Overview

All Chess Olympiads

Every edition from the 1924 team tournament in Paris to Samarkand 2026 — hosts, team counts and champions.

Official Olympiads

Year	Edition	Host	Teams	Champion
2026	46th OlympiadUpcoming	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	205	—
2024	45th Olympiad	Budapest, Hungary	197	India
2022	44th Olympiad	Chennai, India	188	Uzbekistan
2018	43rd Olympiad	Batumi, Georgia	185	China
2016	42nd Olympiad	Baku, Azerbaijan	180	United States
2014	41st Olympiad	Tromsø, Norway	177	China
2012	40th Olympiad	Istanbul, Türkiye	157	Armenia
2010	39th Olympiad	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	148	Ukraine
2008	38th Olympiad	Dresden, Germany	146	Armenia
2006	37th Olympiad	Turin, Italy	148	Armenia
2004	36th Olympiad	Calvià, Spain	129	Ukraine
2002	35th Olympiad	Bled, Slovenia	135	Russia
2000	34th Olympiad	Istanbul, Türkiye	126	Russia
1998	33rd Olympiad	Elista, Russia	110	Russia
1996	32nd Olympiad	Yerevan, Armenia	114	Russia
1994	31st Olympiad	Moscow, Russia	124	Russia
1992	30th Olympiad	Manila, Philippines	—	Russia
1990	29th Olympiad	Novi Sad, Yugoslavia	108	Soviet Union
1988	28th Olympiad	Thessaloniki, Greece	107	Soviet Union
1986	27th Olympiad	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	108	Soviet Union
1984	26th Olympiad	Thessaloniki, Greece	—	Soviet Union
1982	25th Olympiad	Lucerne, Switzerland	45	Soviet Union
1980	24th Olympiad	Valletta, Malta	42	Soviet Union
1978	23rd Olympiad	Buenos Aires, Argentina	—	Hungary
1976	22nd Olympiad	Haifa, Israel	—	United States
1976	Team tournament	Tripoli, Libya	—	El Salvador
1974	21st Olympiad	Nice, France	74	Soviet Union
1972	20th Olympiad	Skopje, Yugoslavia	63	Soviet Union
1970	19th Olympiad	Siegen, Germany	10	Soviet Union
1968	18th Olympiad	Lugano, Switzerland	53	Soviet Union
1966	17th Olympiad	Havana, Cuba	52	Soviet Union
1964	16th Olympiad	Tel Aviv, Israel	50	Soviet Union
1962	15th Olympiad	Varna, Bulgaria	37	Soviet Union
1960	14th Olympiad	Leipzig, East Germany	40	Soviet Union
1958	13th Olympiad	Munich, Germany	36	Soviet Union
1956	12th Olympiad	Moscow, Soviet Union	34	Soviet Union
1954	11th Olympiad	Amsterdam, Netherlands	30	Soviet Union
1952	10th Olympiad	Helsinki, Finland	9	Soviet Union
1950	9th Olympiad	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	16	Yugoslavia
1939	8th Olympiad	Buenos Aires, Argentina	7	Germany
1937	7th Olympiad	Stockholm, Sweden	—	United States
1935	6th Olympiad	Warsaw, Poland	—	United States
1933	5th Olympiad	Folkestone, United Kingdom	—	United States
1931	4th Olympiad	Prague, Czechoslovakia	—	United States
1930	3rd Olympiad	Hamburg, Germany	—	Poland
1928	2nd Olympiad	The Hague, Netherlands	12	Hungary
1927	1st Olympiad	London, United Kingdom	16	Hungary

Standalone Women’s Olympiads

From 1957 to 1974 the women’s event was held separately, with its own numbering. Since 1976 it has been part of every Olympiad.

Year	Edition	Host	Teams	Champion
1974	6th Women’s Olympiad	Medellín, Colombia	—	Soviet Union
1969	4th Women’s Olympiad	Lublin, Poland	13	Soviet Union
1966	3rd Women’s Olympiad	Oberhausen, West Germany	—	Soviet Union
1963	2nd Women’s Olympiad	Split, Yugoslavia	—	Soviet Union
1957	1st Women’s Olympiad	Emmen, Netherlands	—	Soviet Union

Unofficial editions

The team tournaments played before FIDE took the Olympiad over in 1927, and the 1976 counter-event in Tripoli.

Year	Edition	Host	Teams	Champion
1936	Team tournamentUnofficial	Munich, Germany	21	Hungary
1926	Team tournamentUnofficial	Budapest, Hungary	—	Hungary
1924	Team tournamentUnofficial	Paris, France	18	Czechoslovakia