Divya Deshmukh, 18, played a crucial role in the India women's team's historic success at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Divya talked about what India did differently to end their 97-year-old wait for gold in Chess Olympiad in an exclusive interview with India TV.
India's men's and women's chess team ended their long wait for the maiden gold at the Olympiad with a dominant performance in Budapest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited and interacted with both teams upon their arrival in India on Wednesday.
India's men's and women's teams won the historic gold at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad in Hungary on Sunday. Both R Praggnanandhaa and his sister Vaishali were part of the men's and women's teams respectively. The brother-sister duo returned home early in the morning today.
Top-ranked Gukesh Dommarahu, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi registered dominant wins in their respective final matches to help India's men's team win the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday.
44th FIDE Chess Olympiad: Over 187 countries competed on 700 boards in the tournament.
The Olympiad was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 28 at the Nehru indoor stadium where the valedictory will also be held.
Chess Olympiad 2022: The court also called for strict action to be taken against those involved in the tampering of ads with photos of the President and Prime Minister.
The Chess Olympiad, the most prestigious tournament, is hosted by India, the home of chess at a special time in its history, which marks 75 years of freedom from colonial rule: PM Modi
"It was the politicisation of the event," Bagchi said, referring to Pakistan's decision.
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The showpiece event is scheduled from the 28th of July to the 10th of August.
The chess Olympiad is being held in India for the first time and the tournament will be held at nearby Mamallapuram. Players from over 180 countries will be participating in the Olympiad with three Indian teams each in the Open and women's sections.
The announcement was made by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on his Twitter page on Tuesday night.
Te Indian chess team recently emerged joint champions (with Russia) at the recently-concluded FIDE online Chess Olympiad.
For Anand, a five-time world champion and the country's first Grandmaster, it was his first Olympiad medal and he described it as a "magical moment".
In a dramatic finish, the global chess body FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich declared India and Russia as joint winners as the final match was interrupted by a computer server problem.
Praising the Indian squad, Prime Minister Modi opined that the win will inspire young chess players to take up the sport. He also congratulated the Russian team.
Russia were initially awarded the elusive medal after two Indian players - Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh - lost time after a server crash. India appealed the controversial decision.
15-year-old Chennai boy R Praggnanandhaa shone bright at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. India marched into quarter finals with Praggnanandhaa's crucial win against Chinese opponent.
The Indian team, which finished at the top of Top Division Pool 'A', will play the quarterfinals against a yet-to-be-decided opponent on August 28.
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