Chess: India lose bronze medal play-off to Spain

In both the rounds, the teams played out 2-2 draws. But Jaime Santos Latasa and David Anton Guijarro defeated Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Nihal Sarin respectively in the blitz tie-break to give Spain the advantage. SL Narayanan drew with Alexei Shirov and Abhijeet Gupta held Miguel Santos Ruiz

India lost 1-3 to Spain in the tie-break after the two-round bronze medal play-off ended in a tie at the FIDE World Team Chess Championship on Saturday. 

In both the rounds, the teams played out 2-2 draws. But Jaime Santos Latasa and David Anton Guijarro defeated Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Nihal Sarin respectively in the blitz tie-break to give Spain the advantage. SL Narayanan drew with Alexei Shirov and Abhijeet Gupta held Miguel Santos Ruiz. 

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