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India is the Chess champion with both the Men and Women’s teams winning gold in 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad held in Budapest, Hungry.

The men’s team comprising Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, Pentala Harikrishna and Srinath Narayanan (Captain) had sealed the gold after defeating the USA on Saturday.

Congrats to Team India for winning the last round as well! Sensational @DGukesh and @ArjunErigaisi, but also congrats to @viditchess on an impressive result. Great captaincy by @srinathchess.@FIDE_chess https://t.co/RYQsUT4zYw

— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) September 22, 2024

Gukesh D beats Vladimir Fedoseev, and Arjun Erigaisi prevails against Jan Subelj; India secures at least tie in their match against Slovenia, and clinches the gold!

The women’s team comprising Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, Tania Sachdev and Abhijit Kunte (Captain) beat Azerbaijan to clinch Gold at the Olympiad.

🇮🇳India wins the 45th FIDE Women's #ChessOlympiad! 🏆 ♟

Congratulations to Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, Tania Sachdev and Abhijit Kunte (Captain)! 👏 👏 pic.twitter.com/zsNde0tspo

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) September 22, 2024

And now…

Indian Women AND Men..

BOTH WORLD CHAMPIONS

An Extraordinary feat

May this inspire future generations of Indians to always keep the crown in the place where Chess began..

Welcome home, Chess. Swagatam pic.twitter.com/hwdlbx6UdM

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) September 22, 2024