Asian Chess Federation General Secretary Hisham Al Taher of the UAE (left) and HE Zulfiqor Gulahmadzoda, Sport Minister of Tajikistan and Vice President of the National Olympic Committee, award prizes to winners of the Western Asia Youth Blitz Chess Championship Girls Under 8 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. (Photos by Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh)
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Iran emerged top three in the Western Asia Youth Blitz Chess Championship. Kazakhstan children won five gold medals followed by Uzbekistan with three golds and Iran with two golds in the blitz competition. Here is blitz medal tally:
