Chess Olympiad: Women win gold as India complete historic double

India were crowned champions after USA were able to hold their opponent to a 2-2 draw on Sunday.

India created history in Budapest by clinch gold in men's and women's competitions in the Chess Olympiad on Sunday, September 22. After the men's team's historic victory, the women's team, comprising of Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, Tania Sachdev and Abhijit Kunte secured the gold medal completing a historic double for India in the Chess Olympiad.

In the final round of the competition, India beat Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5 to keep a strong charge for the gold medal. Harika, Divya and Vantika won their matches against their respective opponents while Vaishali secured a draw. Despite their win against Azerbaijan, India were not assured of the top spot. India's victory in the women's open section competition depended on the USA stealing points from Kazakhstan.

India were crowned champions after USA were able to hold their opponent to a 2-2 draw on Sunday. If Kazakhstan had won the match vs the USA, the competition would have been forced to tie-breaks.