Prime Minister Narendra Modi at this time declared open the forty fourth Chess Olympiad in Chennai.
Addressing the gathering throughout the inaugural on the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Modi stated, “It’s an honour to have worldwide chess gamers at a such a particular time.” He added, “In sports activities there aren’t any losers, there are winners and there are future winners.”
The Chess Olympiad is hosted by India at a particular time in its historical past, which marks 75 years of freedom from colonial rule, he stated.