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44th Chess Olympiad 2022: Prime MinisterNarendra Modiwill inaugurate theworlds biggest chess event the 44th International Chess Olympiadat the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai Thursday. It will is scheduled to take place from July 28 to August 10 at Poonjeri village in Mamallapuram.

On July 22, Minister of Environment Climate Change and Youth Welfare and Sports Siva V Meyyanathan tweeted that according to the directions of the states CM M K Stalin, a review meeting to discuss the arrangements for the event with officials was also conducted.

The Olympiad was originally scheduled to take place in Russia but due to the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) started looking for new bidders. India emerged the topper among other countries and won the opportunity to host the high-profile event for the first time. The Union Government provided the hosting rights of the worlds biggest chess event to Tamil Nadu.

Chief Minister M K Stalin said the authorities are expecting over 2,000 participants from 187 countries across the globe to take part in the event for which the state government has set aside Rs 92 crore. On June 19, PM Modi flagged off the first-ever torch relay for the Chess Olympiad. The torch was aimed to be taken to 75 cities within the country before arriving in Mamallapuram.

The Tamil Nadu Government also announced a holiday for schools, colleges, and other non-essential government offices in four districts for Thursday, July 28, in view of the opening day of the Olympiad.

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin chaired a meeting at the venue a few weeks ago to review the arrangements ahead of the event. He directed the officers to set up a 247 control room to assist the participants, guests and public, and ensure that the accommodation and other facilities such as parking, water and power supply, road facilities, etc are being taken care of. The authorities have been directed to provide wide publicity of the event in all districts.

The Greater Chennai Police have put in place a five-tier security arrangement and have deployed 22,000 personnel ahead of Prime MinisterNarendra Modis visit to the city on July 28. Flying of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles has been banned in the city limits on July 28 and 29 underSection 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. According to a statement issued by the police, under the City Commissioner of Police, four Additional Commissioners, seven officers of the rank of Joint Commissioner/DIG and 26 officers in the rank of Deputy Commissioner/Superintendent have been deployed for security duty.

The state government has already started dedicated efforts to give maximum promotion for the mega event. The official mascot Thambi, a horse clad in the traditional Veshti Sattai, and the logo was also unveiled.

Stalin flagged off buses bearing Namma Chess, Namma Pride promotional slogans to travel across the city.

Superstar Rajinikanth launched a teaser video of the event and said it is a great pride that the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad is being hosted for the first time in India and that too in Tamil Nadu.

The teaser, directed by Vignesh Sivan, was shot at the citys British-era Napier Bridge near Marina Beach and also at ancient monuments in Mamallapuram. The video featuring Stalin and also Oscar winner A R Rahman was set against the backdrop resembling a chessboard.

Apart from giving a makeover to the entire bridge in Chennai, the mascot Thambi was also placed at Namma Chennai selfie point, at ECR and other areas. Billboards featuring the details of the event are installed at major bus stands.

Promotions were also done at Chennai Metro stations. In other cities such as Coimbatore and Trichy, the district administration had made arrangements like pasting stickers on the buses as part of boosting publicity for the event.

To make the programme more interesting, the organisers have announced a few contests as well where the people have been asked to take pictures with the mascot and post them on social media to stand a chance to win tickets to the opening ceremony at Nehru Indoor Stadium.

You can book tickets by logging into https://tickets.aicf.in./

There are two playing halls Hall 1 and Hall 2. According to the website, the prices for Hall 1 are high as it will feature top ranking teams (28 boards in open and 1 in womens section).

To witness the competition at Hall 2, the ticket price is Rs 2,000 for one person, and Rs 6000 for a foreigner. Students aged below 19 years, women and Tamil Nadu government staff can avail the ticket at a discounted price of Rs 200.

The price of a ticket to Hall 1 that will feature top-ranking teams is Rs 3000, whereas a foreign national needs to pay Rs 8,000. Students under 19 years, women and Tamil Nadu government staff will get the benefit of discounted ticket price at Rs 300.

According to the organisers, the visitors would be allowed to enter the venue after a thorough security check. As no electronic device, including mobile phones, is allowed inside the tournament hall, the gadgets of the visitors can be deposited at the counter.

From Monday, the Tamil Nadu Tourism Department is planning to run five hop-on hop-off buses for tourists to and from Mamallapuram, free of cost.

Speaking to Indianexpress.com Sandeep Nanduri, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) said the buses would start services from Madhya Kailash and will run via the IT corridor Rajiv Gandhi Salai to Sholinganallur junction and then take the East Coast Road route.

The hop-on hop-off bus services were in action 10 years ago. Now we are relaunching them alongside this Olympiad. We have identified 19 stops, a total of five buses will be used to take the visitors every one hour and it will be free of cost, he said.

Further, the Tamil Nadu Tourism Department is planning to rebrand the auto-rickshaws in the coastal town as Tourist-friendly Autos. Close to 25 auto-rickshaws have been identified and they are set to be decked up in new designs.

Director Nanduri said the department is providing behavioural training for the auto drivers so that passengers do not experience issues, especially on fleecing. The drivers would also provide a snippet about the destinations to tourists.

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Gilbert Perez dreams of the day when thousands of Canadians with disabilities take up competitive chess.

Perez, a retired doctor who lives in Brandon, Man., was the only Canadian to compete in last years World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities. People with physical, vision or hearing impairments from 44 countries competed online, and he finished 63rd in a field of 249 players.

It was his second time competing in the international event, and he says the online format made it easier for many people to take part.

Chess is a game where people with disabilities can beat people without disabilities, he says. For people who are isolated or sometimes bullied, its a good way to make friends and socialize.

Perez contracted polio in his native Philippines when he was two, and he spends most of his time in a wheelchair. He has also lost vision in one eye. But he says chess puts him on a level playing field, and even severely disabled people can compete successfully.

