List of players from India for the Asian Youth Chess Championship to be held at New Delhi from 01st to 09th August, 2009

Following are the players selected for the Asian Youth Chess Championship to be held at Delhi - 2009. All Players are requested to confirm their participation before 30th June, 2009 to All India Chess Federation with a copy to the Organizers at New Delhi.

Those not interested in taking part in the championship are also requested to inform AICF immediately

Category - I - Seeded Players :

Last year Asian Medal winners ( if beyond age, players are entitled to play in one category higher )

For the following players AICF will take care of all the expenses.  However, they shall spend for their travel from home town to Delhi and back.

1. Tejaswini Sagar - Girls Under – 08 Silver
2. Y.Grahesh - boys Under - 08 bronze
3. Diptayan Ghosh - Boys under – 10 Gold
4. M.Mahalakshmi - Girls Under – 10 Gold
5. Ivana Furtado - Girls Under – 10 Silver
6. G.K.Monnisha - Girls Under – 10 Bronze
7. Sidhant Mohapatra - Boys Under – 10 Bronze
8. Girish A Koushik - Boys Under – 12 Gold
9. Sonakshi Rathore - Girls Under – 12 Silver
10. Shardul Gagare - Boys under – 12 Bronze
11. Bodda Pratyusha - Girls Under – 12 Bronze
12. Prasanna Rao - Boys under – 14 Gold
13. Vidit Santosh Gujarathi - Boys under – 14 Silver
14. Ankit Rajpara - Boys Under – 14 Bronze
15. Priyanka Kumari - Girls Under – 14 Bronze
16. Bhakthi Kulkarni - Girls Under – 16 Bronze
17. P.Uthra - Girls Under – 18 Gold
18. Debashis Das - Boys under – 18 Bronze

Category – II –National Champions :

(if National champion is seeded then the next in line is considered as normal entry). 

For the following players AICF will take care of all the expenses.  However, they shall spend for their travel from home town to Delhi and back.

1. Harshal Shahi - Delhi Under – 9 Boys
2. Meghna.CH. - Kerala Under – 9 Girls
3. Vaibhav Suri - Delhi Under – 11 Boys - 2nd place
4. Srija Seshadri - Tamilnadu Under – 11 Girls
5. G.V.Saikrishna - Andhra Pradesh Under – 13 boys
6. Saranya.J - Tamilnadu Under – 13 Girls
7. Udeshi Aditya - Maharashtra Under – 15 boys
8. Bharathi.R. - Tamilnadu Under – 15 girls
9. Shyam Nikhil.P. - Tamilnadu Under – 17 boys
10. Pon.N.Krithika - Tamilnadu Under – 17 Girls

Category III – Host Entry

Normal Entry fee and Boarding & Lodging will be borne by the players themselves

1. Jeet Jain - Gujarath - Under – 9 boys
2. Shiny das - Tripura - Under – 9 girls
3. Cyrus Periara - Goa - Under – 11 boys
4. Sweety Patel - Gujarath - Under – 11 Girls
5. Uttkal Ranjan Sahoo - Orissa - Under – 13Boys
6. Nandhidhaa.P.V. - Tamilnadu - under – 13 Girls
7. Priyadharshan.K. - Tamilnadu - Under – 15 Boys
8. Pujari Rucha - Maharashtra - Under – 15 Girls
9. Jain Shreyansh Daklia - Chatt - Under – 17 boys
10. Manasa.K. - Karnataka - Under – 17 Girls

Category - IV – Donor Entry

As per rules all Under – 8 Players will be considered as donor entries only. Each country is allowed only two donor entries (As host Country we will try for the third entry ( Donor ) in under - 8 section) . Further, Bronze Medalist in other age group Nationals and 04th / 05th / 06th Positions ( in case 1, 2 & 3 come under category I & II ) in the Nationals are extended invitation to participate. However these players identified below will have to pay donor entry fee and take care of boarding & lodging themselves.  They shall also spend for their travel from home town to Delhi and back.

1. Prameya Garge - Maharashtra - Under – 7 Boys Gold
2. Khushi dharewa - West Bengal - Under – 7 Girls Gold
3. Mitrabha Guh - West Bengal - Under – 7 boys Silver
4. Nithya P - Andhra Pradesh - Under – 7 Girls Silver
5. Sankalp Baliar Singh- Orissa - Under – 7 Boys Bronze ( Subject to Approval from the Asian Chess Federation )
6. Arpita Mukherjee- West Bengal - Under – 7 Girls Bronze ( Subject to Approval from the Asian Chess Federation )

7. Hetul Shah - Gujarath - Under – 9 Boys Bronze
8 Jerome Jorege Ebenezer - Tamilnadu - Under – 9 boys 4th
9. Hilmi Pravee n - Kerala - under – 9 girls 4th
10. K.Niveditha - Tamilnadu - Under – 9 girls 5th
11 G.Yogesh - Tamilnadu - under – 11 boys 5th
12. Mohaptara Sidhant - Orissa - Under – 11 boys 6th
13. Lasya.G. - Andhra Pradesh - under – 11 girls Bronze
14. Megha Gupta - Gujrath - under – 11 girls 4th
15. Nihal Manjunath - Karnataka - Under – 13 boys Bronze
16. Shiven Khosla - Maharashtra - Under – 13 boys 4th
17. Anjana Krishna.S. - Kerala - under – 13 Girls Bronze
18. Vanessa D’Souza - Karnataka - Under – 13 Girls 5th
19. Deepthamesh Reddy - Andhra Pradesh - Under – 15 Boys 5th
20. Rakesh Kulkarni - Maharashtra - Under – 15 boys 6th
21. Gagare Shalmali - Maharashtra - Under - 15 Girls Bronze
22. Pallabi roy - West Bengal - Under – 15 Girls 4th
23. Pradeep Kumar R.A. - Tamilnadu - under – 17 Boys 4th
24. Satyajit Kundu - Westebangal - Under – 17 Boys 5th
25. Shikha Shah - Gujarath - Under – 17 Girls 5th
26. Sathya Priya S.V. - Tamilnadu - Under – 17 Girls 8th

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