Vantika Agrawal's excitement is palpable after India's historic gold win at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest! She's part of the women's team that clinched gold for the first time, alongside teammates Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, and Tania Sachdev.
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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.
India batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar extended wishes to the Indian team for securing two gold medals in both the men's and women's events at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess Olympiad.
PM Modi also acknowledged Team India's double gold victory at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess Olympiad during his address to the Indian diaspora at Nassau Coliseum in New York and said that "Bharat is full of energy and dreams."
On Wednesday, Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli played out a tie in round eight of the women’s individual chess competition at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou.
The round three and four for both men's and women's will be played on Monday. After eight rounds, there will be medal matches taking place for men's and women's individual categories. Chess at the Asian Games 2023 will take place from September 24 to October 7.
Vidit Gujrathi advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup after defeating Russian chess master Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 in 10-minute games while Harika Dronavalli lost in the quarters
A late entrant into the tournament from the reserve bench for Grandmaster (GM) Nana Dzagnidze to becoming the champion of the inaugural season with the Triveni Continental Kings is nothing less than a fairy tale.
After 10 rounds of the double round-robin tournament, Mumba Masters qualified for the Grand Finale as global chess fans witnessed a thrilling battle through the Rapid Chess format and the Blitz round thereafter, given the draw across the 2 matches to decide the Champions.
The Global Chess League will feature a unique playing concept - with each match of the league taking place at a different time, played in a double round-robin format. For the first time in chess, all team members will be playing a match with pieces of the same colour.