♟️ Chess Olympiad & Indian Achievements – Notes

🏆 45th Chess Olympiad (2024)

• Host City: Budapest
• Country: Hungary
• Logo Feature: Stylised geometric crown with five points
• Significance: India achieved a historic double-gold victory

🇮🇳 India’s Achievement:

Won Gold in both sections:

• Open Section
• Women’s Section

🟢 Open Team (Gold Medal Winners)

• Gukesh D
• R. Praggnanandhaa
• Arjun Erigaisi
• Vidit Gujrathi
• Pentala Harikrishna

🟣 Women’s Team (Gold Medal Winners)

• Harika Dronavalli
• Vaishali Rameshbabu
• Divya Deshmukh
• Vantika Agrawal
• Tania Sachdev

🏆 46th Chess Olympiad

• Host City: Samarkand
• Country: Uzbekistan
• Status: Upcoming edition

♜ Indian Grandmasters (Recent Years)

🔹 Grandmasters – 2025

• Srihari LR (Tamil Nadu)
• Harikrishnan A Ra (Tamil Nadu)
• Divya Deshmukh (Maharashtra)
• Rohith Krishna S (Tamil Nadu)
• Ilamparthi AR (Tamil Nadu)
• Raahul VS

🔹 Grandmaster – 2026

• Aaryan Varshney (92nd)

♟️ FIDE World Cup – 2025 & Recent Editions Notes

🏆 2025 FIDE World Cup (11th Edition)

• Winner: GM Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan)
• Runner-up: GM Wei Yi (China)
• Final Score: 1.5 – 0.5 (Tiebreaks)
• Prize Money: $120,000
• Updated: 3 December 2025

🔹 Final Highlights:

• Sindarov missed a one-move win in first tiebreak (White pieces).
• Won second tiebreak game with Black.
• Wei Yi rejected a draw offer but lost after time pressure.

🏆 Previous FIDE World Cup Winners

📍 FIDE World Cup 2025 (India – Goa)

• Venue:
  • Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium
  • Taleigao, Goa
• Notable Location Mention: Arpora, Goa

🇮🇳 Indian Participation:

• Total Indians: 24
• Top 3 Seeds (All Indians):
  • D. Gukesh (Top Seed – Current World Champion)
  • Arjun Erigaisi
  • R. Praggnanandhaa

♟️ Key Indian Performances (2025)

🔹 Arjun Erigaisi

• Became first Indian to reach Chess World Cup quarterfinals.
• Defeated Levon Aronian (two-time World Cup champion).
• Achieved milestone with Black pieces.

♟️ Women’s Achievements

🏆 Divya Deshmukh

• Became first Indian woman to win FIDE Women’s World Cup title.
• Defeated Koneru Humpy in final.
• Venue: Batumi, Georgia.
• Became fourth Indian woman Grandmaster.
• Only woman participant in Open World Cup 2025 field.

📅 Upcoming Event

🏆 2026 FIDE World Cup (U8–U12)

• Dates: 15–28 June 2026
• Venue: Batumi, Georgia

🧠 Important UPSC / Sports Current Affairs Points

• 2025 FIDE World Cup Winner → Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan)
• 2023 Winner → Magnus Carlsen
• 2021 Winner → Jan-Krzysztof Duda
• 2025 Event hosted in Goa, India
• Top 3 Seeds in 2025 → All Indians
• Divya Deshmukh → First Indian woman to win Women’s World Cup
• 2026 Junior World Cup → Batumi, Georgia

Grandmaster P Iniyan Wins 62nd National Chess Championship in Guntur

• GM Aravindh Chithambaram won the Prague International Chess Festival 2025.
• GM Aravindh Chithambaram also clinched the 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial title.
• R Praggnanandhaa won the 2025 FIDE Circuit title.
• R Praggnanandhaa secured victory at the Superbet Chess Classic 2025.
• GM Ilamparthi AR won the Wroclaw Chess Festival 2025.
• Divya Deshmukh won the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025.