India thrashed Iran 3.5-0.5 in the final round to win Gold medal at the World Youth Chess Olympiad on Monday at Chongqing, China.
Sayantan Das and Diptayan Ghosh of Kolkata performed spectacularly in the team event to win gold. Sayantan won gold in the fourth board while Diptayan won silver in the third board.
India had started the Olympiad as second seed.
Sayantan had a sparkling run to win the yellow metal by getting 7.5 points out of nine games in the ten-round event. Diptayan secured 8.5 points out of ten to win silver. Two other Indian representatives Shardul Gagare (6/9) and Murali Karthikeyan (6.5/10) won bronze in the first and second board respectively.
Sayantan also confirmed his IM title. He got his first IM norm in 2009 and the third and last one in Bhubaneswar GM meet this year.
This is India's third gold in this prestigious team event. India had won the event previously at Singapore in 2007 and in Turkey 2008.
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