Daily Quiz: on India in Chess Olympiad
Winner of Open category team India poses during a victory ceremony at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Sept 22, 2024.
START THE QUIZ
1 / 5 |
Which player registered the first medal-winning performance for India? He did so in the 1980 Malta Olympiad while playing on the third board.
2 / 5 |
Name the Grandmaster who holds the record for representing India in the most number of games in the Open section of the Chess Olympiad.
3 / 5 |
GM D. Gukesh, who won gold in the 2022 and 2024 Chess Olympiads on the first board holds the enviable record of scoring 17 points in 20 games with just one loss. Name the only player to have beaten Gukesh in the Olympiads.
Answer : Nodirbek Abdusattarov of Uzbekistan
DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER?
YES
NO
4 / 5 |
Speaking of Gukesh, the Chennai-based GM finished with a performance ELO rating of 3056, the highest in the Budapest Olympiad. Which Indian player registered the second highest ELO rating - 2968?
5 / 5 |
Prior to the 2022 Olympiad in Chennai when India’s second team won bronze, the 2014 Indian team also won bronze in the open section. Name the Indian GM with the best performance rating from this team (he finished with an ELO of 2757).
Published - September 24, 2024 05:00 pm IST
