In the women's section, R Vaishali and Vantika Agrawal's victories after D Harika and Divya Deshmukh's draws ensured India's unbeaten record remained. The results of Team India in the 7th round of Chess Olympiad 2024. The Indian Open Team defeated China 2-1, and the Indian Women's Team defeated Georgia 3-1!

The much-anticipated World Championship encounter between Gukesh and Ding Liren will take place in Singapore from November 20 to December 14.

The much-anticipated showdown between Ding Liren and D. Gukesh will have to wait as China opted to rest the World Champion ahead of the seventh round of the open section of Chess Olympiad 2024.

Defending champion Ding Liren says his Indian challenger D Gukesh can be considered the favourite to win their eagerly-anticipated world chess title showdown in November

The much-anticipated, exciting battle between Ding Liren and D Gukesh will have to wait a little longer as China have decided to rest the World Champion ahead of the seventh round clash of the ongoing 2024 Chess Olympiad being played in Budapest on Wednesday,

China’s Liren admitted he had “dropped a lot” over the last one year while adding India’s Gukesh had the higher rating.

While Ding Liren chose to sit out the Chess Olympiad Round 7 clash against Gukesh, the world champion did make the most of Tuesday's rest day by playing football in the special exhibition game that was set up by the organisers.