New Delhi: India and Russia today were announced as joint winners of the FIDE Chess Olympiad as Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh lost connection to their games in the second round and had to forfeit.
In a first, the olympiad was conducted online. Originally, Russia were declared as the winners, but India filed an appeal and after investigation, both India and Russia were announced as joint winners.
This was the first time that India reached the finals of the FIDE Chess Olympiad.
India’s best finish at the Olympiad had come in 2014 when the contingent returned with a bronze medal.
