Indians swept all six girls’ titles as stake and maintained their customary domination by winning 10 out of 12 gold medals at stake in the Asian Youth chess championship at Subic City, in the Philippines on Saturday.
Out of maximum of 36 medals on offer, Indians collected 18, including four silver and as many bronze medals.
Significantly, in the under-12 sections, both open and girls, Indians made a clean sweep.
Indian medal winners:
Open (Under-18): 1. Debashis Das, 2. G.A. Stany (7 points); (Under-16): 3 Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (6); (Under-14): 1 Girish Koushik 7.5; (Under-12): 2. Aravindh Chithambaram 7.5; (Under-10): 1. Sankalp Baliarshingh, 2. Mitrabha Guha, 3. Rakesh Kumar Jena (6.5 each); (Under-8): 1 L.N. Ram Aravind 9.
Girls (Under-18): 1. Rucha Pujari 7.5; (Under-16): 1 P.V. Nandhidhaa 7.5; (Under-14): 1 G.K. Monnisha 7.5; 3. M. Mahalakshmi 6.5; (Under-12): 1 Ivana Furtado 7; (Under-10): 1. Bidhar Rutumbara, 2. Tarini Goyal, 3. Bansi Prathima 7.5; (Under-8): 1. C. Lakshmi 8.
