CHENNAI: The last time over-the-board chess Olympiad was held Batumi in 2018, Afghanistan had gone on to top in the open category of Group D. With Taliban taking over the country in August last year, there were apprehensions as to whether players will get the government's nod to feature at the upcoming Olympiad.
However, the Taliban government has given the green signal and players are expected to land here in the coming days. "The approval has come and the visas too have been issued," a senior AICF official told TOI.
