1/18/2025 – Indian chess celebrates a remarkable milestone as Gukesh Dommaraju and Vantika Agrawal are honoured with prestigious national awards for their outstanding achievements. Gukesh, the youngest undisputed world chess champion in history and a double gold medallist at the 45th Chess Olympiad, received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024. Vantika, who also clinched double gold at the Olympiad and a silver at the 19th Asian Games, received the Arjuna Award 2024.
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A chess player receives Arjuna Award for third consecutive year
Gukesh Dommaraju became the 18th world chess champion by defeating Ding Liren from China. He is also the youngest world champion determined in a match format. After Vishy Anand, Gukesh became the second Indian to become a world champion. Before that, he also won double Gold at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.
IM Vantika Agrawal won double gold at the 45th Chess Olympiad for Women. Both Gukesh and Vantika won individual and team Gold. Vantika also won a Team Silver medal at the 19th Asian Games 2022 held in China in 2023.
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM” with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.
Gukesh was conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024, while Vantika received the Arjuna Award 2024.
Gukesh receives the highest sporting honour in India - Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award | Video: ChessBase India
The narrator spoke about the following achievements of Gukesh:
Gold medal - World Chess Championship 2024
Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Team Open) 2024
Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Individual Open) 2024
IM Vantika Agrawal receives the second-highest sporting honour in India - Arjuna Award | Video: ChessBase India
The narrator mentioned the following achievements of Vantika Agrawal:
Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Team Women) 2024
Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Individual Women) 2024
Silver medal - 19th Asian Games Women 2022 (Team) held in 2023
The Arjuna Award is the second-highest sporting honour in the country. The recipients of the awar are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured for their "good performance in the field of sports over a period of four years" at the international level and for having shown "qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline".
Doesn’t every chess game get decided by mistakes? Absolutely. But most players never truly comprehend that they are making the same kind of mistakes over and over again.
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The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
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