Olympic spirit and smiles! This is how one would describe the Paraguay team delegation for the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. Seeded 57th in the open section and 65th in the women section, Paraguay national teams are already on their way to the Chess Olympiad. Before landing in Budapest, large part of the team will participate in the Open Sants 2024 , which boasts 700 participants.
The men team, captained by Andre Riquelme features Axel Bachmann, Neuris Delgado Ramirez, Jose Fernando Cubas, Antonio Almiron, and Mattias Latore. The average rating is 2444 ELO. That puts them close to continental rivals Uruguay (2435), Chile (2468), and Peru (2464), and behind Argentina (2547) and Brazil (2526).
The women team is captained by Ricardo Kropff and consists of Jennifer Perez Rodriguez, Gabriela Vargas, Helen Montiel Caceres, Paula Oviedo Acosta, and Fiorella Allegra Mayeregger Gonzalez. Follow the news for Paraguay and more teams in the Chess Olympiad 2024 live blog and On Twitter/X here
