India makes history by winning online chess Olympiad, PM Modi wishes
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New delhi date. 30 August 2020, Sunday
India have jointly won the final of the Online Chess Olympiad. Russia is also the joint winner in this final match with India. India and Russia have been jointly selected as the winners due to problems in internet connection.
India made history at the Chess Olympiad on Sunday. India has won the Chess Olympiad online for the first time. However, India has been selected as the joint winner with Russia. The final match against Russia could not be completed after the internet connection was broken. Due to which India and Russia were jointly selected as the winners.
These players represented in the Indian team
This is the first time that FIDE, the International Chess Federation, has hosted an online Olympiad. Meanwhile, in the Indian team, Captain Vidit Gujarati, former world champion Vishwanath Anand, Koneru Hampi, D Harika, R Pragganand, P Harikrishna, Nihal Sareen and Divya Deshmukh represented the country against Russia in the final.
Best wishes from Prime Minister Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also congratulated India on this victory. Prime Minister Modi said, "Congratulations to our chess players on winning the Chess Olympiad." Their hard work and dedication is commendable. His success will surely inspire other chess players. I would also like to wish the Russian team all the best.
Both teams will get gold medals
After a flaw in the internet connection, the FIDE president decided to award gold medals to both India and Russia. For the first time in the history of the Chess Olympiad, India has become the champion, although Russia has won many times before.
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