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Indians shine in Asian School Chess Championships
Indians proved their growing superiority in the age group championships as they won 12 Gold, 11 Silver and 9 Bronze out of the 42 at stake in the rapid event of the 8th Asian Schools Chess Championship here today.
A total of 415 players from 11 different countries are participating in this prestigious championship, which have three formats of Rapid, Standard and Blitz events.
Delhi youngsters Ram Gupta, Aradhya Garg and Prathivya Gupta brought cheers to home crowd by winning Gold in Under-17 Open, Under-13 Open and Under-5 Girls categories respectively.
Amongst other Delhi players, Jescia won Silver in Under-7 Girls while Agamjot S Kals secured bronze in Under-15 open.
Indians shine in Asian School Chess Championships | Business Standard
Hyderabad boy clinches Asian schools chess title
A student of Class IV in the Orchids International School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Rithvik scored six points in six rounds in the championship organised by the Asian Chess Federation
R. Raja Rithvik, a Hyderabad boy, has clinched the gold medal in the under-9 Rapid event of the Asian Schools Chess Championship-2012 held at New Delhis Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
Rithvik, who has international rating of 1536, scored over A. Nodirbek of Uzbekistan, rated 1932, in the final round, a press release from the AP State Chess Association informed on Saturday.
A student of Class IV in the Orchids International School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Rithvik scored six points in six rounds in the championship organised by the Asian Chess Federation.
He competed with more than 50 players from 10 countries including India, China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, UAE, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan. He will also participate in the classical chess format of Asian Chess tournament to be held at New Delhi from December 13 to 20. Recently, Raja Rithvik also bagged the silver medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship at Chennai.
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