Chess Olympiad rounds start with delay due to shuttle bus problems
Grandmasters think a few moves ahead and GM Antoaneta Stefanova saw it coming. A few days ago Stefanova commented, “In Budapest we have accommodation problems, which I hope to be solved. The problems are for players from many countries. […] I hope those organizational problems do not spread to transfers to playing halls.” The accommodation issues and scattering of players through different hotels has created transportation chaos in Budapest. Vlad Ghita, whose opening day report you can see here, says, “Round 2 started with a 10 min delay, an improvement over yesterday’s 20 min delay. It is unclear whether the shuttle buses are to be blamed, or whether the delegations ran late.”
You can follow round 2 now at the Chess Olympiad 2024 live coverage here
More about the accommodation problems in the Chess Olympiad: Read more: Monaco, Scotland and Germany break the news / Turkey reports problems / England on accommodation issues / Anish Giri critical of the situation / Croatia with accommodation problems and asked for 50 eur/meal