The reaction of the Universe to India's stupendous performance at 44th Chess Olympiad 2022
Team India won double Bronze at Open and Women section of 44th Chess Olympiad. That's not all. A total of seven individual medals - 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze medals were won. It goes without saying that it was undoubtedly a resounding success for India. It was the highest number of medals India ever won at a single edition of Chess Olympiad. It was also the first time an Indian Women's team made a podium finish at the biggest chess extravaganza. Both in terms of organization and performance, India delivered a stupendous performance on and off the board. How did the medal winning players, team members, the universe react to India's monumental triumph? We find out in this article. Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Nine medals and Best Federation Winner
We have already published reports on India's historic Bronze medal triumph, Board prize winners of Open and Women section, norm makers list.
GM Vishy Anand, Five-time World Champion and Mentor of the Indian teams
GM D Gukesh, Team Bronze for India 2 and Individual Gold on Board no.1 in Open
GM Nihal Sarin, Team Bronze for India 2 and Individual Gold on Board no.2 in Open
GM R Praggnanandhaa, Team Bronze for India 2 and Individual Bronze on Board no.3 in Open
GM Raunak Sadhwani, Team Bronze for India 2
GM FST R B Ramesh, Captain of India 2 Open
GM Stany G A, Assistant Coach of India 2 Open
GM Harika Dronavalli, Team Bronze for India 1 Women
IM Vaishali R, Team Bronze for India 1 Women and Individual Bronze on Board no.3 in Women
IM Tania Sachdev, Team Bronze for India 1 Women and Individual Bronze on Board no.4 in Women
IM Bhakti Kulkarni, Team Bronze for India 1 Women
GM FST Abhijit Kunte, Captain of India 1 Women
GM Shyam Sundar M, Assistant Coach of India 1 Women
GM FT Swayams Mishra, Assistant Coach of India 1 Women
Judit Polgar, Greatest Female chess player of all time
Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket legend
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi
Susan Polgar, 8th Women's World Champion in history
Director of Human Resources, Indian Oil
Chairman of IOCL
Aarti Lohia, Head and Trustee of SP Lohia Foundation and Indorama Charitable Trust
Chennai Super Kings, Four-times winner of Indian Premier League (Cricket)
