Press Conference with team INDIA, the WINNERS of the 45th CHESS OLYMPIAD

[@dra5497]

Arjuns rating 👑 👑 Arjuns game 🗿🗿 Arjuns voice 🥰🥰

[@percyweasley9301]

😊😊

[@NitinSwaroop]

Arjun's Calculating style:

[@blueshoes5145]

I didn’t understand this until I heard him speak haha. Sounds like a baby. It’s cute.

[@dylanwang4290]

I have never seen Gukesh's face like that. Bro actually has emotions. congrats India

[@donsurlylyte]

the next WC

[@SilentGuardian1999]

Coz u are a casual, real chess followers have seen it enough

[@traceler]

He was very nervous in several matches unable to hide his emotions.

[@aegontargeryan1499]

Stupid comment

[@ManjeetSingh-g8n]

@@traceler in 2022 when nodirbek defeated him have u watched that

[@the_Unbeaten]

gukesh is more happy winning the olympiad than winning the candidates 😂😂

[@_sayan_roy_]

You and the people who liked your comment didn't listen or comprehend properly then. He gave Olympiad and India its due respect due to his personal, team and patriotic reasons and probably also for being non controversial to his fellow Indians which include me as well, but then a minute later said winning Candidates was personally more important to him and nothing made him more happy than that until now and it is quite understandable why he said that. Edit - BTW, not only he said winning Candidates is bigger for him than winning Olympiad but, in fact, he said that it is not even comparable and specifically said that Candidates is the single biggest achievement till now for him, again understandably so.

[@Mathematica1729]

​@@_sayan_roy_actually true. I watched it live. But when you look at him smiling and celebrating. It looks he is more happy after winning Olympiad. So people are assuming that based on his visible emotions.

[@safwan5319]

That is because his mistake against abdusattarov had cost India the gold medal last year though he had a tremendous run ! He might be happy about that but winning candidates is much bigger as he mentioned

[@red6950]

He will be happy if he wins World championship

[@Daredevils-5]

Coz last time we lost he rectify his mistake here next is world Championship

[@Undercover-nr5hy]

Harika in the whole interview - 😁

[@pratik6342]

Happy ending 😊

[@Abhishek_Joshi20]

😅😅😅

[@bikashdas3146]

haha well spotted..they are very happy and its showing in their experience..Harika is playing olympiad for long time so she is more emotional..

[@SaiSS961]

The emoji should be named after her😁😁

[@Mr_Kaushall]

the simplicity

[@jeffery9781]

These young kids really know how to handle the media when they are answering. Very professional. Well done, India.🌍

[@ramlall56]

It's all about upbringing. Shows the high moral character and integrity of their entire family, parents etc. No false pride, ego etc. Just focused attention towards a goal. 100/100 for character.

[@raghunathanv2483]

@@ramlall56 Absolutely on dot. Being calm and level headed is an mazing quality to have in the wake of unprecedented success and it is more so, when some one is young. Learning to deal with success with the Sanskrit maxim VIDHYAM VINAYA SAMPANAM .... Education (knowledge) brings in humility

[@KrishnaMurari-o9n]

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ BG 5.18: The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater. I guess this is meaning of Vidya Vinaya Sampanne from Bhagavad Gita

[@manmoth_1990]

I can't wait to see Arjun in closed tournaments in 2025! I hope he can carry on his uncompromising in those settings. He is an absolute killer! The Iceman!

[@Sportshots635]

Madman

[@atulbesra822]

One of the most key questions was asked to Arjun. Hopefully organisers of closed invitational tournaments will finally take notice of his performance. World number 3. Elo rating 2796.

[@Nobody-xe7si]

@@manmoth_1990 if closed tournaments would consider everything than we might see Pragg , Arjun , Gukesh , Vd all 2750+ competing against eachother in same tournaments ..it would be great

[@Velvet-ni6pu]

​@@Nobody-xe7si That would be amazing but I think closed tournaments (unless they have indian organisers) would never want 4 indian players in the mix and would pick roughly equal number of players from the top countries to target a more global audience. Pragg will be in fewer tournaments as Arjun will likely replace him due to his high rating and therefore I can't see Vidit getting any elite tournament opportunities in the future.

