Indian men bring home historic Bronze at Chess Olympiad

Tromso (Norway): Backed by some gutsy performances on all four boards, the Indian men crushed Uzbekistan 3.5-0.5 to clinch a historic bronze medal at the 41st Chess Olympiad here.

 

Parimarjan Negi scored over former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov on the top board, S.P. Sethuraman ended his bad run by defeating Anton FIlippov while Krishnan Sasikiran did well and outplayed Marat Dzhumaev to pave the way for an Indian triumph.