22nd September, 2024 is a red letter day for Indian Chess - this is one of the biggest moments in Indian Chess History. Team India wins Double Gold medals in the Chess Olympiad 2024! The Indian Open and Women's Team both secured Team Gold medals, with many more Individual Board medals to come.
Team India (Open) needed just a draw today for Team Gold, but they defeated Slovenia 3.5-0.5 anyway. Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Arjun scored wins on the top 3 boards, and Vidit had a long and fighting draw on board 4. The Indian Open Team secured first place with a whopping 21/22 Match points!
Team India (Women) had to win against Azerbaijan today, and they delivered with full force. Harika, Divya and Vantika won, while Vaishali drew her game. India defeated Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5! If Kazakhstan won against the USA today, there would've been tiebreaks involved - but that match ended in a draw. The Indian Women's Team secured first place with 19/22 match points!
A huge congratulations to all the players, coaches and the entire team involved. What a day!
Graphic: Anmol Bhargav
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🇮🇳 India wins the 45th FIDE #ChessOlympiad! 🏆 ♟️
Congratulations to Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, Pentala Harikrishna and Srinath Narayanan (Captain)! 👏 👏
Gukesh D beats Vladimir Fedoseev, and Arjun Erigaisi prevails against Jan Subelj; India secures at least a tie in their match against Slovenia, and clinches the gold!
The ICEMAN prevails!!
He comes from a swelteringly hot state, but he's shown he can keep his cool even when competitive heat is at its peak.
Just 17 years old, @DGukesh has a long and shining future ahead of him.
And so does Indian Chess.
An entire nation stands and Cheers this Chaturanga Champ 🇮🇳
17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh is the Champion of FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024!!
Gukesh scored 9/14 points to clinch the first place. A huge moment for Indian Chess! After Vishy Anand, he is only the second Indian player to win the Candidates Tournament.
With this amazing victory, Gukesh will challenge the reigning World Champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship match!
#chess #chessbaseindia #GukeshFTW #Candidates2024
From one World Champion to the Future Champion. @DGukesh we are all soooo proud of you. Your dream from 7 years back to become youngest World Champion is finally 1 step away. #GukeshFTW
Congratulations to @DGukesh for becoming the youngest challenger. The @WacaChess family is so proud of what you have done . I’m personally very proud of how you played and handled tough situations. Enjoy the moment
🇮🇳 Gukesh D wins the #FIDECandidates 2024 and the right to challenge the reigning World Champion 🇨🇳 Ding Liren for the title! 🏆
Congratulations! 👏
📷 Michal Walusza
Perfect Score Finish by OJAS🏹
#KheloIndiaAthlete Ojas won against Yang Jaewoon from Korea with a scoreline of 150 -146.
Equaling the world record of 150 once again🤩🔥
With this, he makes it an all-Indian final and assures a 1-2 medal finish for 🇮🇳
#Cheer4India#Hallabol
#JeetegaBharat
#BharatAtAG22
#KJFPL लीग अतिशय चुरशीची झाली.
पूर्ण सीझनचे विजेते खेळाडू असे आहेत,
1️⃣ - प्रतीक कदम 🏆
2️⃣ - सिद्धार्थ गायकवाड
3️⃣ - अनिर्बन चक्रवर्ती
4️⃣ - कुणाल परहाद
5️⃣ - अमित सुसलादी
तसेच कप विजेता ठरले अभिजित लवंदे
सर्वांचे अभिनंदन 💐
सहभागी स्पर्धकांचे आभार 🙏
भेटू लवकरच. #KJContest
BREAKING!
Koneru Humpy 🇮🇳 wins Silver Medal at the 2022 Women’s World Blitz Championship! 🥈
Humpy started with 0/2 but had an incredible day two to score 12.5/17 ❤️
Congratulations to @humpy_koneru 🏆
She is the 1st Indian in history to win two medals at #RapidBlitz 😍