44th Chess Olympiad, Day 1 Results: Indian Women Whitewash Hong Kong 4-0; Men Claim Dominant Win Over Zimbabwe in Chennai
India 1 Open beat Zimbabwe 4-0 while women's C team whitewashed Hong Kong 4-0 in the opening day of the 44th Chess Olympiad on July 29 in Chennai.
Indian Men's and Women's teams kicked off their Olympiad 2022 campaign in fashion as they claimed dominant victories over Zimbabwe and Hong Kong respectively at the 44th Chess Olympiad today, July 29 July in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. India 1 Open, Vidit Gujrati, Arjun Erigasi, SL Narayanan and Sasikiran made a 4-0 sweep over their opponents. For women's team, IM Eesha Karavade, WGM Nandhidhaa P V, WIM Sahithi Varshini M and WGM Pratyusha Bodda recorded a victory each against Hong Kong.
Check the Tweet:
India 1 Open makes a dominant 4-0 start against Zimbabwe@viditchess, @ArjunErigaisi, @GMNarayananSL and @GMSasikiran won their respective games.
📷FIDE/Lennart Ootes#Chess #ChessBaseIndia #ChessOlympiad pic.twitter.com/5253ON4apf
— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) July 29, 2022
Another result:
India 3 Women whitewashes Hong Kong 4-0
IM Eesha Karavade, WGM Nandhidhaa P V, WIM Sahithi Varshini M and WGM Pratyusha Bodda scored a victory each.#chess #ChessOlympiad #chessbaseindia
📸Aditya Sur Roy pic.twitter.com/OiKzNmGtEi
— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) July 29, 2022
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