The Western Asian Youth and Junior Chess Championship commenced at the Hotel Tivoli Grand Resort in New Delhi yesterday. A total number of 377 players from ten Asian Zone 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.7 federations (9 West Asian countries) are participating in this prestigious event, which has 16 different age categories and played under Standard, Rapid and Blitz format. In the Rapid leg, which concluded yesterday, India bagged 15 out of the 16 gold medals.
Mr. Berik Balgabaev, Advisor to the FIDE President inaugurated the championship in presence of Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Dy President Asian Chess Federation; Mr. Husan Turdialiev, President Asian Zone 3.4; Mr. Khurshed Vatanov, FIDE Delegate Tajikistan Federation, Mr. Naresh Sharma, Joint Secretary All India Chess Federation, Mr. R Hanumantha, Secretary United Karnataka Chess Association and Mr. AK Verma, Secretary Delhi Chess Association. During the ceremony Mr. Balgabaev conveyed the good wishes message of FIDE President Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich to all the participants and officials.
In the opening day, Rapid events were held and as expected the host India dominated the medal tally by winning 43 medals, which include 15 gold. Uzbekistan Gold in Under-18 Open category while Tajikistan and Bangladesh secure silver each. Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka also found place in the medal tally by winning bronze medals.
Under-6 Open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 14 | Nijesh R | IND | 0 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 5 | 27,5 | 30,0 | 23,00 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Havish Kovidh Tadavarthy | IND | 0 | 5,5 | 1,0 | 5 | 24,0 | 24,5 | 17,00 | |||
| 3 | 10 | Joshi Aditya Shripad | IND | 0 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 5 | 26,5 | 29,0 | 20,75 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Mudil Dharewa | IND | 1039 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 21,0 | 21,5 | 13,00 | 0,12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma | IND | 1084 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 27,0 | 12,50 | 0,00 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Hridhaan Chawla | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 11,50 | |||
| 7 | 11 | Krishnav Mrinmoy Hazarika | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 23,5 | 26,0 | 12,50 | |||
| 8 | 12 | Mithilesh P | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 28,5 | 32,0 | 17,00 | |||
| 9 | 7 | Darshil Krunal Sutariya | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 20,0 | 22,0 | 9,50 | |||
| 10 | 1 | Kakavand Ramtin | IRI | 1109 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 21,5 | 23,5 | 11,00 | 0,40 |
Under-6 Girls
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 2 | Diya Digamber Sawal | w | IND | 0 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 7 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 27,50 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Rammadugu Geethika Sri | w | IND | 0 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 6 | 26,0 | 27,5 | 20,50 | ||
| 3 | 11 | Srijita Das | w | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 26,5 | 27,0 | 14,00 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Pal Vedika | w | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 27,0 | 9,00 | ||
| 5 | 10 | Sharabidinova Aliia | w | KGZ | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 23,0 | 23,5 | 8,00 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Samhita Pungavanam | w | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 22,0 | 22,5 | 8,00 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Khayalvizhi Kamesh | w | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 28,0 | 30,5 | 13,50 | ||
| 8 | 13 | Yati Agarwal | w | IND | 0 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 8,00 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Saanvi Aggarwal | w | IND | 0 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 24,5 | 26,0 | 6,50 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Srinika S | w | IND | 0 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 19,0 | 20,5 | 6,50 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Loganethra Mani R | w | IND | 0 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 16,5 | 17,0 | 4,00 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Arisha Hossain Tuba | w | BAN | 1331 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 1 | 20,0 | 20,5 | 2,00 | 0,00 | |
| 13 | 5 | Nihhirra Chamoli | w | IND | 0 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 21,5 | 23,0 | 2,00 |
Under-8 Open
In under-8 open Ethan Vaz clinched clear first with 6.5/7 points | Photo: Amit Sharma
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 4 | Vaz Ethan | IND | 1251 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 6 | 28,0 | 31,0 | 28,75 | 1,96 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Rosh Jain | IND | 1176 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 6 | 28,0 | 31,0 | 24,50 | 2,06 | ||
| 3 | 17 | Aaryaveer Agarwal | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,5 | 29,0 | 19,00 | |||
