Olympiad - 2024

[Victor Plotkin]

Women Team

1. WGM M.-J.Ouellet - the Champion
2. WIM Yunshan Li - 2344 = (2268+2379)/2 + 20
3. WIM S.Demchenko - 2280 = (2168+2331)/2 + 20 + 10
4. WIM B.Pham - 2245 = (2199+2290)/2
5. WFM O.Golubeva - 2182 = (2119+2245)/2
6. WFM A.Botez - 2095 = (1971+2239)/2 - 10
7. WFM R.Chen - 2070 = (2222+1938)/2 - 10
8. WFM M.Mills - 2054 = (2013+2094)/2
9. WFM C.Qiao - 2011 = (1894+2147)/2 - 10
10. Yilin Li - 2007 = (1919+2094)/2

[Victor Plotkin]

I am very happy to report that all top-5 eligible players accepted the invitation for the National Team.

[Victor Plotkin]

Some statistics about age and experience. Comparison with previous rosters:

Average age:

2012 - 29.4
2014 - 25.4
2016 - 33.4
2018 - 30.0
2022 - 29.8

2024 - 28.8 (second youngest)

Average rating:

2012 - 2467
2014 - 2535
2016 - 2563
2018 - 2556
2022 - 2483

2024 - 2456 (the lowest)

Experience:

Nikolay - number 6 (!) Olympiad
Razvan - 3rd
Raja - 2nd
Shawn, Shiyam - 1st

[Victor Plotkin]

All Women Team top-5 players have accepted the invitation as well. Personally, I am very optimistic about this line-up.

Average rating this year: 2207.

In 5 previous Olympiads the average was:

2012 - 2024
2014 - 2144
2016 - 2144
2018 - 2168
2022 - 1996 (4 players)