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These are the top ten Chess players of 2022 based on their rating: 1. Magnus Carlsen Place of birth : Tonsberg,  Norway Plays for: Norway Rating : 2864 Date of birth : November 30, 1990  2. Ding Liren  Place of birth : Wenzhou, China  Plays for: China Rating: 2808 Date of birth: October 24, 1992 3. Ian Nepomniachtchi Place of birth : Bryansk, Russia Plays for: Russia Rating: 2792 Date of birth: July 14, 1990 4. Alireza Firouzja Place of birth : Babol, Iran  Plays for: France Rating: 2778 Date of birth: June 18, 2003 5. Fabiano Caruana Place of birth : Miami, Florida, USA Plays for: USA Rating: 2776 Date of birth: July 19, 1992 6. Levon Aronian Place of birth : Yerevan, Armenia Plays for: USA Rating: 2775 Date of birth: October 6, 1982 7. Wesley So Place of birth : Bacoor, Philippines Plays for: USA Rating: 2773 Date of birth: October 9, 1993 8. Hikaru Nakamura Place of birth : Osaka, Japan Plays for: USA Rating: 2768 Date of birth: December 9, 1987 9. Anish Giri Place of birth: Saint P

India is hosting the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai for the first time. There are more the 2,500 player's coming from about 190 countries that are participating in this event. It is also the first time a torch is introduced at an event like this. According to FIDE, starting from the next Olympiad, the Torch will travel across all countries visiting FIDE member territories, just like the Olympic Games. It will start in India since chess originated in this country. The event starts on July 29 at 2:30 a.m. PT/11:30 CEST and ends on August 9. Teams Teams consist of four players and one reserve  Each team has a captain, who can also be one of the players. Tournament Format Teams compete in an 11-round Swiss tournament. Teams assign players to play on boards one, two, three, and four. Matches consist of players from each board of one nation playing against the corresponding board of the opponent nation (board one vs. board one, board two vs. board two, and so on). The time control is 90+