Zakhongir Vakhidov and the victorious Uzbekistan chess team after the conclusion of the Olympiad.© Twitter
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad ended in Mamallapuram on Tuesday with the Uzbekistan team winning the gold medal in the open category. Seeded 14th, it did not lose a single game on its way to winning the top prize. The Uzbekistan team’s Zakhongir Vakhidov told NDTV they were very satisfied with the result. “We are very happy. It was complicated. Till the last moment we didn’t know who was going to win. We had strong rivals like the Indian teams,” he said. Team Armenia won silver.
Ukraine won the gold medal in the women’s category. Many players have been away from their homes. Anna Ushenina, a Ukrainian player, told NDTV: “We just wanted to play and win some medals, but you never know. The opponents played well, especially the Indian team was perfect. My family is out of our city. War is over. should be.”
It was double happiness for India. The top seeded Indian women’s team and the 11th seeded Indian men’s team ‘B’ also won bronze medals.
D Gukesh, Grandmaster of the men’s B team, said: “This bronze medal win is special as India was hosting the Olympiad.”
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Women’s team international master Tania Sachdev said: “A lot of effort. A gold in place of a bronze would have made us happy. Maybe it will set the tone for the gold at the next Olympiad.”
Siblings Garbhananand Ramesh Babu, who recently defeated Magnus Carlsen and his sister Vaishali Ramesh, also won individual bronze medals along with a few others. International Master Vaishali said: “It is a special moment for our teams and also for our family.”
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