Chess players who celebrated the historic result - a prize of 600 million soums, a car, flowers were solemnly welcomed in Tashkent (photo gallery)

At the Chess Olympiad held in the Indian city of Chennai, Uzbekistan became the champion, not knowing what the defeat was.

Our representatives took the first place among 188 countries. Today, the plane on which our heroes were sitting landed at Tashkent International Airport. They were met by officials, relatives of athletes, media representatives and others.

According to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, they were awarded a cash reward of 600 million soums and a car. Below you can see the photo gallery.