Indians steal the show in the 7th Asian School Chess Championships

New Delhi (22 Dec 11):- Indians once again proved its growing superiority in the age group championships as they won 11 Gold, 12 Silver and 10 Bronze out of the 36 at stake in the Asian School Chess Championship here at Indira Gandhi Stadium today.

Apart from open sections of Under-5 and Under-7 India sweeps all the medals. In the befitting closing ceremony, Shri. Desh Deepak Verma IAS, Director General Sports Authority of India and Shri. Hisham Al-Taher, General Secretary Asian Chess Federation give away the prizes in presence of Shri. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Secretary All India Chess Federation, Shri. Luxman Wijesuriya, Vice President Chess Federation of Sri Lanka and Shri. Husan H Turdialiev, Co-Chairman of Chess Federation of Uzbekistan.

Medal Winners of Under-11 Open Section

Medal Winners of Under-15 Girls Section

Medal Winners

5 Girls
1 Wankhade Sanskruti IND 7
2 Darsana M S IND 7
3 Prathivya Gupta IND 6

5 Boys
1 Vallabh Kavi IND 7
2 Suyash Pai IND 7
3 Solomko Artur KGZ 7

7 Girls
1 Arushi Kotwal IND 8
2 Niranjana Aishwarya Dass B IND 7
3 Bristy Mukherjee IND 7

7 Boys
1 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 8
2 Kushagra Mohan IND 7½
3 Lye Lik Zang MAS 7

9 Girls
1 Vantika Agrawal IND 8
2 Ghosh Samriddhaa IND 7½
3 Adyasa Mahapatra IND 6½

9 Boys
1 Ram Aravind L N IND 8
2 Iniyan P IND 8
3 Rahul Srivatshav P IND 7

11 Girls
1 Tarini Goyal IND 7
2 Khushi Dharewa IND 7
3 Harshita Guddanti IND 6½

11 Boys
1 Abhishek A IND 7½
2 Barath Kalyan M IND 7
3 Aradhya Garg IND 7

13 Girls
1 Smaraki Mohanty IND 7
2 Shweta Priyadarshini IND 7
3 Shiny Das IND 6½

13 Boys
1 Ghosh Diptayan IND 8½
2 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr IND 7½
3 Sidhant Mohapatra IND 6½

15 Girls
1 Madhurima Shekhar IND 8
2 Nandhidhaa Pv IND 7½
3 Aarudhra Ganesh IND 5½

15 Boys
1 Girish A Koushik IND 7½
2 Gandhi Anish IND 7
3 Satkar Chirag IND 6½                  Official Website:http://www.chessdom.com/