[@hiddenninja7792]

Congrats Team India and also to the new lions of the chess world. Gukesh and Arjun - from PHILIPPINES

[@atulbesra822]

@@hiddenninja7792 India owes its chess resurgence to Philippines. Anand spend his formative days of learning chess in Philippines. So a part of credit goes to Philippines as well. Thanks to our friends of Philippines. 👏

[@raghunathanv2483]

@@atulbesra822 There can be no denying about Anand's involvement and his formative years spent in learning chess at the Philippines. His mother was his first teacher of Chess. Taking it over a longer span of time in the history of chess, it can be said that what is happening now in India is a renaissance. Centuries ago when it made its appearance it was called CHATURANGA. Interestingly the original pieces got their names from the monarchy and the life style that prevailed then. King, Queen, Rooks ( elephant), Bishops ( Camels),Knight ( horses) and lastly the pawns ( soldiers).

[@mydimle]

Well done, India! The progress is amazing, and not only in chess!

[@Harshtrut]

Thanks brother

[@Vance_Williams]

only in chess with some fortune, nothing's amazing else... Act real

[@advaitgadekar6771]

@@Vance_Williams burn

[@Carto00944]

​@@Vance_Williams Fr dude

[@Punith2k5]

​@@Vance_Williams😂 thankyou

[@luisblasmendez6967]

Congratulations India. 🎊 All the best to all the contestants. Our first experience for team Belize 🇧🇿 was exhilarating. Thank you FIDE Chess for the invitation.

[@kunalsinghal1247]

Great. Welcome to Chess World 😀

[@rape_andrew_tate]

Start playing cricket.

[@rape_andrew_tate]

Belize literally has native players playing cricket.

[@andriyan1518]

Шахматы появились в Индии! Будет прекрасно, если Чемпионом и Чемпионкой мира станут граждане Индии🙏

[@Пионер-ь5ф]

Впервые Шахматные фигуры найдено в Узбекистане крепости Далвирзин-Тепа первый об этом сообщил бывший председатель ФИДА Кирсен Илюмжинов. Насчёт Индии когда Темур был там их обучал.

[@pranav2055]

@@Пионер-ь5фThe first variant of Chess was played in India according to historians. From there it went to Persia and the then to the Arab world.

[@sayakdash_612]

​@@Пионер-ь5ф no no completely wrong 😢

[@renjithlal9404]

India is the birthplace of Chess. It originates around 5000 years ago.

[@ArjunSingh-hb9ff]

​@@Пионер-ь5ф nice joke 🤣

[@gffg387]

Good for Gukesh for saying that the Candidates was more special for him. I thought he was going with the political correct answer. But for sure Candidates is a big achievement. Becoming the WC will literally change this guy's life.

[@raghunathanv2483]

Precisely for a reason. I agree with you. The average of combined ELO rating of all the opponents he faced in the candidates, I guess will be more than what he did at the Olympiad.

[@safwan5319]

Commendable performance by team india ! Special mention to the 4 juniors gukesh Arjun Divya and vantika ! Huge for indian chess !

[@kennethwoods6525]

Praggnanandhaa lost once. He's a junior too!

[@safwan5319]

Though pragg didn't have a good tournament but he managed to draw against several strong gms and was solid in board 2 which also helped us all along !

[@anonymousxyz9629]

I don't think vantika is a junior

[@safwan5319]

@@anonymousxyz9629 just meant the younger generation !

[@AjinkyaBorade]

they are are juniors they are beating seniors in Chess world

[@pranshusinha7266]

What a time for Indian chess !

[@rohitsai3983]

Harika and her smile ❤

[@davidfrckn]

Awesome result, great perfomance from both teams in the tournament. Enjoy team India, very well deserved. From Uzbekistan.

[@dcan888]

You will be welcomed back as heros in India!

