New Delhi: India’s men’s team registered a dominant victory against Slovenia to clinch their first-ever gold medal in the Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday, September 22. R Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna won their respective finals and led India to their maiden gold in the 45th Chess Olympiad.
In-form Gukesh Dommaraju enjoyed an unbeaten run in the tournament and ensured India’s win on Sunday. Arjun Erigaisi was also brilliant with an impressive win over Jan Subelj and stretched India’s lead to 2-0. After ensuring a gold, India continued to dominate Slovenia as R Praggnanandhaa defeated Anton Demchenko to make it a 3-0 lead.
Indian women’s team of R Vaishali, Harika Dronavalli, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agarwal and Tania Sachdev also defeated Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5 to clinch the title. Indian men’s team won two bronze medals in 2014 and 2022 while the women’s team won a bronze medal in the 2022 edition in Chennai.
Here are some social media reactions after India’s victory in Chess Olympiad
🇮🇳 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… pic.twitter.com/jOGrjwsyJc
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) September 22, 2024
Congratulations to the Indian men’s team for winning the Olympiad with a round to spare, historic performance! Simply awe-inspiring play. Congratulations to @DGukesh and @ArjunErigaisi for their individual results as well!@FIDE_chess
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) September 21, 2024
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIA 🇮🇳
India is only the 3rd country after USSR and China to win Gold medals in both Open and Women’s section in the same Chess Olympiad.
Historic Day for Indian Chess 🔥#ChessOlympiad2024 pic.twitter.com/18VsPK9ruW
— Johns (@JohnyBravo183) September 22, 2024
India winning the gold medal in the Chess Olympiad 2024 for the first time, and that too in both the men’s and women’s categories, makes the chess nerd in me super happy.
Following live chess for the 1st time, thanks to the excellent coverage by @ChessbaseIndia, @sagarchess1 pic.twitter.com/fBIVG1Uz81
— RJ – Rishabh Jain (@rishsamjain) September 22, 2024
✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨Its India’s victory parade at Budapest Chess Olympiad 2024 having won Gold medals in both Open Secn and Womens Secn. Proud moment for all Bharatiyas. Unprecedented and 100% Sports Domination by India.✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨#ChessOlympiad2024 #IndiaWinsChessOlympiad2024
— Aswathy (@AswathyAshwathi) September 22, 2024
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