Chess Olympiad 2024 Full Guide: Vidit Gujrathi, Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and Pentala Harikrishna are part of Team India at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. (Express photo by Partha Paul)
Chess Olympiad 2024 Full Guide: From FIDE tournament format to seeds, everything you need to know about 45th Chess Olympiad
The 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest will see the Indian teams battling it out for gold medals in both open and women’s categories. While the Indian team will face Morocco in the Open section, the top seeded Indian women’s team will take on Jamaica in Round 1.
The Indian open team has named Gukesh, who will play for the World Chess Championship title, as their top board.
Here’s Indian Open team’s Board order: Gukesh (Board 1), Praggnanandhaa (Board 2), Arjun Erigaisi (Board 3), Vidit Gujrathi (Board 4), and Pentala Harikrishna (Reserve). Against Morocco, Gukesh will be sitting out, which means India’s board order for Round 1 is as follows: Praggnanandhaa (Board 1), Arjun Erigaisi (Board 2), Vidit Gujrathi (Board 3), and Pentala Harikrishna (Board 4).
Here’s Indian women’s team’s Board order: Harika (Board 1), Vaishali (Board 2), Divya Deshmukh (Board 3), Vantika Agrawal (Board 4), Tania Sachdev (Reserve). Against Jamaica, Harika will be sitting out, which means Vaishali will play on the top board while everyone else moves up a board with the reserve player, Tania Sachdev, playing on board 4. (READ MORE)
