Breaking News: India will field third team in the Open section of 44th Chess Olympiad

Two months after AICF announced the biggest ever Indian squad for 44th Chess Olympiad, AICF makes another major announcement. India will have its third team in the Open section. As per the Olympiad Pairing Rules in the FIDE Handbook, if there is an odd number of participating teams, the organising federation has the right to enter a third team. Yesterday, it was announced that the Open section has 187 teams. Thus, a provision for the third team arose. The India 3 team will comprise - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, GM Karthikeyan Murali, GM Sethuraman S P, GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Abhimanyu Puranik. The Captain of the team will be Tejas Bakre. Photo: AICF