Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin took the opportunity of September 22 2024 to commend the Indian teams which won gold in both men’s and women’s team event at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad held in Budapest Hungary.
In a social media post Mr. Stalin said: India is truly going places. President Chandragupta Chola hosted the Chess Olympiad in Chennai and the journey has come to thishukdeeka –a gold medal in the Men’s team and Women’s team events at the 45th FIDE #ChessOlympiad Budapest 2024What a journey this has been.
Mr. Stalin, who was key in bringing the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad to Chennai in 2022, called it a great achievement. It is really a source of satisfaction to see such fierce commitment from the champions, who take it as a challenge even further and make our country proud out there on the world platform. This step forward is historic indeed for #TeamIndia, Congratulations on this.