Women's event at the 44th Chess Olympiad

Host cityMahabalipuram, Chennai
CountryIndia
Nations160
Teams162
Athletes800
Dates29 July – 9 August 2022
Main venueFour Points by Sheraton
Medalists
Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georgia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) India
Individual
Board 1Sweden Pia Cramling
Board 2Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili
Board 3Poland Oliwia Kiołbasa
Board 4Mongolia Bat-Erdene Mungunzul
ReserveGermany Jana Schneider

The women's event at the 44th Chess Olympiad was held from 29 July to 9 August 2022. It was contested by a record number of 162 teams, representing 160 nations.[1] India, as host nation, fielded three teams. A total of 799 players participated in the women's event.[2]

Ukraine won the gold medal in the Women's event to claim their second gold in the Women's event after having previously won the event in 2006. Polish player Oliwia Kiołbasa had the highest individual score in the Women's event,[3] scoring 9½ of a possible 11 points with a performance rating of 2565.[4] Other players who won individual gold medals include Pia Cramling of Sweden on board one with 9½ out of 11 and a performance rating of 2532, Nino Batsiashvili of Georgia on board two who scored 7½ out of 10 with a performance rating of 2504, Bat-Erdene Mungunzul of Mongolia on board four who scored 7½ out of 10 with a performance rating of 2460, and Jana Schneider of Germany as a reserve player with 9 out of 10 points and a performance rating of 2414.[5]

  1. ^ "44rd Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women". Chess-results.com.
  2. ^ "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women – Alphabetical list of players in the Women's event". Chess-results.com.
  3. ^ "The winners of the 44th Chess Olympiad (Women's Tournament)". ChessBase. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women – Poland". Chess-ratings.com.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference best-women was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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