Chess Olympiad: Indian men beat Thailand, women sweep Dominican Republic
World champion D Gukesh, Nihal Sarin and Vidit Gujrathi registered convincing victories but Arjun Erigaisi's late collapse cost India a clean sweep as the men's team began its campaign at the 46th World Chess Olympiad with a 3-1 win over Thailand here on Wednesday. Nihal was the first Indian to win, defeating Thanadon Kulpruethanon, before Gukesh produced a brilliant attacking display to beat Faris Rashid Alriyami. Vidit then completed a comfortable victory over Tupfah Khumnorkaew. Arjun, howev…




