India is the joint winner in the final of the online chess Olympiad. Russia has also been jointly selected as the winner in this final match along with India. Actually, India and Russia have been jointly chosen as the winner due to lack of internet connection.
India made history in the Chess Olympiad on Sunday. India became the first winner in the online Chess Olympiad. However, India has been jointly chosen as the winner along with Russia. Actually, the final match being played against Russia could not be completed after the internet connection was lost. Due to which India and Russia were jointly chosen as the winner.
This is the first time FIDE, the International Chess Federation, has organized the Olympiad in an online format. During this time, the country was represented in the by skipper Vidit Gujarati, former world champions Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Hampi, D Harika, R Praggananand, P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh against Russia.