| 4 | 16 | Nimay Agrawal | IND | 1025 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 17,75 | 3,17 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Alybakov Nail | KGZ | 1188 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 18,25 | -0,14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Ishaan Singh Khanuja | IND | 1285 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 28,0 | 31,0 | 16,50 | 0,06 | ||
| 7 | 11 | Yuvanesh A | IND | 1137 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 27,0 | 11,00 | -0,35 | ||
| 8 | 9 | Verma Vivaan | IND | 1160 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 12,50 | -0,67 | ||
| 9 | 13 | Rishabh Kumar | IND | 1098 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 23,0 | 25,0 | 10,50 | -0,59 | ||
| 10 | 19 | Amartya Kumar | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 21,0 | 21,5 | 8,00 |
Under-8 Girls
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 5 | Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi | w | IND | 1096 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 6 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 25,75 | 2,07 | |
| 2 | 1 | Warsia Khusbu | w | BAN | 1237 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 6 | 27,0 | 31,0 | 24,50 | 0,15 | |
| 3 | 4 | Aggarwal Tashna | w | IND | 1110 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 21,0 | 23,0 | 15,00 | 0,74 | |
| 4 | 22 | Vishaleni U | w | SRI | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 17,25 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Aadhya Jain | w | IND | 1018 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 29,5 | 31,5 | 14,00 | -0,98 | |
| 6 | 8 | Prishita Gupta | w | IND | 1016 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 28,5 | 30,5 | 13,00 | 0,19 | |
| 7 | 21 | Vachi Aggarwal | w | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 16,00 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Arhashirsha Biswas | w | IND | 1167 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 13,00 | -1,00 | |
| 9 | 17 | Samaira Jain | w | IND | 0 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,5 | 27,5 | 15,00 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar | w | IND | 1024 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 20,5 | 22,5 | 10,50 | -0,51 |
Under-10 Open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 5 | Daaevik Wadhawan | IND | 1562 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 29,5 | 29,5 | 24,25 | 0,87 | ||
| 2 | 31 | Wanjari Krupal | IND | 1075 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 5 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 21,00 | 4,30 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Daakshin Arun | IND | 1441 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 16,50 | 0,36 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Aakash G | IND | 1655 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,0 | 26,5 | 19,00 | -0,76 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Arshpreet Singh | IND | 1478 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 21,00 | 1,43 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Md Imran | IND | 1666 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 21,00 | -0,33 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Mayank Chakraborty | IND | 1613 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 29,0 | 18,00 | -0,24 | ||
| 8 | 16 | Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam | IND | 1304 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 23,0 | 25,5 | 16,25 | 1,96 | ||
| 9 | 28 | Agarwal Mukund H | IND | 1124 | 4,5 | 0,5 | 4 | 22,5 | 25,5 | 15,75 | 2,91 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Sparsh Bisht | IND | 1431 | 4,5 | 0,5 | 3 | 23,5 | 26,0 | 15,25 | -0,79 |
Under-10 Girls
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 4 | Sachi Jain | w | IND | 1282 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 6 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 28,25 | 1,90 | |
| 2 | 7 | Panchal Hiya | w | IND | 1175 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 6 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 26,00 | 2,95 | |
| 3 | 11 | Kukreja Suguna | w | IND | 1148 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 16,50 | 0,96 | |
| 4 | 2 | Sani Deshpande | w | IND | 1404 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 14,50 | -1,02 | |
| 5 | 3 | Srishanthi G | w | IND | 1289 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,0 | 26,5 | 12,50 | -0,38 | |
| 6 | 18 | Arshiya Das | w | IND | 1058 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 29,5 | 32,0 | 14,50 | 1,83 | |
| 7 | 8 | Imomkuzieva Nilufarkhon | w | UZB | 1174 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 21,5 | 23,0 | 11,00 | -0,01 | |
| 8 | 1 | Palak Mohapatra | w | IND | 1406 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 19,5 | 21,0 | 11,00 | -1,63 | |
| 9 | 21 | Sherali Pattnaik | w | IND | 1024 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 23,0 | 25,0 | 12,00 | 1,26 | |
| 10 | 9 | Aanya Agrawal | w | IND | 1155 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 21,0 | 23,5 | 11,50 | 0,22 |
