Vidit Gujrathi

India men dropped their first point but carried enough steam to beat Hungary ‘B’ 3.5-0.5 to maintain a clean slate in the ongoing 45th Chess Olympiad here. In the open section, the hero for the Indian men was Arjun Erigaise who played a brilliant attacking game against Peter Prohazska and ended with a checkmate after a queen sacrifice.

FIDE Chess Candidates 2024: Vidit Gujrathi stuns world number 3 Nakamura in World Candidates chess

Top chess player Magnus Carlsen, absent from the tournament, predicts Indian Grand Masters won't win. Yet, Vidit Gujrathi shocks by defeating Hikaru Nakamura, ending his 47-match unbeaten streak in classical chess.

Tata Steel Chess 2024: Vidit Gujrathi defeats Nodirbek Abdusattorov; becomes India No. 1 in FIDE's live rating

In the most important game of round 12, Vidit defeated Abdusattorov, who was the leader until then. With this win, Vidit became the new number-one Indian player in the live ratings.

Chess: Vaishali shines as Indian women beat Vietnam in Asian Games

The top-seeded men's team was held to a 2-2 draw by a strong Uzbekistan team with all four matches ending in draws.

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Gukesh slips to third, Praggnanandhaa suffers second loss

Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Gujrathi all find themselves trailing by one-and-half points to sole leader Maxime Vachier Lagrave of France.

How did chess become this popular in India?

Manuel Aaron and Viswanathan Anand had a lot to do with it.

44th Chess Olympiad round-up: D. Gukesh, Nihal Sarin win individual gold; India 2 claim classy victory over Germany for bronze

India 1 (women), who were the sole leaders going into the final, suffered a 1:3 defeat as their star performers, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni, conceded their first losses of the tournament.