MAMALLAPURAM: If there’s a poll done at the 44th Chess Olympiad on which team is the crowd favourite, Ukraine will win it hands down. Being a part of the former Soviet bloc, they are a strong team, but the emotional connection with this team is about the war that Ukraine has been subjected to since February due to the Russian invasion.
“When our team took on Argentina in the sixth-round, their captain Robert Hungaski came to the match wearing the ‘I support Ukraine’ T-shirt which was really touching. We are overwhelmed by the support for our country from every team in the competition,” Oleksandr Sulypa, captain of Ukraine open team, told TOI.
