In a primary for India, women and men win Chess Olympiad crew golds | India Information

India received its first-ever double crew gold at Chess Olympiad in Budapest Sunday – solely the third nation after the Soviet Union (4 occasions from 1982 to ’86) and China (2018) to take action in 45 Olympiads.
The second-seeded males have been nearly assured of high podium end Saturday evening itself, however the top-seeded girls needed to combat it out.

The Indian males beat Slovenia 3.5-0.5 within the last spherical to tally the highest-ever 21 factors.The ladies jumped to 19 factors with the identical scoreline in opposition to Azerbaijan.
The Indians additionally received 4 board gold medals – two in every part – with D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal shining vivid.
India’s earlier finest Olympiad end was in 2022 when it received two crew bronze.
Probably the most exceptional side of India’s win within the open part was they misplaced simply certainly one of their 44 video games. China had managed this feat in 2014.