Western Asian Youth Chess Championships : India overall champions

The Indian team garnered four gold, four silver & three bronze medals to win the overall championship in the Western Asian Youth Chess Championships which concluded in Maldives. Kazakhstan finished as first runner up and Uzbekistan finished third.

Gold Medal Winners for India : Hanya Shah Under-10 Girls; Safin Safarullakhan Under-8 Open; Goutham Krishna H Under-12 Open & Sahib Singh Under-14 Open

Silver Medal Winners : Modipalli Deekshitha Under-10 Girls; Shubhi Gupta Under-12 Girls; Keerti Shree Reddy Under-18 Girls & Reyaansh Venkat Under-8 Open.

Bronze Medal Winners : Boramanikar Tanisha S Under-16 Girls; Rindhiya V Under-18 Girls & Harshad S

In the Rapid & Blitz categories, which not counted for overall championship, the following players made the country proud by winning medals

Rapid :-

Gold : Safin Safarullakhan Under-8 Open, Goutham Krishna H Under-12 Open, Sahib Singh Under-14 Open, Harshad S Under-18 Open & Bhagyashree Patil Under-18 Girls.

Silver : Reyaansh Venkat Under-8 Open, Shubhi Gupta Under-12 Girls, Pragnya H G Under-14 Girls & Rindhiya V Under-18 Girls

Bronze : Hanya Shah Under-10 Girls & Keerti Shree Reddy Under-18 Girls

Blitz :-

Gold : Safin Safarullakhan Under-8 Open, Sahib Singh Under-14 Open, Harshad S Under-18 Open & Bhagyashree Patil Under-18 Girls

Silver : Hanya Shah Under-10 Girls & Shubhi Gupta Under-12 Girls.

Bronze : Pragnya H G Under-14 Girls

Safin Safarullakhan in Under-8 Open and Sahib Singh in Under-14 Open made a clean sweep by winning Gold in all three formats.

A big congratulations to all the medal winners and participants. We are proud of you!!