India Names Chess Olympiad Teams with Gukesh on Board 4 and Humpy Leading Women
India's chess teams for the FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand feature reigning world champion D Gukesh playing on Board 4 in the open section, with Praggnanandhaa leading on Board 1. Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin occupy Boards 2 and 3, respectively, while Vidit Gujrathi is the reserve. In the women's section, top seed India has Koneru Humpy on Board 1, World Championship challenger Vaishali Rameshbabu on Board 2, followed by Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal, with Savitha Sri Baskar as reserve.
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indianexpress broke this story on 15 Sept, 06:22 pm. Other outlets followed.