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With Russia and China, two top teams were missing from the Women's Tournament at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. So India was the top favourite and led the field for a long time. But in the last round, the Indians lost to the USA and Ukraine won gold ahead of Georgia while India had to be content with bronze. Oliwia Kiolbasa, who played on board three for Poland, had the best individual performance at the Olympiad, the two best players on board one were chess legend Pia Cramling from Sweden and young Eline Roebers from the Netherlands. | Photos: FIDE (Lennart Ootes, Stev Bonhage)

Chief Minister M K Stalin announces on Wednesday, India-B and A-Women’s teams, would be receiving cash prize of Rs 1 crore each for winning bronze medals in the FIDE 44th Chess Olympiad.

The 12th-seeded Armenia defeated the sixth-seeded Azerbaijan with a convincing 3-1 victory to reach 17 match points and become the joint leaders at the end of the 10th and penultimate round of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Dramatic developments in the fifth hour of play enabled the 14th-seeded Uzbekistan...

Uzbekistan and Armenia are sharing the lead going into the final round of the Chess Olympiad’s open tournament. India 2 was inches away from replacing Uzbekistan as co-leader, as Gukesh could have given his team match victory had he not blundered a piece against Nodirbek Abdusattorov in a drawn position. In the women’s section, meanwhile, India retook the sole lead after convincingly beating Kazakhstan. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

The 14th-seeded Uzbekistan team won the gold medal while Armenia and India-2 team won the silver and bronze in the Open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad held here, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said.In the women's section, Ukraine ...