 India had a remarkable performance at the Asian Schools Chess Championship 2009 held 16th to 23rd December at the Ceylon Continental Hotel in Colombo. Sri Lanka won two Gold medals in the under 13 and 15 Girls, Iran won the under 7 Girls while all other medals were won by the 13 member Indian team.
The tournament was organized in a grand scale by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE, at this nice venue giving the highest 5-star standard of facilities to the young participating players from Iran, India, Malaysia, Australia and Yemen.
Go to chess-results.com for final standings. Photos of top three placers are below. The winners are:
Under 7 Girls
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Babazadeh Shadan
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IRI
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2
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Askey Roshell Nathasha
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SRI
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3
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Karunarathne L.A.N.Y.
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SRI
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Under 7 Open
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Saaketh P. V. R.
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IND
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2
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Lorensuhewa Chamath Pramodya
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SRI
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3
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Thilakarathna G.M.H.
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SRI
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Under 9Girls
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Savant Riya
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IND
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2
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Nadya Ahmed Salah
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YEM
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3
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Maddumage M.M.Gimhani
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SRI
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Under 9 Open
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Grahesh Y
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IND
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2
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Aryan Chopra
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IND
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3
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Fendereski Nima
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IRI
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Under 11Girls
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Sunyasakta Satpathy
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IND
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2
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Manjula R
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IND
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3
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Kahanda I.D.S.
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SRI
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Under 11 Open
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Sai Agni Jeevitesh J
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IND
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2
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Vojdani Siavosh
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IRI
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3
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Sriram S
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IND
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Under 13 Girls
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Chandrasiri S A K
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SRI
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2
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Muhandiram R M M U
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SRI
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3
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Samadini Pinto
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SRI
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3
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Sathya S. Pramodhi
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SRI
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Under 13 Open
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Yogit S
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IND
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2
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Premachandra G T D
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SRI
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3
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Munasinghe Dgsd
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SRI
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Under 15 Girls
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Selvaratnam Navodya
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SRI
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2
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Anjana Krishna S
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IND
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3
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Abeywardena N T
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SRI
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Under 15 Open
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Rk.
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Name
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FED
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1
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Patil Pratik
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IND
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2
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Perera W C C
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SRI
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3.
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Lahiru Munasinghe
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SRI
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Sri Lanka Chess Federation President Dr. Rajitha Senaratne (seated center), Minister of Construction and Engineering, visited the tournament at the Ceylon Continental Hotel. Arbiters are, seated from left: IA Erosh Jayasinghe, Mohd. Al Rais (UAE), Chief Arbiter Casto Abundo, Deputy President of the Asian Chess Federation, Luxman Wijesuriya, Hon. Secretary of the Sri Lanka Chess Federation, IA Thiwanka Tissera and R. Srivatsan (IND). Standing are, from left: Shelton Wijesuriya, Sanjaya Chandrara, Gihan Perera, Mahdipour Reza (IRI), Theuan Rathnayake, Niroshan Perera and J.K.C. Kethalawala. (SRI unless specified).
Top three Boys Under-9
Top three Under-11 boys
Top three Girls Under-13
Top three Boys Under-13
Top three Girls Under-15
Top three in the Boys Under-15.
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