England will look for at least a top-10 finish from the national Open team when the biennial 180-country chess Olympiad starts in Budapest,MK sport Hungary, in September, while the women’s squad features a debut for Bodhana Sivanandan, aged nine. In the 2022 Olympiad at Chennai, England finished 14th and 32nd. Since then the former Russian Nikita Vitiugov has transferred his allegiance, and is likely to be a formidable top board.