NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met India’s younger chess skills on Wednesday for his or her floor breaking success on the forty fifth Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Each the lads’s and girls’s groups received their first-ever gold medals.
India’s males’s chess workforce triumphed over Slovenia, whereas the ladies’s workforce claimed victory towards Azerbaijan within the remaining spherical, setting a historic milestone for the nation.
Throughout a gathering with the Prime Minister, chess gamers introduced him with a chessboard. Following this, Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi performed a fast sport of chess which fascinated Prime Minister Modi.
Watch: PM Modi observes the chess face-off between Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi
The Indian males’s chess workforce showcased distinctive efficiency in Budapest, concluding the match with 21 out of a attainable 22 factors. The squad, which included D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and R Praggnanandhaa, excelled of their matches, significantly through the eleventh and remaining spherical.
D Gukesh emerged because the standout participant, successful 10 out of his 11 rounds within the Open class. His contributions have been very important in main India to victory. The workforce’s solely draw got here towards Uzbekistan, with the remaining matches received decisively.
With these performances, the Indian workforce confirmed their dominance within the competitors.
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