Chess Olympiad 2024: The role of Indian women in sports is now clearly visible at the global level. After cricket, hockey, boxing, now Indian women have waved their flag in mind games like chess. After the men's team in the Chess Olympiad 2024, the women's team has created history by winning the gold medal. We are saying this because even today in our society people underestimate the intelligence of women in every matter. Amidst such a perception, it is historic for women to win gold in a mind game like chess.
When it comes to chess, the first name that comes to our mind is Vishwanathan Anand and the second name is Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. But now this game of chess is not limited to just these two names. The names of women members of the Chess Olympiad team have also been included in it. Let's know about them.
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Stars of victory
The Chess Olympiad team included Tania Sachdev, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Harika Dronavalli and Divya Deshmukh.
Tania Sachdev is a resident of Delhi. She received the title of Women Grandmaster in the year 2005. She became the eighth Indian woman to achieve this title. Apart from this, she won the National Women's Premier Chess Championship of India in the years 2006 and 2007.
Divya Deshmukh became India's 21st female chess grandmaster in the year 2021. And in the next year i.e. 2022, she won the Women's Indian Chess Championship. Apart from this, Divya also won an individual bronze medal in the Chess Olympiad.
Vantika Agarwal, who won the bronze medal in the World Youth Chess Championship Under-14 category, won the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad in the year 2020. Apart from this, she has also received the title of Women Grandmaster.
Harika Dronavalli of Andhra Pradesh created history by winning 3 bronze medals in the Women's World Chess Championship in the years 2012, 2015 and 2017.
Rameshbabu Vaishali has won bronze medals in women's team and individual events in the Olympiad held in the year 2022. Vaishali has been awarded the Arjuna Award.
How to motivate kids to play chess
If your child is interested in chess from a young age, then you should encourage him and give him information about the rules of this game.
If you have basic knowledge of chess then show interest in this game with the child.
When the child grows up, to make him professional in chess, make him join a class where he can learn the nuances and moves of the game. However, the fees of chess classes are a little higher than the classes of other games.
If you want, you can also get your child enrolled in online classes for this.
Encourage your child to participate in chess games at school.
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