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The 'Nona Gaprindashvili Cup', which is given to the best performing teams in the Chess Olympiad, has disappeared from India. According to the report, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) has lost the 'Nona Gaprindashvili Cup', which is considered a matter of great shame. The officials of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) themselves have confirmed this. The Indian team won the trophy in the last Chess Olympiad held in Chennai in the year 2022. Since then this trophy was with India.
AICF officials gave information
According to a report, three officials of the All India Chess Federation said that the event takes place once in two years and the Indian team won the trophy in the last Chess Olympiad held in Chennai in 2022. The world governing body of chess had sent an email to the All India Chess Federation requesting to return the trophy to India. Because this cup will be awarded to the winners of the ongoing Chess Olympiad in Budapest after the end of Round 11.
Dev A Patel, secretary of the All India Chess Federation, said, “At the moment we do not know about the Gaprindashvili Cup. We are trying our best to find it as it is a matter of national pride.” We hope our search will be successful.
The last cup was in Chennai
Searches were launched at the All India Chess Federation (AICF) offices in New Delhi and Chennai and the hotel in Chennai where the cup was last seen. Earlier, AICF officials were contacted and players were also asked if they had taken the trophy.