Aided by commendable performances from Dasari Sai Srinivas and Abhijit Gupta, the Indian boys won the bronze medal in the World Youth Chess Olympiad, which concluded in Denizli, Turkey, on Sunday.
Hungary won the gold medal after beating the Indian girls 4-0 in the 10th and final round game.
Seeded second, the Hungarian boys tallied an impressive 29.5 point out of a possible 40 and won the championship after playing steadily throughout.
The silver medal went to top seed Ukraine, who beat Turkmenistan by a 3-1 margin.
The Indian youngsters had to come up with an inspired performance against Greece in the last round as only a victory by a huge margin could have ensured them the medal as Russia, the fourth finisher, was just half a point behind them before the last round.
In the last edition of the championship at Malaysia too, the Indians were close enough to the title but a fumble towards the end cost them dearly.
This time the team was determined not to let its advantage slip and scored a 3.5-0.5 victory in the final match.
The star performer in the Indian team was Dasari Sai Srinivas, who scored 4.5 points for his individual gold medal winning performance on the fifth board.
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