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

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.

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