Chennai: Indian Women’s 3rd team comprehensively beat Hong Kong Women’s team 4-0 to get 2 points in the first match of the World Chess Olympiad. The first round of general division games started yesterday at Mamallapuram. In the first match, the teams of India and Zimbabwe clashed. Each team had 4 players on successive tables. India’s first team Vidit Santosh Gujarati and Zimbabwe’s Makoto Rodwell clashed at the first table.
India’s Arjun Erikaisi – Masango Spencer on the 2nd table, SL Narayanan – Mushor Emerallu Thagutaswa on the 3rd table, Sasikiran Krishnan – Skimba JMUsi on the 4th table. The Indian players played with black pieces as chosen by the Prime Minister. India’s 2nd team clashed with the United Arab Emirates. P. Athiban, Nikhil Sharin, D. Gukesh, Raunak Sadavani took place in it. The first result in the series was Raunak Sadwani’s 1-0 win over UAE’s Al Tahir Abdul Rahman.
In another match, India’s 3rd team played against South Sudan. Abhijith Gupta and Abhimanyu Puranik played along with Tamil Nadu players SB Sethuraman and Karthikeyan Murali. In the Indian women’s section, the first team met Tajikistan. Koneru Hampi, R. Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni played with Tajikistan’s Natesada Antonova, Sabrina Abrorova, Rukshana Saidova and Mudripa Hotami respectively in the Indian team.
In another women’s division round, the 3rd seeded Indian team faced the Hong Kong women’s team. Indian players Esha Garavade, PV Nandita, M. Varshini Sahiti and Pratiusha Photo were pitted against Hong Kong players of Tamil origin Chikappi Kannappan, Jing Jin Kristen Deng, Joy Jingw Lee and Ka Yan Lam respectively. India won the match 4-0 and took 2 points.
First win: Indian Raunak Sadwani stunned UAE’s Al Tahir Abdul Rahman 1-0. This was the first result in the series. Sadavani shows victory symbol.
In the chess stage…
* 192 matches were played yesterday in general category. Due to Pakistan’s sudden withdrawal from the tournament, the matches in the general and women’s categories were abandoned. Only yesterday 1392 players and players saw the field
* 76 teams each in general and women’s categories are playing daily. A total of 304 tables are played.
* Pragnananda, India’s young grand master, is entering the arena today. While he was expected to play yesterday, he has been rested and will play today, the Indian Chess Federation said.
Chief Minister’s dream come true…
Prime Minister Modi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin started the Chess Olympiad. Players, players, referees and spectators from 186 countries have come to participate in this. Here, 177 teams are participating in two arenas, the existing 22,000 sq. ft. old stadium and the grand new 52,000 sq. ft. stadium. Today, if the foreign players are talking in amazement, then the overall winner is Chief Minister M.K. It was Stalin. In this competition, the Chief Minister is constantly giving instructions on how to welcome the participating players. Here, the Chief Minister’s dream project has come true as the competition is taking place. :- Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Meiyanathan
Appreciation + thanks to the Chief…
Pakistani male and female players have been invited to participate in the 44th International Chess Tournament. Subsequently, players and players also came to India. In this case, leaving the competition, yesterday morning, they hurriedly left for Pakistan from the Chennai airport. The reason for this is that Pakistan brought the Olympic torch to its own Kashmir, according to a source in the country. Kashmir is an important part of our country and Pakistan cannot claim it as its own in any way.
Now, Pakistan is out of the Olympics. Will it withdraw from future Commonwealth Games, Olympics and cricket? Moreover, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K., who completed all the work to be done in 4 years for this competition, completed it in just 4 months and organized the region while abroad, to the amazement of all. I thank Stalin. :- Union Minister of State Anurag Singh Tagore