Armin Rahmat Pour of Iran and R.P. Kanishri of India won the Asian Juniors and Girls Chess Championships for Players with Disabilities, respectively, held 9-11 July on Tornelo. A total of 22 players from six countries competed in the boys division. Visit chess-results.com for round by round standings and to download games, 
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Rahmat Pour, who is deaf, scored 4.5 points in the 5 round Swiss boys division, beating Dhanesh Gobinath of Malaysia, compatriot Mohammad Sadra ShojaeiNejad, E. Gowthaman of India and Pin Xie Loo of Malaysia, then splitting the point with Max Dave Tellor of the Philippines in the last round.
Loo, Abolfazi Kazemiyan Esko of Iran and Sultan Kozhakhmetov of Kazakhstan followed with 4 points each but after tie break the Malaysian got silver while Kazemihyan won the bronze.
R.P. Kanishri of India scored 5 points out of 6 games. Kanishri beat compatriot S.G. Dhganusya, Sukanna Marufa Azad of Bangladesh, Dariia Kudainazarova of Kyrgyzstan, and Jasmi Nur Fatihah and Yoshni Ramakrishnan both of Malaysia. Kanishri conceded the point to Lim Yee Jin of Malaysia in the penultimate round. The Girls Division was played as a Round Robin among 7 players.
The top three of each group will be given lessons by FIDE Disabled Commission Chairman GM Luther Thomas of Germany.