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Another chess talent comes to fore: Vaibhav Suri wins Asian School
games at Singapore
Nine years old Vaibhav Suri of R.S. Junior Modern School brought
laurels to the All India Chess Federation and Delhi Chess Association by
winning the gold in the Under-9 section of Asian school games concluded in
Singapore a few days back.
Vaibhav, a talented young boy from Delhi, did not start chess at a very
early stage as compared to other children in his age group. It was as late
as January 2006 that he started showing interest in the game. However in
just a matter of 10 months of persistent chess and intensive training, the
boy has started showing very promising results.
Vaibhav's first success came at a Fide rated tournament held in Delhi
around end of July 06,where he was declared the best player in the U-10
category. There after, he came under the coaching expertise of renowned
coach GB Joshi and Prasenjit Dutta, who have been instrumental to take his
game to the present level.
The boy showed remarkable results in the recently concluded U-9 Nationals,
held at Solapur (Maharashtra) where he faced a very strong and experienced
field of players. It was in the presence of reigning World U-10 Champion
and the current U-8 Asian Champion, along with a string of strong players
from down South and Maharashtra, that Vaibhav excelled. He showed his true
grit and strong determination along with his cool temperament to come
Runners up only to Girish Kaushik, the eventual champion. He scored 9 out
of a possible 11 points as compared to Girish, who had 9.5/11.
With the success in the Asian School games with a stupendous 8.5/9 score
much can be expected from Vaibhav in the months to come. The Delhi lad was
also a strong support for the silver medallist Indian team in the same
event.
Vaibhav needs to keep working hard to perfect his game and continue
playing positively to earn more laurels, in times to come. We wish Vaibhav
a great success in the forthcoming tournaments and a bright future on the
chequered board. Well done!
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Published on : 29th Dec, 2006
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