[@gaBBarSlnGh]

That's one great photo on the Thumbnail 👏 Every player from that pic will make a frame of it

[@themyself1212]

Congratulations Team India

[@सनातनीकर्ण-ट8घ]

History has been created. Congratulations our men's and women's chess team. We all countrymen wish yours bright and brilliant future

[@ramlall56]

Love the way Gukesh and Pragg always begin their comments by saying " Yeah" ! It's such a positive word and shows their inner attitude towards chess and everything else in life.

[@carloszulu2651]

Damn! I now find myself looking forward to a Gukesh - Erigaisi world chess championship match! I wouldn't have considered that a couple of years ago. How things have changed in the chess world.

[@sreekanthbhaskaran4451]

The humility and the authenticity with which they speak is what is truly impressive and wins them fans

[@swakshatmishra]

Shine on their faces says it all, how much this win means to them 🥇🇮🇳👏

[@georgeananth4117]

Congratulations team India 🇮🇳

[@Tamil2020-ub3zo]

INDIA IS RISING ✌✌🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@sumitsarkar3148]

harika can't stop smiling ... you can see how much it means to her. Grinding it for so many years isnt easy

[@chiradeepdatta3416]

Congratulations Team India! What a tournament!! Indian teams have finally stamped their place in the world of chess. These youngsters have taken the baton from Anand and carried it forward. We now know, Indian chess is in safe hands.

[@GhostRider-fi2vo]

as being an INDIAN its a proud moment for all of us

[@anupdhond]

Congrats team india ! Also special congrats to abhijit kunte , the coach of the team and winner of the dhyanchand award.

[@DSTinPSYCHLOPEDIA]

HARIKA'S SMILE

[@ashutoshde805]

It is marvelous and Glorious moment for India Best of wishes for more and more Glorious moments in future !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@peterparker6377]

Gukesh - Man Of The Series Divya - Women Of The Series Arjun - MVP Youngsters rocked🔥

[@smahadevan2008]

Kudos to both Indian Teams! Way to go! History Created! Jai Hind!

[@AbcxyzS]

I just love how Guki and Prag always start answering to any questions with yeah lol, i predict their yeah everytime.

[@Bhartiya0]

Bros for a reason

[@subbuvcs5494]

Listen to vishy sirs interviews you will know why

[@AbcxyzS]

@@subbuvcs5494 i never noticed then lol

[@ZaWarudo69]

Even I noticed 😂

[@Anomander5622]

I guess a chennai thing

[@bobbyeapen6049]

You folks slayed, conquered. Congrats 🎉

[@Пионер-ь5ф]

С победой Индия 🎉🎉🎉

[@Aspirant-z2h]

Thanks and ❤

[@alone_mask]

Thank you❤

[@asfwinasdoiewa]

большое спасибо

[@niravshah6178]

Wonderful performance .....INDIA .....INDIA ....

[@CHANDANTHECONQUEROR]

Congratulations team INDIA 🇮🇳 love you All and FIDE

[@jovial111]

Fantastic interviews as well as chess ability.

[@gokulk4846]

The Indian team deserved this victory... During this tournament I have seen several chess players/chess legends in the interview were asked who will win the Olympiad tournament..none of them mentioned Indian team (although they were top at the leaderboard).

[@hypatia123456]

White mans envy

[@Grotes_que]

This makes the wins even more sweeter. This is the world cup 1983 moment for Chess in India and for future domination as in cricket.

[@sujoybhowmick5733]

Everyone said India was favorite.. Including Levy, Hikaru... Don't lie to get likes. You are the one who's embarrassing us. Don't project your own personal insecurities to world champion level players.

[@anitapadhi325]

Arjun's arrow celebration tops it all😅, he is the most creative player currently doesn't care about what engine says....has shades of Bobby Fischer's gameplay. Some of the openings he played were outrageous the way he trapped players rated from 2600-2700s avg is magical. On the board he is a monster off the board what a humble and sweet personality. Ofcourse Gukesh is playing like an alien 9/10 in board 1 against highest rated players is phenomenal but if someone who has no knowledge of chess views it for fun Arjun's gameplay looks like an art, reminds so much of Brazilian football at its best. Never seen opponents so out of prep and literally giving up in any board except Arjun's. To top it Arjun never looks at his positions on board looks elsewhere calculates in mind and makes the move , that's scary for any player facing him.

