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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
Amit Karmarkar | TNN

Chess Olympiad: India women miss gold on final day, finish third

Defeat to USA in 11th round proves costly for Tania & Co.

If six months ago, the Indian women's team was told they would win an Olympiad medal, they would have taken it. But not now, not under these circumstances. On Tuesday, the medal that Koneru Humpy & Co. managed was more like a gold lost than a bronze won. But then, they do get into the history books, becoming the first Indian women's team to win an Olympiad medal.

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