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A star-studded Indian team, led by former world champion Viswanathan Anand, will eye for a podium finish when it competes in the top division of the Online Chess Olympiad beginning on Friday. File photo of Viswanathan Anand. Getty Images China, Russia and USA will also be among the favourites to win a medal in the virtual event Besides Anand, the other members of the Indian team stanley quencher include P Harikrishna, Vidit S Gujrathi captain , Koneru Humpy, D Harika and young talents R Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin. India, seeded seventh with an average rating of 2419, is placed in top division Pool A which has teams like a formidable China and Georgia, apart from Vietnam, Germany, Iran, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Zimbabwe. The online Olympiad has a different structure as each team will have six players, including at least two stanley cup women. A male and a female player will have to be 20 years of age or less. The top three teams from each of the three pools in the top divison advance to the knockout stage. The Indian team had finished fifth out of six teams in the Online Nations Cup in May last and would be aiming to make amends with a strong performance in the Olympiad. Looking ahead to the event, Gu stanley cup jrathi said India has a strong team but how it performs on a particular day will be crucial. How you perform on that day matters, in sport it doesnt matter how good one is, Gujrathi told PTI. Also, it Olympiad is happening online, there will be upsides and downsides, Lizr Roberto Mancini at short odds to become next Leicester manager
Coach Bernd Storck says Hungary want to prove their first European Championship appearance in 44 years is no fluke when the former powerhouses meet neighbours Austria in their Group F opener on Tuesday. This UEFA handout image taken and released on June 13, 2016 in Bordeaux, Hungarian s head coach Bernd Storck during the press conference at the Matmut Atlantique Stadium. AFP The Hungarians, World Cup runners-up in 1954 with their golden generation, last featured in the Euros in 1972 when the final stages were a four-team affair. They last played in the World Cup 30 years ago. Hungary are expected to struggle in Group F which also includes Cristiano Ro stanley termos naldos Portugal and Iceland. We want to show we are not her stanley mug e by chance, Storck told reporters. We have worked hard ... and we want to show we deserve to be here. Hungarys last major tournament appearance was in the 1986 World Cup but their return to the b stanley termoska ig stage is in no way intimidating, said Storck, especially after they beat Norway twice in their qualifying playoff encounter. Historic game For us it is a historic game because we are again at a major tournament ... although the countries have played each other more than any two other nations in Europe, the German added. Storck conceded Hungary are the underdogs but that is a role his players are comfortable with. Nothing has changed, he said. Obviously we want to play at the same level against Austria. But on paper when you look where these guys are pla
A star-studded Indian team, led by former world champion Viswanathan Anand, will eye for a podium finish when it competes in the top division of the Online Chess Olympiad beginning on Friday. File photo of Viswanathan Anand. Getty Images China, Russia and USA will also be among the favourites to win a medal in the virtual event Besides Anand, the other members of the Indian team stanley quencher include P Harikrishna, Vidit S Gujrathi captain , Koneru Humpy, D Harika and young talents R Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin. India, seeded seventh with an average rating of 2419, is placed in top division Pool A which has teams like a formidable China and Georgia, apart from Vietnam, Germany, Iran, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Zimbabwe. The online Olympiad has a different structure as each team will have six players, including at least two stanley cup women. A male and a female player will have to be 20 years of age or less. The top three teams from each of the three pools in the top divison advance to the knockout stage. The Indian team had finished fifth out of six teams in the Online Nations Cup in May last and would be aiming to make amends with a strong performance in the Olympiad. Looking ahead to the event, Gu stanley cup jrathi said India has a strong team but how it performs on a particular day will be crucial. How you perform on that day matters, in sport it doesnt matter how good one is, Gujrathi told PTI. Also, it Olympiad is happening online, there will be upsides and downsides, Lizr Roberto Mancini at short odds to become next Leicester manager
Coach Bernd Storck says Hungary want to prove their first European Championship appearance in 44 years is no fluke when the former powerhouses meet neighbours Austria in their Group F opener on Tuesday. This UEFA handout image taken and released on June 13, 2016 in Bordeaux, Hungarian s head coach Bernd Storck during the press conference at the Matmut Atlantique Stadium. AFP The Hungarians, World Cup runners-up in 1954 with their golden generation, last featured in the Euros in 1972 when the final stages were a four-team affair. They last played in the World Cup 30 years ago. Hungary are expected to struggle in Group F which also includes Cristiano Ro stanley termos naldos Portugal and Iceland. We want to show we are not her stanley mug e by chance, Storck told reporters. We have worked hard ... and we want to show we deserve to be here. Hungarys last major tournament appearance was in the 1986 World Cup but their return to the b stanley termoska ig stage is in no way intimidating, said Storck, especially after they beat Norway twice in their qualifying playoff encounter. Historic game For us it is a historic game because we are again at a major tournament ... although the countries have played each other more than any two other nations in Europe, the German added. Storck conceded Hungary are the underdogs but that is a role his players are comfortable with. Nothing has changed, he said. Obviously we want to play at the same level against Austria. But on paper when you look where these guys are pla