Chess, Olympiad 2024: India win historic double gold in Budapest

India capped off their 2024 Chess Olympiad campaign in Budapest with a gold medal each in both the open and women’s event on Sunday.

While the Indian open team beat Slovenia 3.5-0.5 to win the title, the women’s team took down Azerbaijan by the same margin in the final round of play.

Arjun Erigaisi was the first to win his game against Slovenia as he got the better of GM Jan Subelj on the third board to give India an early advantage.

Gukesh Dommaraju followed it up with a win of his own minutes later against Vladimir Fedoseev on the top board to give India an unassailable 2-0 lead in the match.

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India secures their first-ever gold medal????????

Gukesh Dommaraju beats Vladimir Fedoseev on the top board to give India a 2-0 lead.

This secures atleast a draw from the match for India and that's the gold assured????

????: Michal Waluszahttps://t.co/O2wX56770N pic.twitter.com/WwLwu8yyKm— The Field (@thefield_in) September 22, 2024

India needed only a draw in the match against Slovenia, and the victories from Erigaisi and Gukesh all but secured the gold medal for team.

Later in the day, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won his game on the second board against Anton Demchenko with the white pieces before Vidit Gujrathi played out a draw on the fourth board against Matej Sebenik to...

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