by Marlon Bernardino
MANILA— The 6th Eastern Asia (ASEAN) Youth Chess Championship started on Friday, Nov.5 at the Asia Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand organized by the Thailand Chess Association under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE. In photo are heads of delegations with Sahapol Nakvanich, president of host Thailand Chess Association (fourth from left). Vietnam dominated the Rapid chess medal tally with 6 golds.
The chess tournament drew a participation of close to 200 participants of under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old boys and girls categories from 12 East Asian nations. Visit chess-results.com.
Eight year old Castronuevo (above right), a Grade 3 pupil of Imus Pilot Elementary School in the Philippines, swept all her opponents to score 7 out of 7 and claim the Rapid chess title among under-8 girls. Here are the other medalists.
