Srinath becomes new Asian junior chess champion

International Master Srinath ended the Championship at eight points to emerge champion and also earn his maiden Grandmaster norm.

Nikita Khoroshev (7 points) of Uzbekistan finished second while Ayan Akhmetov od Kazakhstan was third on six points in the tournament organised by Uzbekistan Chess Federation.

In the girl's section, another Indian Ivana Maria Furtado won the title with 7.5 points. Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam and Rucha Pujari of India got the silver and bronze respectively. Both were tied on 6.5 points each but the Vietnamese was awarded the silver on the basis of tie-break score.