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18-year-old Gukesh Domaraju gave India the lead by defeating world number-2 Caruana Fabiano.

India has won a historic gold medal in the open category of the Chess Olympiad. This is India’s first gold in the team event of the open category in the 97-year history of the Olympiad. In the 10th round, India defeated America 2.5-1.5. India played a 2-2 draw against Uzbekistan in the 9th round. Apart from this, the country won in all the rounds. The last round is to be played on Sunday. Even if the Indian team loses in this round, it is almost certain that the team will remain in the first place.

In the 10th round of the women’s category, India defeated defending champion China by a margin of 2.5-1.5. India is currently number one in this category. However, India’s final ranking will be decided after the result of Uzbekistan’s match. The 45th Chess Olympiad was held in Budapest, Hungary. The Olympiad will run from 10 to 23 September.

Gukesh and Arjun won the matches in the open category

In the 10th round, India faced USA. R Praggnanandhaa lost against Wesley in the first match. In the second match, Gukesh defeated Caruana Fabiano and levelled the score at 1-1. Vidit Santosh played a draw against Aronian Levon, thus keeping the score tied.

Arjun Irigasi had a match remaining against Dominguez Perez. Arjun maintained the lead for most of the time and won the match at 11:41 pm Indian time. His victory helped India beat USA by a margin of 2.5-1.5.

Arjun ensured gold for India by winning the last match in the open category.

India on top after 10 rounds

In Chess Olympiad, 2 points are awarded for a win and 1 point for a draw. India had won 8 matches in a row and had secured 16 points just 2 days ago. In the 9th round, the team played a draw with Uzbekistan, due to which the team remained at the first position with 17 points. Now, after defeating America, the team has secured the first position with 19 points.

one round left

There is one more round left in the Chess Olympiad, India is currently at the first position and China is at the second position. Both will have their last match on Sunday. If China wins and India loses its match, then both will have equal 19-19 points, then the matter will go to the tie breaker. India is already leading in the tie breaker situation, hence India will get the gold even after losing the last round. This is India’s first gold in the team event of the open category.

India reached number one in the women’s category

In the women’s category, after 9 rounds, India was at the second position with 15 points. Kazakhstan was at the first position with 16 points. In the 10th round, India defeated China by a margin of 2.5-1.5. With this, the team reached the top with 17 points. However, the result of the match between Kazakhstan and Georgia in the women’s group is still pending. After which the ranking of the 10th round will be decided. If India wins the 11th and last round as well, then the country can have a chance to win the gold in the team event in the women’s category along with the open.

In the women’s category, India defeated defending champion China.

Divya Deshmukh won the only match In the women’s category, the only victory from India was achieved by Divya Deshmukh. She defeated China’s Ni Shikun. Whereas Vantika Agarwal, Vaishali Rameshbabu and Dronavali Harika drew their respective matches. Due to which India defeated China by a margin of 2.5-1.5.

Divya Deshmukh led India to victory in the 10th round of the women’s category.

The first Chess Olympiad was held in 1927 The first Chess Olympiad was held in 1924, although it was an unofficial event. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) then started organizing official Chess Olympiads from 1927. The Olympiad was held every year until 1950, it was not held during the World War. But after 1950 it started being held once every two years. The Chess Olympiad was held for the 45th time in Hungary.