[@Grotes_que]

Hope he repeats the same in 2025 in the closed tournaments that he will be participating in. Looking forward to Arjun taking the top rating Players on a roller coaster ride.

[@anitapadhi325]

@@Grotes_que I hope he does. Hopefully it will be Arjun vs Gukesh for WC in near future. It will be a treat for us. Even in press conf. Arjun is underrated , a lady spoke about victory walk of Gukesh, no-one's noticed "no-look" moves and 45-50 mins time lead of Arjun😆, he literally strolled to Women's game calculated moves of 3 wins 1 draw in no time.

[@raghunathanv2483]

I like your catchy start ARJUN"S ARROW, underlining the importance of hitting the target, like his mythological name's sake from Mahabharata. To add to what you said, in the last round he payed the SCANDINAVIAN DEFENCE in which the black queen comes out early. This is not recommended even for starters in the game as it can back fire. However he not only deftly handled it but also came out victorious.

[@anitapadhi325]

@@raghunathanv2483 On a lighter note Well everyone's playing upto their Namesake or its meaning😅 Arjun- The invincible Warrior , Gukesh- The Conqueror of the World , Praggnanandhaa - eternal Happiness of wisdom( if I am not wrong) and Vidit - One who knows the future.

[@Jay-ns2ts]

Bharat Mata ki jai🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳💪🏻 Thank You so much for make us proud. 🧡🇮🇳🧡

[@sabyasachiroutray]

Real stars, amazing boys and girls..

[@andredutoit1131]

Congrats Teams India! Very impressive result. I am soooooooooo HAPPY that BOTH teams won. Go India, GO!

[@shashishekhar----]

Congrats to all of the players and the coaches.

[@d_lose]

Way to go, India!! Dominant performance from both teams!

[@OverPowered66267]

India just dominated this tournament. Well deserved

[@RP-vu3cb]

Congratulations Team India ❤🎉

[@whitegoldsilver]

Congratulations to India and Indian chess players! Thank you for playing sharp games and making us happy and joyful.

[@785lucky]

Missing Vidit . And also Vantika should be sitting there with divya. She was the star along with divya that helped Indian women win.

[@ranjitntu]

Arjun looks so stoic, definitely a natural chess player!

[@rujutadedhe]

Congrats team india for a wonderful win

[@Rakshank_Savadatti]

Great bunch of guys. Crisp and to the point answers .. no shenanigans. Professional to the core. Congratulations 🎉

[@SavioShetty]

So so so so happy

[@pranavkardak1768]

Having Arjun & Divya at board 3 gave us the unfair advantage. They often finished first with a win & that added extreme pressure on first 2 Boards.

[@raghunathanv2483]

I think making any player play in any board is a strategy and it is well within the rules of the game. Nothing prevented other countries to have their plan in a similar way. ELO rating of any player is open for all to see.

[@JdceNd-ku4xy]

India op❤

[@RobertPreeti]

How amazing! Lovely day for India and Indian chess. 🎉❤

[@CoolITTrends]

These guys are incredibly young!!

[@itsallaboutmindset8278]

Heartiest congratulations to the entire team. Your hard work and efforts have made India proud. ♥️🪷 Bharat Mata ki Jai! Vande Mataram! Long Live India! Jai Hind! 🪷🙏♥️

[@EerasaN]

Brilliant TEAM INDIA.MALE N FEMALE.❤MALAYSIA

[@Nakshatra-m6l]

Congratulations 🎉😊 team! Amazing how well these youngsters handle the pressure, expectations and the success…. Way to go all of you. Best wishes for all your future endeavors.

[@rameshnarayan8635]

Congratulations, Team India. You rocked... and, deservingly won. Proud of you.

[@FrolicfitSaurabh]

Congratulations Team India♥️🇮🇳

[@depinder]

All of them are so composed and well behaved. This is really another level. They are being so down to earth.

