Historic double bronze at Chess Olympiad

While India 2 team, comprising youngsters D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, Raunak Sadhwani and B Adhiban, missed their golden chance by losing to Uzbekistan on Monday, the Indian women blew their opportunity to win the gold by losing to US in the 11th round Tuesday, reports Prasad RS. Uzbekistan men finished on top and the girls from Ukraine won gold. "Winning the medal was historic but we couldn't play to our potential.

This bronze doesn't feel enough," India's No. 1 women's player Koneru Humpy said. This was the first Olympiad medal for women.

In the open section, the young guns of Indian chess won against Germany to assure themselves of a medal. Teen spirit gets India 2 open team bronzeEight years after they won their maiden Olympiad medal, a group of talented teenagers have ensured that the rising superpower of the sport has a team on the podium in their own backyard. The India 2 open team, comprising of the young guns like D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, won the bronze medal in the open category beating Germany on Tuesday.

They finished with 18 points after 11 rounds of action, one adrift Uzbekistan (19), who won gold. Armenia too finished on 19, but the mathematical formula devised by FIDE to choose the winner for teams finishing on same points allowed the Uzbeks to take the cake. India 1 missed out on a medal as they drew with USA 2-2 in the final round and finished fourth.

The third team from India ended on the 36th spot following their 2-2 result against Kazakhstan. For the bronze-medal winners, Nihal Sarin and Raunak Sadhwani reigned supreme over their opponents --- Matthias Bluebaum and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu respectively — on the final day. Nihal won in 55 moves while Raunak needed 47 moves to clinch