Breaking News: India will field third team in the Open section of 44th Chess Olympiad

Two months after AICF announced the biggest ever Indian squad for 44th Chess Olympiad , AICF makes another major announcement . India will have its third team in the Open section. As per the Olympiad Pairing Rules in the FIDE Handbook , if there is an odd number of participating teams, the organising federation has the right to enter a third team. Yesterday, it was announced that the Open section has 187 teams. Thus, a provision for the third team arose. The India 3 team will comprise - GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, GM Karthikeyan Murali, GM Sethuraman S P, GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Abhimanyu Puranik. The Captain of the team will be Tejas Bakre. Photo: AICF