India on Sunday scripted history in the Chess Olympiad as its men's and women's teams clinched their maiden titles in a rare clean sweep of gold medals after beating their respective opponents in the final round.

The Indian open and women’s teams at the 2024 Chess Olympiad played a total of 88 games across 11 rounds in Budapest. They won a mind-boggling 50 of those, drew 32, and lost only six. Seven out of the ten Indian players who played in the tournament remained unbeaten.

India's chess teams won double gold at the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest. The open team featured Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, and Arjun Erigaisi whil

New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) "If you had to roll the dice, these are pretty good teams to roll them with." Viswanathan Anand had a strong hunch that India would go on to be more than within "smelling" distance of gold at the Chess Olympiad this time.

The nation had not won gold in either category till date, winning a bronze twice (2014 and 2022) in the Open category and once (2022) in the Women’s event. On Sunday, India not only won their first ever gold medal,

Captain Srinath Narayanan brings home the gold, as India record historic gold in Chess Olympiad 2024. Here are the details. Read below.

Both Indian men’s and women’s teams are in contention for the gold medal with just one more round to go in Budapest. Follow all the action live on our blog.

In a viral video, the Indian chess players were seen celebrating the historic double gold at the Chess Olympiad 2024 in an iconic Rohit Sharma style.

ASTANA — The Kazakhstan women’s chess team won a silver medal at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, from Sept. 10 to 23. The team included Bibisara Assaubayeva, Meruyert Kamalidenova, Xeniya Balabayeva, Alua Nurman and Amina Kairbekova.

India clinched gold medals in both men's and women's categories at the 45th Chess Olympiad held in Budapest. Key players trained at Viswanathan Anand's Westbridge Anand Chess Academy were instrumental in this success.