England brought an all star team of Nikita Vitiugov, David Howell, Mikey Adams, and Gawain Jones to face Australia's Temur Kuybokarov, Bobby Cheng, Rishi Sardana and Zong-Yuan Zhao.

Australia Edges Out New Zealand in Chess Olympiad Encounter

The Australian Open team met #15 seed Ukraine today in the Chess Olympiad, Budapest.

Australia's Open team scored a match win over Zimbabwe, and the Women's team scored two draws paired with number six seeds Azerbaijan.

Australia won both Open and Women's matches in round 1 of the 45th Chess Olympiad starting today in Budapest, Hungary.