2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad will be held in Chennai

India has been picked as the host nation for the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022. The 44th edition of the Olympiad is scheduled to be held in Chennai, The tentative dates for FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022 are 26th July 2022 to 8th August 2022.

This is thefirst time that India will host the FIDE Chess Olympiad since its inception in 1927. The event was originally scheduled to be held in Russia, but FIDE pulled out from there following the Ukraine invasion.