Indian chess grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa hailed India's unprecedented double gold medal win at the recently concluded Chess Olympiad, calling it a "historic achievement" that will help propel the popularity of the game across the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated India's historic win at the Chess Olympiad, where both men's and women's teams achieved gold medals, a first for the country. The men's team defeated Slovenia,

India won a historic gold medal at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad in Hungary, with D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna triumphing in the open section. The women's team of Harika Dronavalli,

India's men's and women's chess teams achieved historic double gold medals at the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest. This is the first time that India won in both the Men's and the Women's category at the same time.