PM Modi to launch torch relay for Chess Olympiad

New Delhi, June 17

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad being held in Chennai.

The PM will also address the gathering after the launch on June 19 at 5pm at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here.

FIDE, the international chess body, has instituted the Chess Olympiad Torch, an Olympics tradition, for the first time in its history. The event will be held from July 28 to August 10.