An agreement to host and organise the 47th Chess Olympiad, the 4th Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities, and the 98th FIDE Congress has been signed by Aref Hamad Al Awani, general secretary of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, and Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
The announcement was made in December 2023 that Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, had won the bid to host the 47th Chess Olympiad, scheduled for 2028.
With 96 votes, Abu Dhabi’s bid defeated Genoa’s (Italy) offer, which received 60 votes, at the FIDE Council meeting on December 17, 2023.
The Emirates will play home to a Chess Olympiad for the second time. The 27th Chess Olympiad was held in the nation for the first time in 1986. With 154,678 m2 available for the event, the world-class Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre is the largest site in the Middle East and will host the 47th Chess Olympiad from October 28 to November 11, 2028.