Last years world championship was the first where blind players could play without any physical or virtual assistance.

Before the pandemic, he taught chess to kids in schools, and he hopes to resume his teaching and coaching as soon as conditions allow.

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Its over. Its finally over.

After nearly three weeks, the 2022 FIDE Candidates is over. The players must be tired. Our annotator certainly is.

Despite the all-around fatigue, Mondays fourteenth and final round was one to remember. Against the common wisdom, which saw quick draws and peaceful players, there were three decisive results in an all-action day.

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The most important of these was the game between GM Ding Liren and GM Hikaru Nakamura. The American streamer entered the day in clear second place, with a draw entirely sufficient to hold onto second and, should GM Magnus Carlsen refuse to defend his crown, seed him into a world championship match.

Alas, it was not to be.

Ding used a classic last round strategy, prolonging the game and forcing multiple decisions upon his opponent, and gave himself every chance to win. After Nakamura went wrong on his 35th move, both humans and engines howled, and after a few adventures, Ding collected a pawn and then the full point.

Nakamura was gracious in his post-game recap on his YouTube channel.

This victory left Ding in clear second place at 8/14 behind the winner, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi.

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courtesy chess.com / Maria Emelianova

Nepo avoided his fate suffered in the 2020-21 Candidates, when he lost in the final round after clinching victory the previously day. Here, the result was never really in doubt, despite a couple of dicey moments.

With an undefeated 9/14 (+5), Nepomniachtchi has put his best foot forward in his second victory at the Candidates. Will it present enough legitimation for Carlsen to go ahead and defend his classical title? After yesterdays meeting with FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, we may not need to wait too long to learn of Carlsens plans.

In other results, GM Fabiano Caruanas tough tournament continued with a loss to GM Alireza Firouzja.

And GM Teimour Radjabov continued his second-half renaissance with a victory over GM Richard Rapport.

So ends the 2022 FIDE Candidates. Congratulations to GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who becomes one of a select few to win the Candidates twice, and congratulations to GM Ding Liren for finishing in a potentially important second place.

Many of these Candidates will soon travel to Chennai, India, for the 2022 FIDE Chess Olympiad. We at Chess Life Online will feature daily coverage of the event, with a focus on the two American teams. Be sure to check back with us then!

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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 4 (ANI): The first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reached the city of Bhopal on Monday.

The State Minister of Sports and Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia received the torch from Grandmaster Anurag Mhamal in presence of eminent dignitaries.

1st Ever #ChessOlympiadTorchRelay Update City- BHOPAL: July 4 @yashodhararaje

Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of MP receives the torch from GM Anurag Mhamal in presence of eminent dignitaries #India4ChessOlympiad #AmritMahotsav, tweeted SAI Media.

Earlier on Monday, the torch had travelled to Indore. Minister for Water Resources of the state, Tulsi Silawat had received the torch from Grandmaster Anurag Mhamal and gave it to Nityata Jain and Cera Dagaria, chess players from MP.

1st Ever #ChessOlympiadTorchRelay Update City- INDORE: July 4 @tulsi_silawat Minister for Water Resources, Government of MP received the torch from GM Anurag Mhamal. Minister gave the Torch to Nityata Jain & Cera Dagaria, players from MP #India4ChessOlympiad, tweeted SAI Media.

Other cities that have been covered so far include Leh, Jammu, Srinagar, Dharamshala, Shimla, Chandigarh, Patiala, Amritsar, Panipat, Gurugram, Kurukshetra, Dehradun, Haridwar, Meerut, Kanpur, Kevadia, Ahmedabad, Dandi, Surat, Jaipur, Daman, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Panaji.

The torch relay was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The torch will travel to 75 cities for 40 days before it culminates at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. Over 200 countries are participating in the Chess Olympiad. Chess grandmasters will receive the torch at various identified venues.

This year, for the very first time, the International Chess Body, FIDE, instituted the Chess Olympiad Torch which is part of the Olympic tradition but was never done in the Chess Olympiad. India is the first-ever country to have the Chess Olympiad Torch Relay.

The 44th edition of the worlds biggest chess event will be held in Mahabalipuram near Chennai from July 28 to August 10. (ANI)

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India fielded a third team in the Open section after getting a last-minute entry to register their highest-ever participation at the 44th Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held at Mahabalipuram from July 28 to August 10.

A record breaking 187 teams, the highest-ever for any Chess Olympiad, has registered for the showdown in India In order to even out the number of entries, as per norm, FIDE approved a third team from the host country. The Women section has attracted 162 entries, the highest ever and India will be fielding two teams in this section for the first time too.

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Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Karthikeyan Murali, SP Sethuraman, Abhijeet Gupta and Abhimanyu Puranik comprise the third Indian team with Gujarat's first GM, Tejas Bakre as the captain.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly summed up the squads sentiment, saying: Nothing could be more exciting or thrilling than to be playing in an Olympiad again after a long time and first time in your own country.

Ganguly, a six- time National Champion, was Vishwanathan Anands second in four World Championships and has represented India in six Chess Olympiads so far. SP Sethuraman is also a former National Champion and was a part of the bronze medal winning Indian team at Tromso Olympiad in 2014.

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On the other hand, Abhijeet Gupta was the third Indian to win the World Junior title after Anand and Pentala Harikrishna and is the only Indian to win the Commonwealth title on five occasions. The 23-year-old Karthikeyan Murali won the National title twice and will be making his debut for India at the Olympiad along with 22-year-old Puranik.

This is the best gift India could have ever got. Difficult to imagine even in the wildest dreams that 25 Indians would be competing together in an Olympiad. said Bharat Singh Chauhan, Secretary AICF and also the Olympiad Director.

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