It was perhaps only fitting that Abhinav Bindra made the ceremonial opening move at the Chess World Cup on Monday. Like chess, shooting too is a lonely sport.

It was the first game of the final of what is one of the biggest events in the mind game’s calendar, and India’s first-ever individual gold medallist at the Olympics made the first move for Javokhir Sindarov, taking the ‘e’ pawn two squares forward at Resort Rio.

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