At the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest in September 2024, members of the Consulchess community had an ordinary 10×8 board signed by the players they met — around 60 of the 80 squares, world champions among them. Tap or click a square to see its signature up close.
Aláírva a 45. Sakkolimpián, Budapest 2024 – koppints egy aláírásra.
| Leírás | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | Chinedu Benjamin Enemchukwu | Captain and board 1 of St Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2024 Olympiad in Budapest. FIDE Master. | |
| GM | Loek van Wely | Captain of Italy's open team at the 2024 Olympiad. Eight-time Dutch champion; peak rating 2714 (October 2001), then world no. 10. | |
| GM | David Navara | Board 1 for the Czech Republic at the 2024 Olympiad. Grandmaster since 2002; peak rating 2751 (May 2015). | |
| GM | Matthias Blübaum | Board 3 for Germany at the 2024 Olympiad. German grandmaster since 2015. | |
| GM | Gukesh Dommaraju | Board 1 for India at the 2024 Olympiad. World Champion since December 2024; peak rating 2794 (October 2024). | |
| FM | Lara Schulze | Board 5 for Germany's women's team at the 2024 Olympiad. FIDE Master and Woman International Master. | |
| Tibor Nagy | Inventor of Consul chess. | ||
| IM | Zoltán Németh | Editor-in-chief of the Hungarian chess magazine Magyar Sakkvilág. International Master and 2024 Hungarian senior champion. | |
| WFM | Anna Cramling Bellon | Board 3 for Sweden's women's team at the 2024 Olympiad. Woman FIDE Master, chess streamer and YouTuber. | |
| IM | András Mészáros | Hungarian International Master and FIDE Senior Trainer. Hungarian coaching lifetime-achievement award 2020; Hungarian senior champion 2025. | |
| Klaus Deventer | Fair Play Officer at the 2024 Olympiad. German International Arbiter since 1997; chief arbiter of the 2018 Candidates Tournament in Berlin. | ||
| GM | Richárd Rapport | Board 1 for Hungary at the 2024 Olympiad, after playing for Romania from 2022 to 2024. Peak rating 2776 (April 2022). | |
| GM | Wesley So | Board 2 for the USA at the 2024 Olympiad. Three-time U.S. champion; peak rating 2822 (February 2017). | |
| GM | Awonder Liang | American grandmaster and former chess prodigy: U8 world youth champion 2011, grandmaster at 14. Coach of Carissa Yip and a friend of Consul chess. | |
| FM | Balázs Bakos | Hungarian FIDE Master since 2006. | |
| GM | Pia Cramling | Board 1 for Sweden's women's team at the 2024 Olympiad. Grandmaster since 1992; top-rated woman in the world in January 1984. | |
| GM | Péter Lékó | Board 2 for Hungary at the 2024 Olympiad. Drew the 2004 World Championship match in Brissago with Kramnik 7–7; peak rating 2763 (April 2005). | |
| GM | Antoaneta Stefanova | Board 1 for Bulgaria's women's team at the 2024 Olympiad. Women's World Champion 2004–2006. | |
| GM | Vasyl Ivanchuk | Board 2 for Ukraine at the 2024 Olympiad. World no. 2 in July 1991; peak rating 2787 (October 2007). | |
| GM | Maxim Dlugy | American grandmaster since 1986. White's Dlugy Variation against the Benko (Volga) Gambit, 5.f3, is named after him. | |
| GM | Merab Gagunashvili | Georgian grandmaster and two-time Georgian champion who played at four Olympiads. Took part in the Consul chess tournament at Budapest 2024. | |
| GM | Vladimir Akopian | Captain of the United Arab Emirates' open team at the 2024 Olympiad. 1999 FIDE World Championship finalist; peak rating 2713 (July 2006). | |
| GM | Elisabeth Pähtz | Board 2 for Germany's women's team at the 2024 Olympiad. In 2022 the first German woman to earn the grandmaster title. | |
| CM | Saif Malek | Board 3 for Jordan's open team at the 2024 Olympiad in Budapest. | |
| Olalekan Adeyemi | FIDE Vice-President at the time of the 2024 Olympiad and former President of the Nigeria Chess Federation. International Arbiter since 2003. | ||
| IM | Satea Husari | Captain of Syria's open team at the 2024 Olympiad. International Master and chess trainer; individual gold medal at the 1990 Olympiad. | |
| GM | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Board 1 for Uzbekistan at the 2024 Olympiad. World Rapid Champion 2021; peak rating 2783 (October 2024). | |
| GM | Irina Krush | Board 3 for the US women's team at the 2024 Olympiad. Eight-time U.S. Women's Champion. | |
| GM | Anish Giri | Board 1 for the Netherlands at the 2024 Olympiad. Five-time Dutch champion; peak rating 2798 (October 2015). | |
| IM | To Nhat Minh | Hungarian International Master and FIDE Trainer. Won the first Consul chess tournament in May 2022. | |
