At the Paris Olympics this summer, Indian athletes went home with zero gold medals. The country’s chess players more than made up for it at the just-completed 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, with both the open and women’s teams taking home the gold.

This triumph is remarkable given the youth of the Indian team — six of the 10 players are under 23, with the four gold medallists averaging under 20.

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.

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

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,

A new generation is taking over at the top of world chess. India captured the gold medals at the 188-team Olympiad in Budapest last Sunday with a dominating performance by Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, and Arjun Erigaisi,

India's chess players triumphed at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad, winning gold in both men's and women's events. Vidit Gujrathi, part of the victorious squad, described this achievement as the dawn of a golden era for Indian chess.

The Qatari chess team won the silver medal in Category E at the 45th edition of the FIDE Chess Olympiad, which was held in Budapest, Hungary, with the participation of

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 men's and women's chess teams achieved historic double gold medals at the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest. This is the first time that India won in both the Men's and the Women's category at the same time.

Indian chess grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa hailed India's unprecedented double gold medal win at the recently concluded Chess Olympiad, calling it a "historic achievement" that will help propel the popularity of the game across the country.