To test run the venue and its electronic chess boards, an open tournament was played on Sunday with around 1,400 domestic participants.
The Indian teenager who defeated a world champion The Tamil Nadu state government was prompt with its $10m (£8.3m) surety bid, and the All India Chess Federation (AICF) has been pulling all-nighters to host over 1,700 players for the 10-day event. India, stepping in as last-minute hosts in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, has had all of four months. Typically, a host nation has a couple of years to prepare for an event of such magnitude. It can't, however, be compared to the classical chess Olympiad that takes place over the board every two years and will soon be underway in Chennai. India finished among the medals in the first two editions of the Online Olympiad which was played with faster time controls over the past two pandemic-marred years. Koneru Humpy is among the top players on the Indian women's team Seeded 11th, it's stacked with India's brightest teen grandmasters - R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, Nihal Sarin, Raunak Sadhwani and the 2014 medal edition warhorse, B Adhiban. Open is open to players from both genders to encourage competition. The competition is divided into two sections - Open and women. Matches are scored by points - two for a win and one for a draw, and no points in case of a loss. The "A" teams usually comprise the highest-rated players of a country while the "B" team carries the second-best bunch of names.
No team plays the same opponent more than once, and the difference of match points of two teams paired should be 0, or as small as possible. The first Open team carries a steady line-up in Pentala Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi, K Sasikiran, SL Narayanan and Arjun Erigaisi, but it's the "B" team that threads together a more interesting bunch. The euphoria and pressure of a major home tournament is perhaps yet to kick in. Some have been away, playing tournaments, and are still fighting jet lag. They've been put together in team training sessions over the past few weeks. The Indian teams are mentored by five-time world champion Viswanathan AnandĪ total of 30 Indian players across six teams (three each in the Open and the women sections) will represent the country at the event.
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