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ECF ArbitersWomen’s team – WGM/IM Jovanka Houska, WGM Katarzyna Toma, FM Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, WIM Lan Yao and WCM Zoe Varney, supported by Captain IM Lorin D’Costa and ECF Women’s Director Agnieszka Milewska
Open team – GM Michael Adams, GM Luke McShane, GM Gawain Jones, GM David Howell, GM Ravi Haria, supported by Captain IM Malcolm Pein.
chess24The English Chess Federation is the only federation to have more than one appointee.
Congratulations to Alex Holowczak and Shohreh Bayat, and also to Lara Barnes who has been appointed as a Match Arbiter.
The USA announced the following line-up with an average rating of 2772 for the top 4 players.
Fabiano Caruana: 2783
Levon Aronian: 2775
Wesley So: 2775
Lenier Dominguez: 2754
Sam Shankland: 2718
The top 4 are all ranked among the world's top 12 players, while Shankland is currently 25th. Three-time gold-medalist Levon Aronian will play his first team event event for the USA after his transfer from Armenia.
Russia would be key contenders for gold medals, but FIDE suspended their national teams along with Belarus from taking part in the Chess Olympiad due to the invasion of Ukraine.
According to chess24's sources, China's participation this year appears to be in doubt, which means the Olympiad could be without two of the favourites.
France, on paper also contenders for the top spots, were dealt a huge blow as their star players Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alireza Firouzja both decided to skip the Olympiad.