India men’s team registered a dominant win over Slovenia to clinch their first-ever gold in the Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday, September 22. Gukesh Dommaraju and Arjun Erigaisi registered impressive wins in their respective finals to lead India to their maiden gold in the open section at the 45th Chess Olympiad.

Meanwhile, India can celebrate double gold success in Budapest as India’s women’s team of Harika Dronavalli, R Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agarwal and Tania Sachdev is leading against Azerbaijan in the final by 1-0. Divya Deshmukh defeated Govhar Beydullayeva to give India an early lead.

In-form Gukesh Dommaraju enjoyed an unbeaten campaign and ensured India’s win earlier on Sunday. Arjun Erigaisi was also impressive with a strong win over Jan Subelj in stretching India’s lead to 2-0. After ensuring a gold, India continued to dominate Slovenia with youngster R Praggnanandhaa defeating Anton Demchenko to make it a 3-0 lead.