: Chess Olympiad 2022: India to field its largest-ever contingent of 20 players split into four teams #IndiaNEWS All India Chess Federation on Monday announced the country’s biggest-ever contingent

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Chess Olympiad 2022: India to field its largest-ever contingent of 20 players split into four teams #IndiaNEWS
All India Chess Federation on Monday announced the country’s biggest-ever contingent for the 44th Chess Olympiad that will take place in Chennai from July 28 to August 10.India, being the host, are entitled to field two teams each in the Open and women’s category. As such, 20 players from India will be competing at the event.Vidit Gujrathi, who led India to gold medal in the 2020 Chess Olympiad, held virtually, will be part of India’s first team in open section alongside Pentala Harikrishna and Chennai-based Krishnan Sasikiran, who have represented India on numerous occasions. The 19-year-old Arjun Erigaisi and SL Narayanan will also be part of the first team.Arjun has been impressive in the last one year and will be one of the players to watch out for as he makes his debut at the event along with Narayanan. The other open category team will comprise of young talents who have been making headlines with their consistent performances in the last couple of years, including Praggnanandhaa R, Nihal Sarin, Gukesh D and Raunak Sadhwani. They will be making their debuts at the Chess Olympiad. The team will also have experienced player Adbhiban B, who was a part of the Indian side which won the...Read more

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