Indian boys won the gold medals in the Under-7, 9 and 15 divisions while Iran won Under 11 and 13 divisions, and Mongolia won the Under-17 age group in the Asian Schools Chess Championships held over the weekend of 29-31 July on Tornelo. Visit chess-results.com for round by round standings and to download games. See story of team results. See story of Girls Championships.
Here is Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Tally of Girls and Boys events combined for all 12 events U-7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17.
In a portent of the future, six Indian boys finished in the top 6 places in the youngest Under-7 age group. Chauhan Avirat (above left) scored 8 points for the gold medal, conceding only one loss to compatriot Upadhyaya Advik who finished in a tie with Bathula Aarush (above center) and Ramakrishnan Rahul (above right) at 7.5 points each. Aarush won silver and Advik the bronze by tie break.
In the Under-9 division, Saxena Apaar of India (above left) scored 8 points from 7 wins and 2 draws to finish alone in first place for the gold. Chen Jun-Wei (above center) of Chinese Taipei and Ganguly Aryaman (above right) of India tied with 7.5 points each for silver and bronze, respectively, by tie break.
Sina Movahed of Iran (above left) also scored 8 points for gold in the Under-11 division followed by compatriot Armin Gholami (above center) with 7.5 points for silver. Four players tied with 7 points each. Krishna Goutham (above right) of India won the bronze by tie break over Steven Tan of Indonesia, Rajkhowa Mrinmov of India dn Rustam Borzov of Kazakhstan.
Hossein Mohammadi Akbarabadi of Iran (above left) scored 8 points to win gold in the Under-13 division followed by Singh Sahib of India (above right) for silver and Bakhrom Bakhrillaev of Uzbekistan for bronze in a tied with 7.5 points each.
International Master M. Prahesh of India (above left) and teammate Shubh Kapur (above center) scored 8 points each in the Under-15 division. Pranesh won gold by tie break over Shubh. Compatriot FIDE Master S. Harshad (above right) scored 7.5 points for the bronze.
Candidate Master Nyamsuren of Mongolia won gold in the Under-17 division after winning the tie break in 3-way tie at 7.5 points each. Alireza Bosagh Zadeh of Iran (above left) won silver and Kamotra Soham of India (above right) won the bronze.
Awards ceremonies will be held on Saturday, 7th August for individual and team awards.