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Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian players dominate Day 1 with seven wins and a draw

Indian players dominated Round 1 of the Chess Olympiad 2024 in both the open and women’s sections at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, September 11. This was the first Chess Olympiad to take place in Hungary since Budapest hosted the second unofficial Chess Olympiad in 1926.

The Indian men’s team locked horns with the Moroccan team in the first round, winning all four encounters to initiate the competition on a dominating note. Praggnanandhaa R took on Mohammed Tissir and bagged a comfortable win.

On the other hand, Arjun Erigaisi took on Jacques Elbilia and registered a win. Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna secured wins over Pierre Ouakhir and Anas Moayad, respectively, in Round 1 of the Chess Olympiad 2024.

Meanwhile, in the women’s section, India competed with the Jamaican team, bagging three wins and a draw. Vaishali R started with a comprehensive win over Adani Clarke while Divya Deshmukh bagged a victory against Rachel Miller.

Tania Sachdev secured a win against Gabriella Watson. Vantika Agarwal, on the other hand, settled for a draw against Raehanna Brown. It was the lone draw of the first round for India in both open and women’s sections combined.

A total of 1884 participants, including 975 in the Open and 909 in the Women’s section, are part of the competition at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Hungary. 197 teams from 195 nations in the Open section have registered for the event while 183 from 181 nations in the women’s section are part of it.

The second round of the Chess Olympiad 2024 started at 6:30 PM IST on Thursday, September 12.


Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian men’s team results

Praggnanandhaa R 1 - 0 Mohammed Tissir

Arjun Erigaisi 1 - 0 Jacques Elbilia

Vidit Gujrathi 1 - 0 Pierre Ouakhir

Pentala Harikrishna 1 - 0 Anas Moayad


Chess Olympiad 2024: Indian women’s team results

Vaishali R 1 - 0 Adani Clarke

Divya Deshmukh 1 - 0 Rachel Miller

Vantika Agrawal 1/2 - 1/2 Raehanna Brown

Tania Sachdev 1 - 0 Gabriella Watson


Chess Olympiad 2024: Open section standings

RankTeamPoints
1Hungary2
2India2
3China2
4Netherlands2
5Poland2
6Spain2
7Ukraine2
8Serbia2
9Armenia2
10Romania2
11Czech Republic2
12Israel2
13Vietnam2
14Turkiye2
15Greece2
16Hungary B2
17Slovenia2
18Croatia2
19Italy2
20Lithuania2
21Austria2
22Georgia2
23Montenegro2
24Brazil2
25Sweden2
26Kazakhstan2
27Latvia2
28Colombia2
29Chile2
30Canada2
31Mexico2
32Peru2
33Philippines2
34Hungary C2
35Finland2
36Paraguay2
37Uruguay2
38Estonia2
39Andorra2
40North Macedonia2
41Mongolia2
42Bangladesh2
43Albania2
44Venezuela2
45Japan2
46Kyrgyzstan2
47Kosovo2
48Turkmenistan2
49Algeria2
50Angola2
51Ecuador2
52Luxembourg2
53Monaco2
54Tajikistan2
55Indonesia2
56Thailand2
57United States of America2
58Uzbekistan2
59Germany2
60Norway2
61England2
62Iran2
63Azerbaijan2
64France2
65Bulgaria2
66Argentina2
67Moldova2
68Cuba2
69Switzerland2
70Slovakia2
71Singapore2
72Egypt2
73Belgium2
74Portugal2
75Bosnia & Herzegovina2
76Ireland2
77Scotland2
78New Zealand2
79Wales2
80South Africa2
81Denmark2
82Australia2
83Iceland2
84Faroe Islands2
85United Arab Emirates2
86Bolivia2
87Costa Rica2
88Zimbabwe2
89Vanuatu2

Chess Olympiad 2024: Women’s section standings

RankTeamPoints
1Hungary2
2Georgia2
3Poland2
4China2
5Azerbaijan2
6United States of America2
7Germany2
8Spain2
9Kazakhstan2
10Armenia2
11Bulgaria2
12England2
13France2
14Turkiye2
15Netherlands2
16Mongolia2
17Vietnam2
18Romania2
19Italy2
20Slovenia2
21Canada2
22Argentina2
23Cuba2
24Hungary B2
25Slovakia2
26Sweden2
27Norway2
28Uzbekistan2
29Latvia2
30Iran2
31Estonia2
32Peru2
33Croatia2
34Czech Republic2
35Montenegro2
36Lithuania2
37Colombia2
38Australia2
39Philippines2
40Belgium2
41Finland2
42Egypt2
43Mexico2
44Luxembourg2
45Ecuador2
46Bosnia & Herzegovina2
47Denmark2
48North Macedonia2
49Monaco2
50Ireland2
51Scotland2
52Moldova2
53Bangladesh2
54Portugal2
55Paraguay2
56Albania2
57Venezuela2
58Chile2
59Indonesia2
60Malaysia2
61Algeria2
62Iceland2
63Turkmenistan2
64New Zealand2
65Angola2
66Bolivia2
67El Salvador2
68Singapore2
69Costa Rica2
70Wales2
71Tajikistan2
72Dominican Republic2
73India2
74Ukraine2
75Serbia2
76Switzerland2
77Greece2
78Israel2
79Austria2
80Hungary C2
81Brazil2

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