Watch: PM Narendra Modi meets chess players, hails India’s historic double gold triumph

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Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an enactment with 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad winning Indian teams, astatine his residence, successful New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. India won golden medals successful some Open and Women's events of the olympiad. (PTI Photo)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday lauded India’s young chess players for their historical accomplishment astatine the 45th Chess Olympiad successful Budapest, wherever some the men’s and women’s teams clinched their maiden golden medals.

India made past connected Sunday arsenic the men’s squad defeated Slovenia and the women’s squad triumphed implicit Azerbaijan successful the last round, securing their first-ever golden medals astatine the prestigious event.

In the men’s competition, D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and R Praggnanandhaa secured decisive wins successful the 11th and last round.
The women’s squad secured their golden by defeating Azerbaijan.

In a video shared connected societal media, Modi interacted with the chess champions, including R Vaishali, D Harika, Tania Sachdev, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, and Praggnanandhaa.

VIDEO | PM Modi (@narendramodi) met the Indian team, that won Chess Olympiad, astatine his residence successful New Delhi earlier today.

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D Gukesh, the prima of the tournament, won 10 retired of 11 rounds successful the Open category, playing a important relation successful India’s victory.

During the interaction, the players presented the Prime Minister with a chessboard, aft which Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi played a speedy crippled of chess, which near Modi spellbound.

Earlier, the Sports Ministry shared a video of the Indian chess contingent leaving their edifice and heading to conscionable the Prime Minister.

The Indian men’s squad finished with an awesome 21 retired of 22 imaginable points successful Budapest, conceding lone 1 gully (2-2) against Uzbekistan portion defeating the remainder of their opponents.

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