India shines in Chess Olympiad 2024
India has created history by winning gold in the open section of the Chess Olympiad 2024. India has won gold for the first time in the Olympiad. Grandmaster D Gukesh roared. Apart from Gukesh, the Indian men’s team included R Praggnanand, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrati, Pantala Harikrishna and Srinath Narayanan. Gukesh and Arjun won their respective matches against Slovenia in the 11th round. Second-placed China lost two board points against America, after which India got a historic gold.(India shines in Chess Olympiad 2024)
The Indian team made a great start in the competition. India won their first eight matches before being drawn against last edition’s champions Uzbekistan. India won bronze in the Chess Olympiad held on home soil in 2022. India also won bronze in 2014. Gukesh gave a great finish to the 45th Chess Olympiad for the country and himself with a victory over Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev in Budapest on Sunday. Arjun defeated Jan Subelj of Serbia on the last day of the event.(India shines in Chess Olympiad 2024)
Even if the Indian team had lost the remaining two games, it would have won the gold because only a draw was needed in the 11th round to win the title. Gukesh had almost assured gold for the Indian team by defeating America’s Fabiano Caruana. At the same time, the Indian women’s team also won the gold medal. The Indian women’s team included Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agarwal, Tania Sachdev and Abhijeet Kunte. Harika, Divya and Vantika won their matches against their respective opponents while Vaishali drew.India has created history by winning gold in the open section of the Chess Olympiad 2024. India has won gold for the first time in the Olympiad. Grandmaster D Gukesh roared. Apart from Gukesh, the Indian men’s team included R Praggnanand, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrati, Pantala Harikrishna and Srinath Narayanan. Gukesh and Arjun won their respective matches against Slovenia in the 11th round. Second-placed China lost two board points against America, after which India got a historic gold.The Indian team made a great start in the competition. India won their first eight matches before being drawn against last edition’s champions Uzbekistan. India won bronze in the Chess Olympiad held on home soil in 2022. India also won bronze in 2014. Gukesh gave a great finish to the 45th Chess Olympiad for the country and himself with a victory over Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev in Budapest on Sunday. Arjun defeated Jan Subelj of Serbia on the last day of the event.(India shines in Chess Olympiad 2024)
Despite the win against Azerbaijan, the Indian women’s team was not certain to get the top position. India’s victory in the women’s open section competition depended on the United States taking points from Kazakhstan. America held its opponent to a 1-1 draw and India became the champion. If Kazakhstan had won the match against America, the match would have reached tie-break.India has created history by winning gold in the open section of the Chess Olympiad 2024. India has won gold for the first time in the Olympiad. Grandmaster D Gukesh roared. Apart from Gukesh, the Indian men’s team included R Praggnanand, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrati, Pantala Harikrishna and Srinath Narayanan. Gukesh and Arjun won their respective matches against Slovenia in the 11th round. Second-placed China lost two board points against America, after which India got a historic gold.
The Indian team made a great start in the competition. India won their first eight matches before being drawn against last edition’s champions Uzbekistan. India won bronze in the Chess Olympiad held on home soil in 2022. India also won bronze in 2014. Gukesh gave a great finish to the 45th Chess Olympiad for the country and himself with a victory over Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev in Budapest on Sunday. Arjun defeated Jan Subelj of Serbia on the last day of the event.(India shines in Chess Olympiad 2024)
