PM Narendra Modi to launch historic torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad on June 19

New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the historic torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad on Sunday at 5 PM here at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi. He will also address the gathering on the occasion.

This year, for the very first time, the International Chess Body, FIDE, has instituted the Chess Olympiad Torch which is part of Olympic tradition but was never done in the Chess Olym