Latest News :- The 45th Chess Olympiad is being held in Budapest, Hungary. In the first round, the Indian men's team faced Morocco. Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnananda faced Morocco's Tissir Mohammed. Praggnananda won the game on the 30th move.

Similarly, Arjun Ericasi defeated Jack Alpillia on the 40th move, Vidit Gujarati on the 27th move, Ovagir Mehdi and Harikrishna on the 33rd move, Anas Moyet. With this, the Indian team defeated Morocco 4-0. D. Gukesh, who was going to play in the World Championship, was rested in the first round.

In the women's category, India faced Jamaica in the first round. In this R. Vaishali clashed with Adhani Clark. During the 29th peace move, R. Vaishali won this game. In other games, Divya Deshmukh defeated Rachel Miller on 76th move and Tania Sachdev defeated Gabriella Watson on 41st move. Meanwhile, Vandika Agarwal vs Rehana Brown ended in a tie on the 53rd move. Indian women's team won by 3.5-0.5.