Indian girls star in Asian Youth chess championship
Indian girls R. Vaishali, Parnali S. Dharia and Chakravarthi Reddy became Asian Youth chess champions in the Under-14, U-18 and U-18 Open categories, respectively, at the Hotel Park Plaza here Thursday.
Apart from three gold medals, India also won five silver and two bronze and clinched the overall trophy.
With ten medals out of the eighteen at stake in the kitty, India once again proved their growing superiority in the age group events.
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Iran won a total of five medals while Vietnam and Kazakhstan finished with a bronze.
In the blitz championship, Vaishali in U-14, M. Mahalakshmi in U-16, Viaskh N.R. in U-16 Open and Michelle Catherina in U-18 girls categories secured gold for India.