India wins first Gold in Chess Olympiad

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India, the country where chess originated, won the first-ever gold medal in the Chess Olympiad and created history. It was the first time that the chess olympiad had been conducted online due to the pandemic COVID-19. It was the joint win by India and Russia announced by the International Chess Federation(FIDE) because of network interruption and technical glitches

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India stands at fourth position in Global chess rankings.
The first grandmaster in India is Viswanathan Anand, and currently, India has 64 Grandmasters and 114 International Masters.

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