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Chess Olympiad 2022: Rajinikanth goes viral for dropping throwback pic, know what’s special about it

Ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the 44th Chess Olympiad, Superstar Rajinikanth shared a photo of himself playing chess on social media.

New Delhi: Ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the 44th Chess Olympiad, Superstar Rajinikanth shared a photo of himself playing chess on social media. As soon as the superstar Rajinikanth uploaded the photo online, the photo went viral on Twitter. Notably, the inauguration is scheduled to be held in Chennai this evening by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sharing the photo on Twitter, the actor wrote, ”#ChessOlympiad2022 An indoor game I love the most … wishing all the chess minds the very best .. god bless.”

In the photo, he can be seen in a pensive mood. Since being shared on Twitter, the photo received 44 thousand likes and over 5,000 retweets. The post also received a lot of comments from users.

”I love Chess so much.. let’s play one game thalaivaa… Give me an opportunity,” read a comment.

”First time seeing, Thalaivar posting his own pics,” said a user.

”My fav game is as same as that of Thalaivar’s one,” wrote another user.

44th Chess Olympiad inauguration 

The opening ceremony of the 44th Chess Olympiad is scheduled to be held at 6 PM. One can watch the telecast LIVE on Doordarshan and fans can tune in to DD channels to watch it. The event will be live streaming on the YouTube channels of Chessbase India & FIDE. However, the matchs of the Olympiad will start tomorrow at 3 PM.