New Delhi: Chess fervor has gripped the Southern city of Chennai as it gears up to host 44th Chess Olympiad and India’s first. The Olympiad will kick off with a grand ceremony at Mahabalipura, near Chennai today evening.

Chess Olympiad fever peaks in Chennai with Indian teams appearing primed for glory in the 44th edition of the prestigious event that starts on Thursday. While Prime Minister will kick off the mega event, several eminent residents of Tamil Nadu including Viswanathan Anand, Rajinikanth & others are overjoyed over the hosting of Olympiad in the Southern state.

This is the for the first time that India is hosting the coveted tournament in which more than 175 countries from across the globe will participate & compete for the top honors.

The tournament will officially begin on August 29 and will culminated on August 9. Today’s opening ceremony will see presence of many known & renowned personalities from the political & sports world.

You can watch the LIVE Streaming & Chess events at following given places:

LIVE Teleacast of Olympiad Opening Ceremony

The Opening ceremony of the grand Chess tournament will be telecasted LIVE on Doordarshan & fans can tune in to DD channels to watch the event live.

LIVE Streaming of Chess Olympiad

The chess enthusiasts can also watch the LIVE streaming of event via online. You can tune into the YouTube channels of Chessbase India & FIDE to watch it.

Opening Ceremony begins @ 6PM

The opening ceremony of the tournament will kick off today at 6 PM while the matches of Olympiad will begin tomorrow from 3 PM.

Schedule of Chess Olympiad 2022 (IST)

July 29: Round 1 @ 3 pm
July 30: Round 2 @ 3 pm
July 31: Round 3 @ 3 pm
August 1: Round 4 @ 3 pm
August 2: Round 5 @ 3 pm
August 3: Round 6 @ 3 pm
August 4: Rest Day
August 5: Round 7 @ 3 pm
August 6: Round 8 @ 3 pm
August 7: Round 9 @ 3 pm
August 8: Round 10 @ 3 pm
August 9: Round 11 @ 3 pm