2024 Olympiad Teams Announced

The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad will take place from September 10 through 23 in Budapest, Hungary. Team USA looks to improve on their tied-fourth (fifth on tiebreaks) finish in the Open and tied-third (fourth on tiebreaks) finish in the Women's section of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad held in 2022 in Chennai, India. 

The following list is the official players, captain, and trainer for the 2024 Olympiad Team USA Open and Women’s teams. The respective team chose their Captains and Trainers.

Open Team:

The rapid leader GM Ray Robson (courtesy Lennart Ootes/SLCC)

Team USA Open returns four players from 2022, with GM Ray Robson replacing GM Sam Shankland. This year's players are: GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian, and Ray Robson.

IM John Donaldson, Captain of the 2022 Olympiad Open Team. Photo: STLCC/Ootes

GM Mikhail Antipov at the 2022 Summer Classic (courtesy Saint Louis Chess Club)

IM John Donaldson is the Captain, and GM Mikhail Antipov is this year's Trainer. 

Women’s Team:

Photo courtesy Lennart Ootes/SLCC

Team USA Women's also returns four players from 2022, with IM Alice Lee taking part instead of WGM Tatev Abrahamyan. This year's players are: GM Irina Krush, IM Carissa Yip, IM Alice Lee, WGM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, and IM Anna Zatonskih. 

The last man anybody wants to see across from the board right now: Melikset Khachiyan (courtesy Lennart Ootes/SLCC)

GM Alexander Onischuk, courtesy of the Saint Louis Chess Club

This year, Team USA Women's Captain is GM Melikset Khachiyan and GM Alexander Onischuk is the Trainer.