| GM | Teimour Radjabov | Non-playing captain of Azerbaijan's open team at the 2024 Olympiad. Won the 2019 FIDE World Cup; peak rating 2793 (November 2012). | |
| GM | Victor Bologan | Board 4 for Moldova at the 2024 Olympiad. Grandmaster since 1991 and winner of Dortmund 2003; peak rating 2734 (August 2012). | |
| GM | David Howell | Board 2 for England at the 2024 Olympiad. Three-time British champion and a chess commentator; peak rating 2712 (August 2015). | |
| GM | Salem Saleh | Board 1 for the United Arab Emirates at the 2024 Olympiad and the country's top-rated player. Asian champion 2015; peak rating 2690 (October 2021). | |
| GM | Viswanathan Anand | World Champion 2000–2002 (FIDE) and 2007–2013; peak rating 2817 (March 2011). FIDE Deputy President since 2022; interim FIDE President from July 2026 and re-elected Deputy President in September 2026. | |
| GM | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Board 2 for India, winners of the open section at the 2024 Olympiad. Runner-up at the 2023 FIDE World Cup; peak rating 2785 (September 2025). | |
| GM | József Horváth | Played three Olympiads for Hungary (1990, 1992, 1998). International Arbiter, an arbiter at the 2024 Olympiad and a friend of Consul chess. | |
| Jonathan O'Connor | Ireland's FIDE delegate since 2022. Captained Ireland's open team at the 2016 Olympiad in Baku. | ||
| GM | Leinier Domínguez Pérez | Board 3 for the USA at the 2024 Olympiad; played for Cuba until 2018. World Blitz Champion 2008; peak rating 2768 (May 2014). | |
| IM | Tania Sachdev | Board 5 for India's women, gold medallists at the 2024 Olympiad. A well-known chess presenter and commentator. | |
| GM | Anton Korobov | Board 4 for Ukraine at the 2024 Olympiad. Four-time Ukrainian champion; peak rating 2723 (January 2014). | |
| GM | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Board 1 for France at the 2024 Olympiad. Former World Blitz Champion; peak rating 2819 (August 2016), world No. 2 at the time. | |
| GM | Jan Gustafsson | German national coach since 2023 and captain of Germany's open team at the 2024 Olympiad. Long-time second of Magnus Carlsen and co-founder of chess24. | |
| FM | Norbert Lóránd | Hungarian FIDE Master. Player in and sponsor of Consul chess tournaments; also organises chess tournaments in Hungary. | |
| GM | Zoltán Medvegy | Captain of Hungary's second open team at the 2024 Olympiad. Holds a PhD on decision-making in chess. | |
| GM | Le Quang Liem | Board 1 for Vietnam at the 2024 Olympiad and his country's top-rated player. World Blitz Champion 2013; peak rating 2741 (August 2024). | |
| GM | Vincent Keymer | Board 1 for Germany at the 2024 Olympiad and Germany's highest-rated player. Peak rating 2776 (December 2025); up to world No. 4. | |
| GM | Georg Meier | Board 1 for Uruguay at the 2024 Olympiad, the country he has represented since 2021. Formerly a German national player and 2011 European team champion. | |
| IM | Jovanka Houska | Board 2 for England's women at the 2024 Olympiad. Nine-time British women's champion and a well-known commentator. | |
| GM | Parham Maghsoodloo | Board 1 for Iran at the 2024 Olympiad. World Junior Champion 2018; peak rating 2742 (December 2023). | |
| IM | Dinara Wagner | Board 1 for Germany's women at the 2024 Olympiad. Won the 2023 Women's Grand Prix event in Nicosia. | |
| GM | Frederik Svane | Board 5 for Germany at the 2024 Olympiad, where he won the individual gold medal on his board with 8/9 (performance 2791). | |
| GM | Magnus Carlsen | World Champion 2013–2023 and world No. 1 since 2011; his 2882 is the highest rating ever. Board 1 for Norway at the 2024 Olympiad, with the board-1 bronze medal. | |
| WGM | Josefine Heinemann | Board 3 for Germany's women at the 2024 Olympiad. German girls' U18 champion 2015; now plays as Josefine Safarli. | |
| GM | Dmitrij Kollars | Board 2 for Germany at the 2024 Olympiad. Reached his peak rating of 2659 in September 2024. | |
| GM | Étienne Bacrot | Board 2 for France at the 2024 Olympiad. At 14, in 1997, the youngest grandmaster in history up to then; peak rating 2749 (November 2013). | |
| GM | Miklós Galyas | Captain of Hungary's second women's team at the 2024 Olympiad. Grandmaster since 2023 and a FIDE Trainer. | |
| GM | Nijat Abasov | Board 2 for Azerbaijan at the 2024 Olympiad. World Cup semi-finalist 2023 and a player in the 2024 Candidates Tournament. |
The board went with them between rounds, to the Consulchess stand and around the BOK Sports and Conference Centre. Details about each signer will follow here soon.
Curious about the variant behind the board? Start with the Rules & FAQ and take the Consul onto the board yourself.