Reigning world champion D Gukesh will play on Board 4 for the second-seeded Indian open team at the FIDE Chess Olympiad starting Wednesday in Samarkand.
India's open board order features Praggnanandhaa on Board 1, Arjun Erigaisi on Board 2, Nihal Sarin on Board 3, and Gukesh on Board 4, with Vidit Gujrathi as reserve.
Fielding Gukesh on the lowest board prevents an immediate match against his World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov, who Uzbekistan assigned to Board 2.