Under-12 Open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 8 | Bagwe Gaurang | IND | 1473 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 6 | 25,0 | 27,0 | 24,25 | 2,39 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Sahib Singh | IND | 1698 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 5 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 23,75 | 0,16 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | IND | 1695 | 5,0 | 1,0 | 5 | 29,5 | 33,0 | 21,00 | -0,80 | |||
| 4 | 19 | Md Bashiq Imrose | IND | 1176 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 25,5 | 27,5 | 17,00 | 3,38 | |||
| 5 | 9 | Swayham P Das | IND | 1403 | 4,5 | 0,5 | 4 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 15,75 | 0,59 | |||
| 6 | 18 | Mrithyunjay Mahadevan | IND | 1215 | 4,5 | 0,5 | 4 | 24,5 | 25,5 | 12,75 | 1,90 | |||
| 7 | 21 | Pavan Anand S | IND | 1130 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 13,50 | 2,49 | |||
| 8 | 15 | Prathamesh Santosh Gawade | IND | 1310 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 11,00 | 0,25 | |||
| 9 | 11 | Adalja Vanssh A | IND | 1355 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 23,5 | 24,0 | 9,50 | -0,19 | |||
| 10 | 4 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | BAN | 1645 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 14,25 | -1,72 |
Under-12 Girls
Tejaswini G emerged victorious in the under-12 girls section scoring an unbeaten 6.0/7 | Photo: Amit Sharma
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 3 | Tejaswini G | w | IND | 1462 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 23,50 | 1,00 | |
| 2 | 2 | Ratnapriya K | w | IND | 1591 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 5 | 27,5 | 31,5 | 23,00 | -0,18 | |
| 3 | 4 | Cera Dagaria | w | IND | 1457 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 5 | 25,5 | 29,0 | 22,00 | 0,19 | |
| 4 | 27 | Rout Yashita | w | IND | 1077 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 29,0 | 31,5 | 20,50 | 3,81 | |
| 5 | 11 | Dolisiyas Dash | w | IND | 1366 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 15,50 | 0,31 | |
| 6 | 5 | Vakcheri Mohitha | w | IND | 1409 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 20,5 | 20,5 | 12,50 | -0,20 | |
| 7 | 12 | Sai Mahati A | w | IND | 1346 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 12,50 | -0,05 | |
| 8 | 6 | Mythri Maddisetty | w | IND | 1401 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 28,0 | 14,50 | -0,54 | |
| 9 | 14 | Tejasvee Naresh Singh | w | IND | 1245 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 23,5 | 25,5 | 11,50 | 0,61 | |
| 10 | 16 | WCM | Pallie Ehsha Mishela | w | SRI | 1218 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 22,5 | 24,5 | 9,50 | 0,93 |
Under-14 Open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 5 | Abinandhan R | IND | 1718 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 23,00 | 1,41 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Aditya Varun Gampa | IND | 1426 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 30,0 | 20,50 | 3,84 | ||
| 3 | 3 | CM | Nikhil Magizhnan | IND | 1855 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,5 | 27,5 | 17,25 | -0,47 | |
| 4 | 15 | Devesh Anand Naik | IND | 1426 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 17,25 | 2,52 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Jain Kashish Manoj | IND | 1559 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 16,00 | 0,90 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Ayush Sharma | IND | 1959 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 22,5 | 24,5 | 11,00 | -2,44 | ||
| 7 | 18 | Gokhale Rishabh Chandrashekhar | IND | 1408 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 20,0 | 22,5 | 12,50 | 1,55 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Bhavesh Mahajan | IND | 2004 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 28,0 | 30,5 | 15,00 | -2,14 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Sharipov Davron | UZB | 1627 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 21,5 | 23,5 | 11,75 | -1,12 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Srikrishnan P | IND | 1521 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 19,5 | 22,0 | 11,75 | 0,83 |
Under-14 Girls
Shivika Rohilla scored 6.0/7 and became the champion | Photo: Amit Sharma
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 13 | Shivika Rohilla | w | IND | 1363 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 6 | 24,0 | 26,0 | 20,50 | 2,16 | ||
| 2 | 23 | Abrorova Sabrina | w | TJK | 1222 | 5,5 | 1,0 | 5 | 28,5 | 32,0 | 23,75 | 4,01 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Velpula Sarayu | w | IND | 1511 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 5 | 30,0 | 34,5 | 26,50 | 1,13 | ||
| 4 | 9 | Femil Chelladurai | w | IND | 1430 | 5,0 | 2,0 | 4 | 27,0 | 29,5 | 20,75 | 1,73 | ||
| 5 | 17 | Stuti Aishwary | w | IND | 1305 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 17,00 | 1,34 | ||
| 6 | 12 | Mahi Amit Doshi | w | IND | 1364 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,0 | 26,5 | 17,00 | 1,90 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Bhagyashree Patil | w | IND | 1725 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 29,5 | 33,0 | 19,75 | -1,57 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Shrija K M | w | IND | 1511 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 18,25 | -0,56 | ||
