Top seeds India have bagged the gold medal in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad. In a tight contest at Gyor in Hungary today, India beat Turkey by Three points to One in the 10th and final round to clinch the title. India finished ahead of Russia and Iran at the FIDE tournament held at the University of West Hungary. Iran were the leaders in the penultimate round but lost their 10th and final round tie against hosts Hungary by One and half points to Two and a half-points to settle for the silver in the 54-team tournament. In the final round, India were 0-1 down initially with International Master Diptayan Ghosh losing to Vahap Sanal, but all the other three Indians — International Master Murali Karthikeyan, International Master Aravindh Chithambaram and Kumaran Balaji won their respective matches to clinch the gold.
News On AIR | December 22, 2014 9:06 PM
India clinch gold in Under-16 Chess Olympiad