Adhiban Baskaran, SP Sethuraman, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali Rameshbabu 
Chess Olympiad 2022

List of 8 Tamil Nadu Chess players in the fray: Details inside

The Olympiad is being held in India for the first time ever, after being moved out of Russia and has attracted a record number of entries in the Open (188) and women's (162) sections.

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CHENNAI: The much-awaited tournament of the Chess Olympiad began with 3 matches at 3 pm today. The Olympiad is being held in India for the first time ever, after being moved out of Russia and has attracted a record number of entries in the Open (188) and women's (162) sections.

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Here is a list of 8 players from Tamil Nadu, who are participating in the international event:

Name (Age) - World Ranking List

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (16) - 107

Vaishali Rameshbabu (21) - 29

Adhiban Baskaran (29) - 219

Krishnan Sasikiran (41) - 119

L. Narayanan (24) - 89

Gukesh D (16) - 54

Karthikeyan Murali (23) - 173

SP Sethuraman (29) - 151

ये भी प�ें- Round 1 matches of 44th Chess Olympiad begin

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