Chess Olympiad 2024 Round 1 Live Updates: India start as favourites
45th FIDE Chess Olympiad Round 1 2024 Live: The Indian chess team starts their campaign at the 45th Chess Olympiad taking on Morocco in the Open section.The Indian team is seeded second in the open section behind Team USA.
While Gukesh was named on the top board for the Chess Olympiad, he will not be in action in the first round when India face Morocco.
India’s initial board order was: Gukesh (Board 1), Praggnanandhaa (Board 2), Arjun Erigaisi (Board 3), Vidit Gujrathi (Board 4), and Pentala Harikrishna (Reserve). But since Gukesh, who will take on world champion Ding Liren in the world chess championship later this year, is sitting out the opening round, everyone moves up a board. India’s board order for Round 1 is as follows: Praggnanandhaa (Board 1), Arjun Erigaisi (Board 2), Vidit Gujrathi (Board 3), and Pentala Harikrishna (Board 4).
Because there are 196 teams competing in the open section and 184 in the women’s section, the tournament cannot be conduced in a full round robin format. This means that the Swiss System, with 11 rounds, will be employed. Each team and player will get 11 matches in the Olympiad.
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