| 9 | 10 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | w | IND | 1419 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,5 | 26,0 | 13,75 | 0,85 | ||
| 10 | 24 | Tina C | w | IND | 1205 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 22,0 | 24,0 | 12,75 | 2,52 |
Under-16 Open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 12 | Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki | IND | 1467 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 5 | 26,0 | 28,0 | 20,25 | 2,57 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Mohamed Anees M | IND | 1567 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 5 | 23,0 | 25,5 | 18,75 | 1,51 | |||
| 3 | 2 | FM | Abdilkhair Abilmansur | KAZ | 1986 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 27,5 | 30,0 | 19,50 | -1,31 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Esshan Wadhawan | IND | 1808 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 23,5 | 26,5 | 17,50 | -0,22 | |||
| 5 | 5 | FM | Ajay Karthikeyan | IND | 1760 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 28,0 | 19,25 | 0,68 | ||
| 6 | 13 | Atri Chattopadhyay | IND | 1456 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,0 | 24,5 | 10,00 | 1,71 | |||
| 7 | 9 | FM | Nanayakkara J A K Saranath | SRI | 1562 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 24,0 | 26,0 | 12,00 | 0,37 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Soham Kamotra | IND | 2148 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 23,5 | 26,5 | 13,25 | -2,47 | |||
| 9 | 7 | Antony Jesumarian Leslie | IND | 1590 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 21,5 | 22,0 | 9,50 | 0,14 | |||
| 10 | 15 | Shejal Sahil Sanjay | IND | 1411 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 2 | 24,0 | 26,5 | 11,00 | 0,78 |
Under-16 Girls
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 3 | WCM | Bristy Mukherjee | w | IND | 1569 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 24,75 | 1,52 |
| 2 | 9 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | w | IND | 1424 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,5 | 26,0 | 18,00 | 1,64 |
| 3 | 8 | Dahampriya H K T Dewnethmie | w | SRI | 1448 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 25,0 | 26,5 | 17,00 | 0,89 | |
| 4 | 7 | Mishra Riya | w | IND | 1479 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 22,0 | 24,5 | 15,50 | 0,66 | |
| 5 | 6 | Shreetu Bhavikbhai Nandi | w | IND | 1480 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 21,50 | 1,02 | |
| 6 | 5 | WCM | Arushi Kotwal | w | IND | 1486 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 14,00 | 0,04 |
| 7 | 1 | Ahmed Walijah | w | BAN | 1744 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 29,0 | 14,50 | -1,80 | |
| 8 | 2 | Sahoo Ankita | w | IND | 1623 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,0 | 27,5 | 14,50 | -0,97 | |
| 9 | 10 | Epa W Buthmi J | w | SRI | 1377 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 22,0 | 22,5 | 9,50 | 0,04 | |
| 10 | 16 | Shreya Shree Bansal | w | IND | 1206 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 20,5 | 22,0 | 8,00 | 1,58 |
Under-18 Open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 3 | FM | Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali | UZB | 1933 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,5 | 27,5 | 20,50 | 0,72 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Srijit Paul | IND | 1924 | 5,0 | 0,5 | 3 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 20,50 | 0,39 | |||
| 3 | 15 | Arjun Gupta | IND | 1644 | 5,0 | 0,5 | 3 | 25,5 | 28,5 | 20,00 | 2,73 | |||
| 4 | 7 | FM | Thilakarathne G M H | SRI | 1868 | 4,5 | 1,0 | 4 | 27,0 | 29,5 | 16,50 | 0,06 | ||
| 5 | 9 | FM | Vatsal Singhania | IND | 1763 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 17,50 | 1,05 | ||
| 6 | 14 | Vaibhav Jayant Raut | IND | 1657 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 24,0 | 24,5 | 10,75 | 1,43 | |||
| 7 | 13 | Gaurav Rajesh Zagade | IND | 1675 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 23,5 | 25,5 | 12,50 | 1,49 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Dubey Sanchay | IND | 1908 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 22,0 | 24,0 | 11,50 | -1,32 | |||
| 9 | 1 | Harisurya Bharadwaj Gundepudi | IND | 2043 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 16,0 | 16,5 | 7,00 | -2,01 | |||
| 10 | 2 | Sibi Visal R | IND | 2005 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 2 | 21,5 | 23,5 | 13,25 | -0,76 |
Under-18 Girls
Priyanka K | Photo: Amit Sharma
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 3 | Priyanka K | w | IND | 1778 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 6 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 26,25 | 1,60 | |
| 2 | 5 | WCM | Jyothsna L | w | IND | 1749 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,5 | 27,0 | 19,75 | 1,32 |
| 3 | 1 | Pandey Srishti | w | IND | 1988 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 25,0 | 28,0 | 18,00 | -1,31 | |
