Swayams Mishra: 'If India won a medal, we owe it to her' on Savitha Shri's match-winning role

Swayams Mishra, captain of India's bronze-winning women's chess team, spoke in an exclusive interview published on October 2, 2026, about Savitha Shri's match-winning impact at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand.

The 34-year-old discussed his first full stint as captain and the difficult decision-making around Vaishali.

The interview is part of Times of India’s series revisiting India’s medal-winning campaigns at the Samarkand Olympiad, which began with Srinath Narayanan and the silver-winning Open team.