Talk:45th Chess Olympiad

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The Venue

The venue in the upper right corner is "Hungexpo Exhibition and Conference Centre", later in the text it is "BOK Hall". These two venues are not the same. To be honest, I do not know which the venue will be, but it is contradictionary as it is. Gym963 (talk) 07:20, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That has been corrected. Thanks for bringing it up.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:20, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cauldron

This should be something like "torch-bearer", no? 217.125.193.89 (talk) 12:24, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That’s the person who lit the Olympic cauldron, i.e. the last torch-bearer. The wording is taken from the infobox for the Olympic Games.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 19:52, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No doubt, but to the native English speaker the reference to "cauldron" is baffling. 217.125.193.89 (talk) 14:53, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kenneth W. Regan's software

What is Kenneth W. Regan's software? The article for Kenneth W. Regan doesn't say anything about software. I assume it's software to detect cheating, but it might me helpful to add some more information about this. - Spinarak (talk) 14:30, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's anti-cheating software. Time published a very nice article about him and his software when he was commissioned to investigate the Carlsen–Niemann controversy.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 21:38, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open

Why is it called the Open and not the Men's? Or can women enter it? Could a note be added explaining for us non-chess followers (apologies if it's already there - I only skim-read the article). Stronach (talk) 11:37, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's called Open because women can also enter. Usually, there's a note that explains how many women participated in the Open event, but I wasn't able to find a source stating that figure for this Olympiad. I've added an explanatory note.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Kiril. Stronach (talk) 08:31, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Board x

What does Board 1 vs Board 2 vs Board 3 vs Board 4 vs Reserve mean in the table? Is it like different divisions? Are there like 4-5 gold medals that are all equivalents? I.e. they are separate, parallel brackets? 194.102.58.6 (talk) 14:30, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is explained in the "Competition format and calendar". In each round, four players from each team faced four players from another team—that is, games were played on four boards. Yes, the competitions for individual board medals are like different divisions, and the gold medals for all boards are equivalent.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:38, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The lead needs reworking

@Kiril Simeonovski, as you appear to have worked on this recently:

The lead's three paragraphs, in their 300+ words, do not mention once that this happened in 2024 in Budapest. Statistics are useful, but there should be a first sentence sounding something like: "The 45th chess olympiad was an international event organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23 September 2024", and possibly a few other general sentences. (See 44th Chess Olympiad for an example, and MOS:FIRST for the official policy on how to construct the very beginning of the article.

Cheers, — Alien 3
3 3 17:27, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alien333: Someone vandalised the article by removing the leading paragraph. I’ve reverted it back to a previous version.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:02, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oooh, ok, makes much more sense for an FAC. — Alien 3
3 3 19:17, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]