FM Konstantin Popov and WFM Galina Meekheva won the Western Asia Juniors and Girls Championships 4-12 June 2025 in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka.
Participating were 112 players from 9 countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Nepal, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, host Sri Lanka and Russians playing under neutral FIDE flag.
Popov finished alone at 7.5 points followed by Asman Bayantas of Kazakhstan and Amanmuhammet Hommadov of Turkmenistan with 7 points each for the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
In the girls division, Meekheva finished alone with a dominating 8.5 points followed by WFM Lala Shohradova of Turkmenistan with 7 points for silver medal and Devi Narahari Saranya of India with 6.5 points for bronze.
FM Akbarali Abdukhakimov of Uzbekistan won the blitz while Alisa Genrietta Yunker of Russia won girls’ blitz.
Bangladeshi Zia Tahsin Taiwar won boys rapid while Turkmen Layla Shohradova won the girls rapid.