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Chess Olympiad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches First-Ever Torch Relay for 44th Edition of Tournament
With this, India became the first country to have a torch relay for chess. Also, torch relay, which is an Olympic tradition, was done for the first time ahead of a chess olympiad.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launced a first-ever torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad, in Chennai on Sunday, June 19. He was accompanied by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand
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#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Delhi pic.twitter.com/aaPT9RhnZh
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2022
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