Tag: Chess Olympiad

Tamil Nadu: Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Coimbatore

Earlier, the torch relay reached Puducherry on Sunday. Lt. Governor of Puducherry Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan received the torch from GM Akash Ganesh at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in presence of other dignitaries on Sunday.

July 25, 2022

Kerala: Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Thiruvananthapuram

The torch relay was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and began its relay from Leh.

July 23, 2022

Chess Olympiad Stamp unveiled to celebrate ‘World Chess Day’

Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan and Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Department, Government of Tamil Nadu Thiru Siva V Meyyanathan were present on the occasion.

July 21, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Visakhapatnam

Earlier on Sunday, the torch reached Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh. Minister of Housing, Andhra government, Jogi Ramesh received the torch from Grandmaster Musunuri Lalit Babu at Tumalapalli Kalashetram, Vijayawada.

July 18, 2022

Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Bhubaneswar

Women Grandmaster Kiran Manisha Mohanty brought the relay torch to Loka Seva Bhawan and handed it over to Chief Patron of AOCA Dr Achyuta Samant.

July 16, 2022

Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Namsai

Earlier on Wednesday, the first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay arrived in the city of Dibrugarh in Assam on Wednesday.

July 14, 2022

Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reaches Guwahati

In Guwahati, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare of Assam, Bimal Borah received the torch from Grandmaster Mitrabha Guha at Sarusajai Sports Complex. "From July 28-August 10, the chess olympiad will be organised.

July 11, 2022

Chess Olympiad: India to field 3rd team in open section

Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Karthikeyan Murali, SP Sethuraman, Abhijeet Gupta and Abhimanyu Puranik comprise the third Indian team with Gujarat's first GM, Tejas Bakre as the captain.

July 3, 2022

Chess Olympiad torch to reach Chandigarh on 23 June

The first-ever torch relay for the 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad will be reaching the City Beautiful, Chandigarh on 23 June from Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.

June 22, 2022

44th Chess Olympiad set to kick off in India

The event was originally scheduled in Russia, but due to a series of events, India was awarded the rights to the 44th Chess Olympiad.

June 16, 2022