Indian chess grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi said on Wednesday that India's double gold at the Chess Olympiad will change people's perceptions towards the sport.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed a game of bullet chess between members of the 45th Chess Olympiad winning team of India, R Praggnanandhaa, and Arjun Erigaisi during the visit of the Indian men's and women's chess teams to his residence on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Indian men's and women's chess teams on Wednesday at his residence following their double gold medal at the recently concluded International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess Olympiad.
India's men's and women's teams, who won historic double gold medals at the recently-concluded Chess Olympiad, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday at his residence 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, in the national capital.
Just over a week is left for the start of the second season of the Global Chess League, and Indian Chess grandmaster Nihal Sarin, who will be competing for PBG Alaskan Knights, expressed his excitement for the upcoming tournament.
After winning the Chess Olympiad 2024, a member of the India's men's winning squad, Vidit Gujarathi, stated that the golden era of chess has just started for his country.
Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who is set to feature for the debutant team American Gambits, shared his thoughts on the upcoming edition of the tournament
In the recently-concluded Chess Olympiad, India's men's and women's teams made history, securing gold medals for the first time in their respective categories and joining the elite company of countries to have pulled off a double of gold medals in the same edition of the competition.
Gukesh was one of the stars of India's double gold medal triumph at the Olympiad, in which the country secured gold medal at the competition for the first time ever and joined the elite company of countries to have pulled off a double of gold medals in the same edition of the competition.
In the recently-concluded Chess Olympiad, India's men's and women's teams made history, securing gold medals for the first time in their respective categories and joining the elite company of countries to have pulled off a double of gold medals in the same edition of the competition.