TN’s Iniyan wins gold in Youth Chess Olympiad

Nihal Sarin of India Green, too, bagged a gold medal on the third board. Iniyan scored 7.5 points from 8 games. Russia was assured of the title at the end of the eighth round with one round to spare, when it outsmarted Armenia 3-1 to continue the relentless march. 

India Green and Iran also had victories with identical results to keep their second and third positions respectively intact. The ninth-round climax was only to identify the team emerging runner-up. In the final round, the Red team from India did what others could not do — beating Russia 2.5– 1.5, the victories registered by E Arjun and Mitrabha Guha. Irrespective of the loss, Russia won the championship with 14 match points. 

India Green conceded half a point to Kazakhstan to collect 13 match points and finished runner-up. Iran showed no mercy to Belarus, decimating it to a 4-0 defeat, to win the bronze medal. While Russia won the gold and 1250 Euros, India Green took the silver and 1000 Euros. Iran took the bronze with 800 Euros. The event attracted 30 teams from 25 countries from all continents.