It is a splendid performance by Indian Chess team as India drew 2:2 against Philippines in the final round at 1st Fide Chess Olympiad for people with disabilities -2023. Poland bags the Gold and Indian Team finished fourth in final standings ,however individual brilliance of Kishan Gangolli got the individual Silver Medal in Board no.3 and also best game award and Naveen Kumar A got Bronze medal in Board No.5 .
India vs Phillipines
Board 1
Shashikant kutwal draw aginst Severino Sander
Board 2
Kishan Gangoli draw against Lopez Henry
Board 3
Darpan Inani defeat Infiesto James
Board 4
Naveen Kumar A lost aginst Bernardo Darry
Result
2-2
Final Ranking after 6 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 1 | POL | Poland | POL | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17,5 | 114,5 | 86,5 | 250 | |
| 2 | 7 | IPCA | IPCA | IPCA | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 89,5 | 74,5 | 203 | |
| 3 | 6 | PHI | Philippines | PHI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 91 | 80 | 190,5 | |
| 4 | 10 | IND | India | IND | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 81 | 77,5 | 176 | |
| 5 | 8 | SRB | Serbia 1 | SRB | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14,5 | 72,5 | 72,5 | 169,5 | |
| 6 | 20 | UZB | Uzbekistan | UZB | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12,5 | 70,5 | 82 | 169,8 | |
| 7 | 4 | CRO | Croatia | CRO | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15,5 | 66,5 | 66 | 163,5 | |
| 8 | 2 | ISR | Israel | ISR | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 88,5 | 88 | 197,8 | |
| 9 | 3 | HUN | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 73 | 79,5 | 165,8 | |
| 10 | 9 | FID | FIDE | FID | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 68,5 | 82,5 | 163,3 | |
| 11 | 15 | VEN | Venezuela | VEN | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 72,5 | 140,3 | |
| 12 | 14 | GER | Germany | GER | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12,5 | 67 | 71 | 138,3 | |
| 13 | 16 | BAN | Bangladesh | BAN | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12,5 | 55 | 66 | 126,5 | |
| 14 | 5 | CUB | Cuba | CUB | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11,5 | 58 | 79,5 | 141 | |
| 15 | 24 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11,5 | 42 | 64 | 107,5 | |
| 16 | 12 | ROU | Romania | ROU | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11,5 | 36,5 | 63 | 103 | |
| 17 | 11 | CZE | Czech Republic | CZE | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 76,5 | 134,5 | |
| 18 | 22 | ZAM | Zambia | ZAM | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 57,5 | 68,5 | |
| 19 | 17 | TUR | Turkey | TUR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12,5 | 47,5 | 70,5 | 132,3 | |
| 20 | 19 | MNE | Montenegro | MNE | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 61 | 91 | |
| 21 | 18 | SRB | Serbia 2 | SRB | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 46,5 | 79,5 | 122,8 | |
| 22 | 13 | ICCD | ICCD | ICCD | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9,5 | 42 | 67,5 | 102,3 | |
| 23 | 21 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9,5 | 35,5 | 73 | 103,5 | |
| 24 | 26 | ZIM | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8,5 | 27 | 54,5 | 68 | |
| 25 | 23 | PAN | Panama | PAN | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6,5 | 17 | 68 | 47 | |
| 26 | 25 | KEN | Kenya | KEN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 59 | 39,3 |





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