2024-09-22 20:04:41 :
Chess Olympiad: For the first time in the history of Chess Olympiad, India has done something that it has never done in 97 years. With the strength of D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaysi, India has created history by winning the gold medal in the Chess Olympiad Open. Apart from this, India also won the gold medal in the women’s category.
This was also the first time that India won gold medals in both events at the Chess Olympiad. Gukesh defeated Vladimir Fedoseyev and Erigesi defeated Jan Suber at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.
The Indian men’s and women’s teams remain the same
The Indian men’s team only needed a tie in the final round to secure first place in this section. Although India won both games, the second-ranked Chinese team lost points against the United States.
The Indian men’s team includes D Gukesh, Arjun Elegacy, Vidit Gujarati, Pentla Harikrishna, R Praggnanand and Srinath Narayanan. In the women’s category, the Indian team defeated Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5 in the last match. The women’s team includes Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Aggarwal, Tania Sachdev and Abhijeet Kunte.
Prior to this, India had won bronze medals twice.
Let us tell you that this is the first time in the history of Chess Olympiad that India has won gold medals in both events (Women’s Open category). India has never achieved such success before. India won bronze medal in Chess Olympiad two years ago. Earlier in 2014, he also won bronze medal.
The Indian men’s team performed well in this tournament. They won eight games in a row and then tied with the defending champion Uzbekistan. After that, on September 21, the Chinese team defeated the top seeded United States team and almost locked the gold medal.
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