This is the first time the International Chess Federation has followed the Olympic tradition and initiated the Chess Olympiad Torch. The torch relay was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and began from Leh. The Torch is in its travel across 75 cities before it culminates at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu.

Mind Mentorz kid Jesslyn Jinisha relaying at Tirpur For the Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai, India

CHESS OLYMPIAD TORCH AT TIRUPUR

The torch relay was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and began from Leh. The Torch is in its travel across 75 cities before it culminates at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. This is the first time the International Chess Federation has followed the Olympic tradition and initiated the Chess Olympiad Torch. India will host the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mahabalipuram, Chennai from 28th July to 10th August. With 189 countries participating in the Olympiad, this is the first time the Indian soil plays host to an enormous congregation of nations for a sports event

The torch – symbolic of movement and friendship – was handed over by the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich to the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi who in turn gave it to India’s chess legend Viswanathan Anand. The grant ceremony was held at the IG Stadium in New Delhi where players and chess fraternity from across the world came together to commemorate the first torch relay in a Chess Olympiad.