Chess News -
At World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad, Mersin, Turkey

Indian U-16 team won Gold medal in World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad at Turkey from 16 to 25th August, 2008.

2nd seed Indian team was 1 pt. behind top-seed Russian team before last round ... But India defeated England with 3½-½ and Russia defeated Azerbaijan narrowly with 2½-1½ ... So India equalizing the scores with Russia, 28.5 points ... But Indian team take the gold after having the better tie-break.

Sethuraman was real star from Indian side on second board scoring 6 wins & 2 draws and overall 7 wins & 3 draws ... He remained undefeated in this Olympiad ... Sundar Shyam also supported well on 3rd board scoring 5 wins & a single loss and overall 7 wins & a loss in 8 games he played.


Indian U-16 Team - IM B Adhiban, IM Sethuraman, IM Sundar Shyam , FM Prasanna Rao, FM K Priyadharshan

Round 10 -
India bt England 3½ - ½

Round 9 -
India bt Switzerland A 4 - 0

Round 8 -
India l Turkey A 1½ - 2½

Round 7 -
India bt Georgia 3½ - ½

Round 6 -
India bt Philippines 2½ - 1½

Round 5 -
India bt Turkey C 3 - 1

Round 4 -
India l Armenia 1 - 3

Round 3 -
India bt Azerbaijan 3 - 1

Round 2 -
India bt Russia 3½ - ½

Round 1 -
India bt Turkey C 3 - 1