Chess Scotland has completed the selection process for the upcoming Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest, Hungary.
Open team:
IM Andrew Greet IM 2400
FM Hamish Olson FM 2362
FM Freddie Waldhausen-Gordon FM 2362
FM Murad Abdulla FM 2322
FM Iain Gourlay FM 2307
Captain: Neil Farrell
Women’s Team:
GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant 2296
WFM Ali Roy 1961
WFM Suzy Cooke 1955
Rosie Giulian 1935
Kanishka Bhatia 1908
Captain: Andrew Burnett
Board orders will be decided at a later date.
Unlike most other nations, Scotland’s national chess federation receives no government funding at all. By contrast, the English Chess Federation recently received £500,000 from government. Chess Scotland is collecting donations through GoFundMe page to fund the travel.
The 45th World Chess Olympiad is set to take place from 10-22nd September in Budapest, Hungary.
All news related to the Chess Olympiad 2024 can be found here
Other national teams:
Bermuda
Canada
England
Eswatini
Germany
Ghana
Hong Kong
Liberia
Monaco
New Zealand
Paraguay
Spain
Uganda
