Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:03pm on 22 Sep 2024,Sunday Sports
India achieved a historic double at the Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest on September 22. Both the men's and women's teams secured gold medals. The women's team, featuring Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, Tania Sachdev, and Abhijit Kunte, beat Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5 in the final round. India’s victory depended on the USA holding Kazakhstan to a 2-2 draw. Earlier, the men's team triumphed over Slovenia to win their first Chess Olympiad gold. India’s remarkable journey included eight consecutive wins, defeating top-seeded USA in the penultimate round.
