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Chess Olympiad 2024: Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali get India off to winning start
12/09/2024 02:06 PM | Click to read full article
Chess siblings - Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Rameshbabu Vaishali - led India off to a winning start as the men's team beat Morocco 4-0 and the women's squad defeated Jamaica 3.5-0-5 on the opening day's play in Budapest. Praggnanandhaa played the top board for India as D. Gukesh, the World Championship challenger, sat out the opening round. Praggnanandhaa, 18, got the better of Mohamed Tissir. India had wins across the boards.
