The 44th Chess Olympiad will take place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. On 19th June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 1st ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay in Delhi and since then it has traveled across more than thirty cities in India including Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Jhansi and Gwalior.
It is the first time that a Chess Olympiad Torch has been instated. Following the relay, Olympiad will start on July 28, 2022 and end on August 10, 2022.
