Srinath, India's team captain, discusses check-in problems at the 2026 FIDE Chess Olympiad. Organizers acknowledge the Indian team's complaints about early check-in requirements and say the issue will be resolved by the next day. The event has extensive global broadcasting planned.
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My name is Sagar from ChessBase India. My question is to Mr. Alisair Sadulaev. This looks like an incredible venue where the tournament is being held, beautiful setup and so on. So could you tell us what are the entities that have come together to make this possible? And on the challenges front, there have been certain tweets that have been made recently by the Indian team. Could you also throw a bit of light on that if you are aware of the same so that people can know about it?
About the challenges, I would say I have I have recently just had a talk with Indian team that you mentioned. So the— according to the regulations, it was like at certain times, so the check-in was planned earlier on. So the FIDE team and the coordination team organized everything now, and I think everything is already getting— is already being set up. And I am sure this will be Resolved, I believe. And from tomorrow on, the problem all will be resolved and players can, you know, comfortably can come and start playing their matches. Thank you for the questions. And of course, for— I think I have to mention you have an amazing, I would say, members, subscribers across the whole world. And you would also, I think, broadcasting the whole event. And I believe this is going to be one of the major broadcasting programs for you too. So I wish you the best of luck, and I'm sure local team with FIDE will organize the conditions for your team as well. Thank you.
