42nd Chess Olympiad

42nd Chess Olympiad

Dates run	1 September – 14 September 2016
Competitors
Teams
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Venue	Crystal Hall
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan

The 42nd Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE, will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan^[1] in 2016. There were two other cities bidding to host the event – Albena in Bulgaria and Tallinn in Estonia. Both cities did not make presentations before the voting and hence were not approved.

The delegation of Armenia declared that participation of the Armenian chess players would be in that case impossible.^[2] Despite a protest of triple winners of the Chess Olympiad, due to the lack of other candidates for carrying out competition in 2016, the candidature of Baku was accepted.

On February 16, FIDE announced that the dates for the 2016 Olympiad had been moved, to September 1--14.^[3]

Notes

↑ "Chess Olympiad 2016 in Baku". Chessdom. 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
↑ Atarov, Evgeny (September 2012). "Baku to host the 2016 Olympiad". Whychess.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ Change for Olympiad dates

Chess Olympiads

Open events	1927 1928 1930 1931 1933 1935 1937 1939 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Unofficial	1924 1926 1936 1976

Women's	1957 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974

Women's Chess Olympiad Blind Chess Olympiad

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