The 44th Chess Olympiad will be held in Chennai this year after Russia was stripped of the tournament's hosting rights due to its ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
This is the second major global chess tournament to be held in India after the World Championship match in 2013.
The Chess Olympiad is a team competition held every two years in which teams from around 190 countries participate in a two-week tournament.
The 44th edition of the Olympiad is scheduled to be held in Chennai from 26th July 2022 to 8th August 2022.
This is the first time that India will host the FIDE Chess Olympiad since its inception in 1927.
