AICF has announced the biggest squad of Indian team for the upcoming 44th FIDE Olympiad 2022. Vishy Anand has been named as the mentor for all four Indian teams. India's third GM in history, Pravin Thipsay will be the Head of the Delegation. GM Srinath Narayanan, GM R B Ramesh, GM Abhijit Kunte and GM Swapnil Dhopade are the coaches. The 20 players who will represent India are - Vidit Gujrathi, Harikrishna, Arjun Erigaisi, Narayanan S L, K Sasikiran, Nihal Sarin, D Gukesh, B Adhiban, Praggnanandhaa R, Raunak Sadhwani, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali R, Tania Sachdev, Bhakti Kulkarni, Vantika Agrawal, Soumya Swaminathan, Mary Ann Gomes, Padmini Rout and Divya Deshmukh. Photo: AICF

Twelve years later chess will make a return to the Asian Games. The 19th edition is slated to take place at Hangzhou, China starting from 10th September 2022. In the AICF Press Release, ten men and nine women players' names have been mentioned. The selection committee consisting of GM Abhijit Kunte, GM Dibyendu Barua and IM D K Sharma will decide the final list of five players in the month of April. There will be two events - Individual event will be played in Rapid format while team event will be played in Standard time control. Vishy Anand will be the mentor of the team and the first session starts on this Thursday. Photo: Amruta Mokal and Asian Games fb