Gukesh receives Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award for Vantika Agrawal

by ChessBase India - 17/01/2025

D Gukesh became the 18th World Chess Champion by defeating Ding Liren (CHN). He is also the youngest world champion determined in a match format. After, Vishy Anand, Gukesh became the second Indian to become a World Champion. Before that, he also won double Gold at 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. IM Vantika Agrawal won double Gold at 45th Chess Olympiad Women. Both Gukesh and Vantika won individual and team Gold. Vantika also won a Team Silver medal at 19th Asian Games 2022 held in China in 2023. Gukesh was conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024. Vantika received Arjuna Award 2024. Photo: President of India twitter

Arjuna Award in chess for third consecutive year

GM D Gukesh and IM Vantika Agrawal receives the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 and Arjuna Award 2024 respectively from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu | Photo: President of India twitter

Gukesh receives the highest sporting honour in India - Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award | Video: ChessBase India

The narrator spoke about following achievements of Gukesh:

1. Gold medal - World Chess Championship 2024.

2. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Team Open) 2024.

3. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Individual Open) 2024.

IM Vantika Agrawal receives the second highest sporting honor in India - Arjuna Award | Video: ChessBase India

The narrator mentioned the following achievements of Vantika Agrawal:

1. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Team Women) 2024.

2. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Individual Women) 2024.

3. Silver medal - 19th Asian Games Women 2022 (Team) held in 2023.

Arjuna Award

Arjuna award is the second-highest sporting honour in the country. The recipients of the Arjuna Award are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured for their "good performance in the field of sports over a period of four years" at the international level and for having shown "qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline."

List of Arjuna Award winners in Chess

1961	Manuel Aaron	Arjuna Award	Male
1980–1981	Rohini Khadilkar	Arjuna Award	Female
1983	Dibyendu Barua	Arjuna Award	Male
1984	Pravin Thipsay	Arjuna Award	Male
1985	Viswanathan Anand	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Devaki Prasad	Arjuna Award	Male
1987	Bhagyashree Thipsay	Arjuna Award	Female
1990	Anupama Gokhale	Arjuna Award	Female
2000	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	Arjuna Award	Female
2002	Krishnan Sasikiran	Arjuna Award	Male
2003	Koneru Humpy	Arjuna Award	Female
2005	Surya Shekhar Ganguly	Arjuna Award	Male
2006	Pentala Harikrishna	Arjuna Award	Male
2007	Harika Dronavalli	Arjuna Award	Female
2009	Tania Sachdev	Arjuna Award	Female
2010	Parimarjan Negi	Arjuna Award	Male
2013	Abhijeet Gupta	Arjuna Award	Male
2022	Bhakti Kulkarni	Arjuna Award	Female
2022	R Praggnanandhaa	Arjuna Award	Male
2023	R Vaishali	Arjuna Award	Female

President of India, Droupadi Murmu

D Gukesh will play 87th Tata Steel Chess which starts tomorrow. The first round will take place on Saturday 18th January at 2 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST.

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