Chess Olympiad 2024 LIVE: Both Indian teams had won the first round without breaking into a sweat on Wednesday. Both Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali will be rested in round 2.
45th FIDE Chess Olympiad Round 2 2024 Live: Despite resting both their top boards in the open and women’s section in the first round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, the Indian chess teams claimed easy victories.
On Thursday, the open team is paired against Iceland while the women’s team will take on the Czech Republic. Gukesh who sat out the first round is back, as is Harika Dronavalli, to take their spots on the top board for the two Indian teams. Meanwhile, the Indian think tank has decided to rest Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali in round 2.
India are taking on Iceland in the Open section while the Indian women’s team faces Czech Republic.
You can follow our live updates from the Chess Olympiad Round 2 by scrolling past the interactive boards
Follow live action from 45th Chess Olympiad’s open section where India face Iceland
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2531) vs GM D Gukesh (2764) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between GM Arjun Erigaisi (2778) vs GM Hannes Stefansson (2471) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between IM Hilmir Freyr Heimisson (2391) vs GM Vidit Gujrathi (2720) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between GM Pentala Harikrishna (2686) vs GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2450) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
Follow live action from 45th Chess Olympiad’s women’s section where India face Czech Republic
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between GM Harika Dronavalli (2502) vs WGM Julia Movsesian (2198) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between WIM Natalie Kanakova (2145) vs IM Divya Deshmukh (2483) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between WGM Teresa Rodshtein (2159) vs IM Vantika Agrawal (2370) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
INTERACTIVE: Follow the move-by-move action from the game between IM Tania Sachdev (2386) vs WIM Martina Korenova (2104) below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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Chess Olympiad 2024: Vidit Gujrathi, Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and Pentala Harikrishna are part of Team India at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. (Express photo by Partha Paul)
