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Bhubaneswar
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Chennai
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New Delhi
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Pune
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Detailed explanation-1: -Politicians in Tamil Nadu agreed to host the Chess Olympiad and provided around ₹75 crore (US$9.4 million). On 15 March 2022, FIDE announced that Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, would be the new host of the event.
Detailed explanation-2: -Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 26–28 December 2022, using a Swiss-system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women’s tournament.
Detailed explanation-3: -The highlight of India’s medal haul from the 2022 Chess Olympiad was the women’s team’s bronze medal - the first-ever for India in the women’s section. The India A team, comprising Koneru Humpy, R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni, secured the bronze medal after a 3-1 loss to the USA in the final-round match.
Detailed explanation-4: -GM Magnus Carlsen earned the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Championship title on Friday with a score of 16/21, one point ahead of silver medalist GM Hikaru Nakamura and bronze medalist on tiebreak, GM Haik Martirosyan.