participant...
    5 KB (370 words) - 18:49, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hou Yifan
    Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion...
    94 KB (11,442 words) - 20:21, 22 May 2024
  • The 28th Chess Olympiad (Greek: Η 28η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα, I 28i Skakistikí Olympiáda), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament...
    13 KB (502 words) - 15:32, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zhang Zhong
    Zhang Zhong (category Chinese chess players)
    (simplified Chinese: 章钟; traditional Chinese: 章鍾; pinyin: Zhāng Zhōng; born 5 September 1978) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, a twice Chinese champion and the 2005...
    6 KB (445 words) - 03:09, 11 April 2024
  • The 23rd Chess Olympiad (Spanish: La 23a Olimpíada de ajedrez), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several...
    57 KB (410 words) - 03:35, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 37th Chess Olympiad
    The 37th Chess Olympiad (Italian: Le 37° Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several...
    29 KB (1,401 words) - 20:52, 21 July 2023
  • The 26th Chess Olympiad (Greek: Η 26η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα, I 26i Skakistikí Olympiáda), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament...
    12 KB (516 words) - 15:32, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wang Yue (chess player)
    Lumpur, Malaysia, he competed for the China national chess team at the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiads. In 2000, the team came 9th, with Wang scoring...
    35 KB (4,021 words) - 00:07, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ding Liren
    Ding Liren (category Chinese chess players)
    School. Ding is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion (2009, 2011, 2012) and has represented China at all four Chess Olympiads from 2012 to 2018, winning...
    29 KB (2,659 words) - 20:23, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bu Xiangzhi
    Bu Xiangzhi (category Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games)
    Xiangzhi (Chinese: 卜祥志; pinyin: Bǔ Xiángzhì; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age...
    23 KB (2,387 words) - 10:24, 31 March 2024
  • The 31st Chess Olympiad (Russian: 31-я Шахматная олимпиада, 31-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament...
    15 KB (490 words) - 23:45, 11 August 2022
  • the China national chess team once at the Chess Olympiads (1996) with an overall record of two games played (+1 −0 =1), and once for the "B team" at the...
    2 KB (168 words) - 20:28, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Xiangqi
    Xiangqi (redirect from Chinese chess)
    as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is in the same family...
    82 KB (9,947 words) - 00:16, 28 May 2024