| 4 | 8 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | w | IND | 1582 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 28,0 | 30,0 | 16,25 | 1,58 | |
| 5 | 2 | Toshali V | w | IND | 1815 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,5 | 27,0 | 14,75 | -1,08 | |
| 6 | 16 | Rindhiya V | w | IND | 1424 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 27,5 | 29,5 | 13,50 | 2,56 | |
| 7 | 9 | WCM | Mrudul Dehankar | w | IND | 1578 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,0 | 27,5 | 12,00 | 0,41 |
| 8 | 7 | Khusainova Ozoda | w | UZB | 1606 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 19,5 | 21,0 | 7,50 | -0,45 | |
| 9 | 4 | Shriya R Revankar | w | IND | 1751 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 3 | 18,5 | 20,5 | 10,50 | -1,66 | |
| 10 | 6 | WFM | Sanskriti Goyal | w | IND | 1636 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 3 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 11,25 | -0,79 |
Under-20 Open
Top seed Sankalp Gupta became the champion in the under-20 open section scoring 6.0/7 points | Photo: Amit Sharma
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 1 | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2246 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 24,5 | 27,5 | 23,25 | 0,92 | |||
| 2 | 10 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | IND | 2027 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 5 | 23,5 | 24,0 | 16,75 | 0,00 | ||
| 3 | 7 | FM | Anuj Shrivatri | IND | 2064 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 4 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 23,00 | 1,57 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Aradhya Garg | IND | 2022 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 22,0 | 24,0 | 16,25 | -0,33 | |||
| 5 | 2 | FM | Abdisalimov Abdimalik | UZB | 2223 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,0 | 28,5 | 15,25 | -0,95 | ||
| 6 | 12 | Pattnayak Nilsu | IND | 1993 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,0 | 26,5 | 13,50 | 0,35 | |||
| 7 | 14 | FM | Rajdeep Sarkar | IND | 1970 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,5 | 28,5 | 16,75 | 0,75 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Raahul V S | IND | 2189 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 15,50 | -0,86 | |||
| 9 | 27 | FM | De Silva L M S T | SRI | 1635 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 23,0 | 25,0 | 15,75 | 2,58 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | IND | 2061 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 27,5 | 30,0 | 18,00 | 0,09 |
Under-20 Girls
Aakanksha Hagawane pulled off a stunning performance by scoring an astounding 7.0/7 and finishing two points ahead of the rest of the field | Photo: Amit Sharma
12-year-old Savitha Shri B also competed in the under-20 girls event and finished third with an impressive 5.0/7 points | Photo: Amit Sharma
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 3 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | w | IND | 1822 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 7 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 28,00 | 2,41 |
| 2 | 1 | Bakshi Rutuja | w | IND | 1932 | 5,0 | 1,0 | 5 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 20,00 | -0,41 | |
| 3 | 12 | WFM | Savitha Shri B | w | IND | 1639 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 5 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 17,00 | 2,60 |
| 4 | 7 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | w | IND | 1712 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 13,25 | 0,69 |
| 5 | 6 | WIM | Vantika Agrawal | w | IND | 1727 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 4 | 19,5 | 20,0 | 11,00 | 0,10 |
| 6 | 9 | Shah Vishwa | w | IND | 1662 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 11,50 | 0,90 | |
| 7 | 5 | WCM | Sultanbek Zeinep | w | KAZ | 1771 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 26,5 | 27,0 | 10,00 | -0,26 |
| 8 | 4 | WFM | Jain Nityata | w | IND | 1803 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 4 | 21,5 | 24,0 | 12,50 | -0,90 |
| 9 | 15 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | w | IND | 1552 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 25,0 | 27,0 | 11,25 | 0,96 |
| 10 | 10 | WFM | Potluri Supreetha | w | IND | 1656 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 3 | 23,5 | 24,0 | 8,75 | -0,26 |
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MEDAL TALLY |
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|
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTAL |
|
|
INDIA |
15 |
14 |
14 |
43 |
|
UZBEKISTAN |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
BANGLADESH |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
TAJIKISTAN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
KAZAKHSTAN |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SRI LANKA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
KYRGYZSTAN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
UAE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
NEPAL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
IRAN |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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