Chennai, Aug 10: It was a historic day for Indian chess as both the men's and women's teams won bronze medals in the 44th Chess Olympiad on Tuesday.
While India B team, comprising of youngsters D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, Raunak Sadhwani and B Adhiban, missed their golden chance by losing to Uzbekistan it ended up with 18 points to secure the third place. It was the second bronze medal for India in the Olympiad, replicating its feat in the 2014 edition. The top-seeded India 'A' women team, comprising Koneru Humpy, R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarn crashed to a 1-3 defeat in the 11th and final round to USA to see it's gold medal hopes evaporate and finished third at the podium to win India’s first-ever women’s team medal at the Chess Olympiad. Uzbekistan men finished on top and the girls Team from Ukraine won gold.