[@hemapandit6919]

Wow what an achievement for for both men's and women's teams,,,,,, ❤😊

[@reviewsandfun]

Stay humble, many more to come Indias way in future ❤❤❤❤❤

[@rajmanokaran4295]

Well done 👍👍👍 Team India..we love you all for this historical victory...🎉🎉🎉🎉 Jai hind

[@pratik6342]

Golden era of Indian chess just began....

[@pranavkardak1768]

Vantika should have attended this. It's her moment

[@nayannakhwa7698]

She maybe introvert

[@Nobody-xe7si]

@@nayannakhwa7698 All of them are introvert most of them , except for few like tania , Vd and few others

[@shroud216]

@@Nobody-xe7si she is more

[@Jacob99174]

Nice job, India 🎉

[@userblackcommando]

Congratulations my Indian team ❤

[@sureshakella4263]

Congratulations both teams, you have made us all proud. Thanks

[@ИринаВладимировна-ф5г]

Поздравляю индийских спортсменов с этим достижением.

[@user-js3ee5qv6g]

This lady is amazing, pronounced all their names correctly, very impressive.

[@MadaraUchiha-iu3ld]

Good lord. He had an excellent run in Olympiad 2022 and still felt he had a personal debt.

[@Grotes_que]

That shows how good Gukesh is as a person also.

[@raghunathanv2483]

Good observation from your side. If you recall he lost a game in 2022 ( the last round or the penultimate?) while playing Abdus Sattarov. He made only one wrong move (possibly in the whole tournament ) with his knight. the opponent gave a check to simultaneously trap Gukesh's knight. In the process Gukesh lost the game. He was candid to recall and admit this mistake.

[@imprinceparitosh5497]

Indiaaaaaa India ❤

[@AshithaSanjukumar-ir3dd]

Congratulations great India God bless you forever

[@gauravulmale1310]

Congratulations India Team 🇮🇳🏆

[@muthumeena5477]

Congrats all chess players

[@starman923]

So proud

[@opbr2355]

congratulations team India 😍😍

[@vinaysharma11]

Jai hind 🇮🇳

[@shashishekhar----]

Jai Hind bhai 🇮🇳

[@MrinangoCHAKRABORTY9103]

India successfully demonstrated it's claim as the inventor of the chess ❤ Gold in both open and women section

[@avinashnautiyal8838]

Well done Team India.😊

[@ravinayar4314]

Whats great is that these guys and gals are just normal ...in the chess world thats a seismic event

[@Youdoyouyeah]

Well said 😂

[@Grotes_que]

And they are so young, but so mature. Real Darlings.

[@Rrrr-yh9qz]

Congratulations Team India ❤️ 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🎉🎉🎉

[@Sarthak0998]

this press conference actually has some proper good question

[@prabhakardwivedi9582]

Congratulations team India both men & women's team you all guys well played this victory inspire many young players and motivate to make this victory again and again ❤❤ And the last thing is the thumbnail of this video is heart touching ❤

[@AjinkyaBorade]

India also has these GenZ and rest of the world is in awe struck mode.

[@ManuShivannaprakash]

This many years we saw only western countries in this type of interview Now Asian countries dominate chess world like China India usbakisthan ararbijan❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rajeevmk9788]

India should rule the roost in chess and field hockey in the coming years.

[@gauravnandantripathi9554]

Every single instance that they got, the open section team praised the women’s team and vice versa. Showed how well they mutually supported they each other and the result of that is in front of us in the thumbnail of this video.

[@singhsudhir4728]

Congratulations team India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@deepak9949]

India rocks .Jai hind

[@soundararajanj6879]

Congrats 🎉

[@ravivaradhan4956]

It's great to see the next two world championship gladiators sitting next to each other 🙂

[@vaishalikaparejoshi8683]

Very proud of you all! Go India 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@T-1000-kb5us]

Amamzing ceremony !!!

[@ritWIZ.R.D]

Congratulations India ❤❤❤

[@parvatiyaproperties7899]

The tournament was organised in a very good manner. Teams from India done extremely well ❤