Arjuna Award in chess for third consecutive year
The narrator spoke about following achievements of Gukesh:
1. Gold medal - World Chess Championship 2024.
2. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Team Open) 2024.
3. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Individual Open) 2024.
The narrator mentioned the following achievements of Vantika Agrawal:
1. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Team Women) 2024.
2. Gold medal - 45th Chess Olympiad (Individual Women) 2024.
3. Silver medal - 19th Asian Games Women 2022 (Team) held in 2023.
Arjuna Award
Arjuna award is the second-highest sporting honour in the country. The recipients of the Arjuna Award are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured for their "good performance in the field of sports over a period of four years" at the international level and for having shown "qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline."
List of Arjuna Award winners in Chess
| 1961 | Manuel Aaron | Arjuna Award | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–1981 | Rohini Khadilkar | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1983 | Dibyendu Barua | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1984 | Pravin Thipsay | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1985 | Viswanathan Anand | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | Devaki Prasad | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | Bhagyashree Thipsay | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1990 | Anupama Gokhale | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2000 | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2002 | Krishnan Sasikiran | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2003 | Koneru Humpy | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2005 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2006 | Pentala Harikrishna | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2007 | Harika Dronavalli | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2009 | Tania Sachdev | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2010 | Parimarjan Negi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2013 | Abhijeet Gupta | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2022 | Bhakti Kulkarni | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2022 | R Praggnanandhaa | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2023 | R Vaishali | Arjuna Award | Female |
President of India, Droupadi Murmu
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D Gukesh will play 87th Tata Steel Chess which starts tomorrow. The first round will take place on Saturday 18th January at 2 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST.
