India’s Best Performance at the 45th Chess Olympiad

• India secured two gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, marking the country’s best performance at the prestigious team event.
• Mikhail Tal led all players in win percentage (81.2%) among those who played at least four Olympiads for their federation in the open section.
• Anatoly Karpov, a former world champion, has a win percentage of 80.3% — three individual golds and six team golds.
• Garry Kasparov, considered one of the top three all-time greats, is listed seventh with a win percentage of 78.7% — three individual golds and eight team golds.
• D. Gukesh’s ELOp of 3056 is the best-ever performance by an individual in an Olympiad since 1972.
• Arjun Erigaisi scored 9 points in 10 games on Board 1, earning him a slightly lower ELOp of 2968.
• Andrei Volokitin of Ukraine managed a better ELOp than Arjun, though he did so on Board 5, the lowest board, in the 2016 Olympiad.
• Other notable players include Kasparov (in 2002) and Vladimir Kramnik (in 1992).
• Gukesh and Arjun stand out in ELOp across Olympiads (since 1972), with Kasparov having an average above 2800 and Kramnik having 2787 in 90 games.