And now…
Indian Women AND Men..
BOTH WORLD CHAMPIONS
An Extraordinary feat
May this inspire future generations of Indians to always keep the crown in the place where Chess began..
Welcome home, Chess. Swagatam
It’s OFFICIAL now.
The Crown now belongs to India.
The Crown comes home to the birthplace of Chaturanga—and Chess..
I.4 billion Indians salute this Team of 5
🇮🇳🇮🇳👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
It is truly unfathomable how this kid would come from a country with no chess culture and not only become World Champion, but inspire generations of Indian kids to push chess forward. The legend, @vishy64theking! Huge congratulations to India for winning the @ChessOlympiad!
🇮🇳 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!