Asian School Chess Championship @ Kandy, Srilanka

India piled up   Medals
By Mr.P.K.Gupta
 

Four Gold Medals were confirmed before entering in the Final Round. They were Atishay Ajmera in Boys Under 15, Pon N Krithika in Girls Under 15.Bansi Pratima in under 7 Girls. InUnder 9 Boys all the medals were confirmed for Indians & last round was to decide who will get which Medal.

In the last round M Manjunath won to get Silver Medal in Boys U13. Despite winning last round Nishtha Gupta could get only Bronze Medal in Under 11 girls. Cyrus Pereira drew against Iranian player & Both got Joint Gold Medals. In under 9 Boys category Nubairshah & M satvik registered victories & secured Gold & Silver respectively. Ivana Furtado won & confirmed Joint Gold Medal

Out of 11 player Indian Contigent 10 players got the Individual Medals. In all India got 6 Gold 2 Silver& 2 Bronze Individual Medals & 2 Gold in Team events. India got Medals in all the 8 categories where they played whether it was individual or Team. Indian Team was only in Under 15 Girls & Under 9 Boys.

Medal Tally for Individual

Under 15 Boys: Atishay Ajmera- Gold Medal

Under 15 Girls: Pon N Kritika- Gold Medal

Under 13 Boys: N Manjunath- Silver Medal

Under 11 Boys: Cyrus Pereira- Gold[ Joint]

Under 11 Girls : Nishtha Gupta - Bronze

Under 9 Boys: Nubaishah Shaikh- Gold
M Satvik Silver
Gerome Ebnezer Bronze

Under 9 Girls: Ivana Furtado- Gold [ Joint]

Under 7 Girls: Bansi Pratima: Gold

Team Medals:

Under 15 Girl: GOLD - Pon N Krithika & Astha Gupta
Under 9 Boys: Gold -Nubairshah Shaikh & M Satvik.
 

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Published on 09th  Jan, 2008

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