WYCC 2015: Indians win 11 medals in total; 5 Golds

The Indian contingent had a clearly superior performance at the 2015 World Youth Chess Championship at Porto Carras, Greece winning eleven medals. Seventeen countries were competing for thirty-six medals in Open and Girls sections in the Under 08, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14, Under 16 and Under 18 age categories.

None of the other countries could manage more than four medals in their respective tallies. India’s eleven-medal haul includes five gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals.

The winners among Indians are mentioned below.

5 Gold medals: Rakshitta Ravi in Girls U-10, Mahalakshmi M in Girls U-18, Praggnanandhaa R in U-10, Vaishali R in Girls U-14 and Bharath Subramaniyam H in U-08.
3 Silver medals: Dev Shah in U-08, Varshini V in Girls U-18, Nihal Sarin in U-12.
3 Bronze medals: Divya Deshmukh in Girls U-10, Salonika Saina in Girls U-12, Vantika Agrawal in Girls U-14.

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