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Triumph squared: On India’s chess double win in Budapest

India’s double gold at the Chess Olympiad (Chess Olympiad is a major international chess tournament happening biennially (once every two years) and it is organised by FIDE, the international chess federation. The 45th Chess Olympiad was organised in Budapest, Hungary from 10 to 23 September 2024) in Budapest is an extraordinary feat (उपलब्धि): only two other countries could do it in history. It came as no surprise to the serious followers of the game, though. The Indian women began as the first seed (the ranking of a team or player in a tournament) and the men as the second in the mind sport’s most prestigious team event, for which most of the world’s countries flew down to the Hungarian capital. While the women’s campaign (अभियान) suffered (सामना करना, सहना) a couple of setbacks (नाकामयाबी, असफलता) towards the end, the men were absolutely (बिल्कुल) dominant right through (from beginning to end, from start to finish, throughout). The men were so good that they scored four points more than their nearest rivals, the top-seeded United States. What stood out is the fact that (used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion) India’s twin triumph was fashioned (create, make, forge, form, shape, frame) by a bunch of youngsters belonging (संबंधित होना, से संबंध रखना) to the golden generation of Indian chess. That should be a worrying thought for India’s opponents (प्रतिद्वंद्वी, विरोधी) on the chessboard as these champions can only get better and will be playing at the Olympiad and other global competitions for another decade (दशक) or two. Besides (इसके अलावा, छोड़कर) the team golds, India also won the individual golds through D. Gukesh (aged 18), Arjun Erigaisi (21), Divya Deshmukh (18) and Vantika Agrawal (21). The Indian teams also included Chennai’s Grandmaster siblings R. Praggnanandhaa (19) and R. Vaishali (23). It is also worth mentioning that the Indian women’s team did not have Koneru Humpy, one of the strongest female players in chess history.

Having stressed (जोर देना, बल देना) that, India’s depth (गहराई, तीव्रता) in the women’s game is nowhere near (far from, not, not at all) that of the men’s. While there are several promising (good, encouraging, hopeful, full of promise, optimistic, positive, heartening, reassuring) male players outside the Olympiad teams, such as Nihal Sarin and Raunak Sadhwani, it is not quite so in Indian women’s chess. India’s chess administration should try to use the great success of its women at Budapest to promote the game more aggressively (आक्रामक रूप से) among girls. The women’s bench needs to get stronger. The administrators also have to organise elite (best, first class, best-trained group) tournaments in India. The big stars of Indian chess hardly (barely, almost not) ever play in the country, for there are no events good enough for them. Viswanathan Anand, the man who single-handedly (by oneself, all by oneself, independently) revolutionised (क्रांतिकारी परिवर्तन करना) chess in India, never had an opportunity to play in a tournament other than a World championship or World Cup at home after he became one of the superstars of world chess. There is the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata, but its format is rapid and blitz, and not the classical variety of the Olympiad. Players like Arjun and Divya have shown in the eastern metropolis (a big city/a large & busy city) how much a top-quality event like that helps Indian players. Indian chess surely could soar (increase rise rapidly; surge, intensify, accelerate) higher with more support from the government and corporates.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.square (verb)

Hindi Meaning - बराबर करना
English Meaning - make equal, level.

2.feat (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उपलब्धि
English Meaning - achievement, accomplishment, attainment.

3.come as no surprise (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - आश्चर्य नहीं होना
English Meaning - something which is not surprising someone, but is as expected one.

4.campaign (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभियान
English Meaning - drive, push, effort, course of action.

5.suffer (verb)

Hindi Meaning - सामना करना, सहना
English Meaning - undergo, go through, experience, encounter, be subjected to.

6.setback (noun)

Hindi Meaning - नाकामयाबी, असफलता
English Meaning - upset, failure, blow, disappointment, defeat, bad luck.

7.absolutely (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - बिल्कुल
English Meaning - completely, totally, entirely, perfectly, thoroughly, categorically, conclusively, unconditionally, unequivocally.

8.belong (verb)

Hindi Meaning - संबंधित होना, से संबंध रखना
English Meaning - be a member of, be associated with, be connected to, be linked to.

9.opponent (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिद्वंद्वी, विरोधी
English Meaning - rival, adversary, contender, competitor.

10.decade (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दशक
English Meaning - a period of ten years.

11.besides (preposition)

Hindi Meaning - इसके अलावा, छोड़कर
English Meaning - apart from, other than, barring, excluding.

12.stress (verb)

Hindi Meaning - जोर देना, बल देना
English Meaning - emphasize, draw attention to, underscore, underline, highlight.

13.depth (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गहराई, तीव्रता
English Meaning - intensity, strength.

14.aggressively (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - आक्रामक रूप से
English Meaning - determinedly, vigorously, energetically.

15.revolutionise (verb)

Hindi Meaning - क्रांतिकारी परिवर्तन करना
English Meaning - transform, alter dramatically, shake up, restructure, reorganize, rejig, reform, recast, reshape.

16.Chess Olympiad (noun)

English Meaning - Chess Olympiad is a major international chess tournament happening biennially (once every two years) and it is organised by FIDE, the international chess federation. The 45th Chess Olympiad was organised in Budapest, Hungary from 10 to 23 September 2024.

17.seed (noun)

English Meaning - the ranking of a team or player in a tournament.

18.right through (phrase)

English Meaning - from beginning to end, from start to finish, throughout.

19.the fact that (phrase)

English Meaning - used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion.

20.fashion (verb)

English Meaning - create, make, forge, form, shape, frame.

21.sibling (noun)

English Meaning - offspring (usually, brother or sister).

22.nowhere near (phrase)

English Meaning - far from, not, not at all.