Historic Double Gold medal win for India in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024. It was the 45th edition of the tournament . India never achieved any Gold medal before in this event . This time two Gold came both from the men and women team after beating their respective opponents in their final round in Budapest , Hungary. The Indian men’s team beat Slovenia and the women’s team defeated Azerbaijan in their final round . It was a clean sweep. Only China and the Soviet Union achieved this success in the past to win both Gold medals in the same edition.
For men Indian Grandmaster D.Gukesh was excellent to win against Slovenia’s Vladimir Fedoseev. Arjun Erigasi also beat Jan Subelj. R. Praggnanandhaa won against Antony Demchenko. On the fourth board, Vidit Gujarathi played out a draw to give India a marvellous victory . In the men’s or open round the United States achieved the Silver medal and Uzbekistan won the Bronze medal.
Not only a Gold medal for the team , Gukeah and Erigasi achieved individual Gold medals on the first and third board respectively in the open section.
For the Indian women’s team, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, Harika Dronavalli achieved their win and R. Vaishali settled for a draw. They achieved their historical Gold medal. Kazakhstan achieved the Silver medal and the USA won the Bronze medal.
Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal won individual Gold medals in the women’s section on board three and four respectively.
Overall India also achieved the Gaprindashvili trophy for their best performance across the open and women’s section of the tournament.
A . Read the passage given above and answer the questions below – 1×3=3
1 . Where did the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 be held ?
2. What record was achieved by the Indian chess team in the tournament?
3. Why did India get the Gaprindashvili trophy?
B. Answer the questions in brief – 7
1 . How did India make a clean sweep in this tournament? 2
2. Who were the members of India’s men’s and women’s chess team ? 3
3. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title. 2
4. Which country achieved the Silver and Bronze medals respectively in Open and Women’s section ? 2
C. Fill in the blanks with information from the passage – 1×2=2
1 . Individual Gold medals for India in the open section were achieved by ——————————————————–.
2. Individual Gold medals for India in the women’s section were achieved by ——————————————————-.
D. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements and provide supporting statement for your answers – 2×3=6
1 . Before this edition, the FIDE Chess Olympiad was organised 44 times .
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2. Before India , China and Soviet Union were two countries to make a clean sweep in the tournament in the past .
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3. India won Gold medals several times in the past.
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Writing ✍️ Skills –
1 . Write a newspaper report about the achievement of the Indian Chess team in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 . 10
2 . Write a short paragraph on the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 and India’s performance. 10
3. Write a Summary based on the above passage. 10
4. Suppose You are in the future and twenty years ahead of the present time. Now write a story about the achievement of the Indian Chess team in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 to inspire your students in Chess. 10
