Uzbekistan won the gold medal in the Open event, which was their second medal at the Chess Olympiad after having previously won a silver medal at the 1992, while Ukraine claimed their second gold in the Women's event after having previously won the 2006. The Chief Arbiter of the event was France's Laurent Freyd. The main venue of the Chess Olympiad was the convention centre at the Four Points by Sheraton, while the opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Both sections set team participation records. The number of registered teams was 188 from 186 nations in the Open section and 162 from 160 nations in the Women's section being the host nation, India had three teams participating in each section.

The total number of participants was 1,737: 937 in the Open and 800 in the Women's event. This was the first Chess Olympiad to take place in India. However, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then relocated to Chennai following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Olympiad was initially supposed to take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, the host of the Chess World Cup 2019, in August 2020, but it was later moved to Moscow. It consisted of Open and Women's tournaments, as well as several events to promote chess. The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India from 28 July to 10 August 2022.

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