India bag bronze in world team chess championship
January 13th, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) India drubbed Brazil to win the bronze in the World Team Chess Championship which concluded in Turkey Wednesday.
According to information received here, the team comprising Grand Masters Krishnan Sasikiran, P. Harikrishna, Surya Sekhar Ganguly, G.N.Gopal, Arun Prasad and International Master B.Adhiban triumphed over Brazil 3.5-0.5 points to finish third.
Sasikiran was held to a draw on the top board but the other three Grandmasters Harikrishna, Ganguly and Gopal won their respective games to give the country their best team championship result against World class competition.
It may be recalled that India got to play only because of the last minute withdrawal of China from the elite competition comprising the best teams of the world.
Russia won the championship and the United States of America came second. India finished ahead of chess powerhouses Azerbaijan, Armenia and Israel.
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