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Biennial international chess tournament
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation.
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Indian chess grandmaster (born 2005)
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, commonly known as Pragg, is an Indian chess grandmaster. A former chess prodigy, he placed second in the 2023 Chess World Cup, and won the 2025 FIDE Circuit. He was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games in the men's team competition, and the gold medal in the open section at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay honoured the state's chess players for their performances at the 2026 Chess Olympiad, awarding a total of Rs 60 lakh to five recipients at a ceremony in Chennai on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay handed over cash incentives to the state's Chess Olympiad 2026 medallists at a felicitation ceremony in Chennai on 8 O…