Online Chess Olympiad 2020: Vidit Gujarati nominated team India captain
India No. 2 Grandmaster Vidit Gujarati has been nominated as a Captain of Indian team which will take part in Online Chess Olympiad 2020 to start from 22 July.
This has been done
in consultation with Vishy Anand and Selection committee by President of AICF P.R. Venketa Rama Raja.
Following strong team India will participate in online chess Olympiad 2020-
Men:
1. Vishwanathan Anand
2. Vidit Santosh Gujarati (Captain)
3. Pentala Harikrishna ( Reserve)
4. Arvindha Chidambaram ( Reserve)
Women:
1. Koneru Hampy
2. Dronavalli Harika
3. Bhakti Kulkarni ( Reserve)
4. R. Vaishali ( Reserve)
Junior Boys:
1. Nihal Sareen
2. R. Praggnanandha ( Reserve)
Junior Girls:
1. Divya Deshmukh
2. Vantika Agrawal ( Reserve)
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