Tamil Nadu state chess revenues impacted by Covid-19 pandemic
Other Sports | November 23, 2020 8:55 ISTDuring normal times, state chess tournaments and others would have been held but it was not to be this year, the official added.
During normal times, state chess tournaments and others would have been held but it was not to be this year, the official added.
The in-form R Vaishali and captain Mary Ann Gomes drew their games to secure the first match of the final 3-1.
While the men beat Kazakhstan 2.5-1.5 and 3-1, the women's side posted 3.5-0.5 and 4-0 wins over Mongolia.
The Indian women's team stormed into the semis of the Asian Nations (Regions) Online Cup 2020 Championship, while their male counterparts eked out a fighting win over Mongolia to secure the last four berth.
The top-seeded Indians went down 1.5-2.5 to sixth-ranked Iran despite R Vaishali winning on the top board against Sarasadat Khademalsharieh.
Nihal Sarin emerged winner in the Chess.com's 2020 Junior Speed Online Chess Championship, beating Russia's world junior No. 6 Alexey Sarana 18-7 in the final.
The Tamil Nadu player scored seven and half points out of a possible nine with six victories and three draws to finish on top, ahead of many higher-rated Grandmasters, a press release said on Thursday.
India won the chess Olympiad gold for the first time in the tournament's history and the team's skipper Vidit Gujrathi has revealed that this win is on par with how Indian cricket was put on the world map after their 1983 World Cup win against the West Indies in Lords.
Divya Deshmukh, who was a part of the Indian team that was declared joint winners of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad along with Russia, expressed elation and termed it a 'very big achievement'.
For Anand, a five-time world champion and the country's first Grandmaster, it was his first Olympiad medal and he described it as a "magical moment".
In a dramatic finish, the global chess body FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich declared India and Russia as joint winners as the final match was interrupted by a computer server problem.
Praising the Indian squad, Prime Minister Modi opined that the win will inspire young chess players to take up the sport. He also congratulated the Russian team.
Russia were initially awarded the elusive medal after two Indian players - Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh - lost time after a server crash. India appealed the controversial decision.
India will play the winner of the other semifinal between Russia and the USA, in the summit clash on Sunday.
15-year-old Chennai boy R Praggnanandhaa shone bright at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. India marched into quarter finals with Praggnanandhaa's crucial win against Chinese opponent.
The Indian team, which finished at the top of Top Division Pool 'A', will play the quarterfinals against a yet-to-be-decided opponent on August 28.
India is second with 11 points and Germany in third place with nine.
Anand needed just 45 moves to win the first round while he closed down the second round in 49 moves. The third ended in a draw.
Anand, however, picked up his first point of the event. He remains at the bottom of the table. He had earlier lost to Peter Svidler, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik.
The former world champion had kept the Norwegian ace in check-in three games of the best-of-four contest before slipping 1.5-2.5 by in the final game late on Wednesday.
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