India dominated the medal race with a combined tally of 34 Gold, 24 Silver and 17 Bronze medals in all three events at the Asian Youth Chess Championships held 25 June to 2 July 2012 in Hikkaduwa in Sri Lanka. India topped the individual medal lists also in all three categories earning 5 Gold, 6 Silver & 7 Bronze in Classical Chess, 5 Gold, 8 Silver & 5 Bronze in Rapid Chess and 6 Gold, 5 Silver & 5 Bronze in Blitz Chess events.
Visit the Asian Chess Federation site for photo albums and related lreports and photo sessions of all delegations, a historical treasure as these children grow and improve.
 Asian Chess Federation Secretary General Hisham Al Taher awarding medals for girls teams.
The Asian Youth Chess Championships were organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka in a very grand scale at Chaaya Tranze Beach Resort with the support of two other Hotels, Hotel Citrus and Hotel Coral Sands. The lovely stay of 8 days with the Sri Lankan Hospitality was a great experience for all those young players attended.
Sri Lanka Chess Federation president Upali Gunasekara awarding trophies and medals to girls individual.
In the total medals of all events including team Championships, Vietnam became second with 15 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze and Iran became third with 9 Gold, 13 Silver and 7 Bronze. Sri Lanka had a total of 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 20 Bronze.
Asian Chess Federation Secretary General Hisham Al Taher makes the ceremonial moves opening the blitz championship assisted by Sri Lanka Chess Federation Secretary Luxman Wijesuriya.
Asian Chess Federation Deputy President Casto Abundo awarding medals to girls blitz.
In the classical event Iran had 4 Gold medals, Vietnam and China 2 gold medals each and Mongolia 1.
Girish Koushik (U-16), R Vaishali (U-12, girls), N Priyanka (U-10, girls), R Praggnanandhaa (U-8) and Sanskruti Wankhade (U-6, girls) won the Gold Medals for India.
Asadi Motahare (U-8,girls), Gholami Aryan (FM) (U-12), Derakhshani Dorsa (WCM) (U-14,
girls) and Lorparizangeneh Shahin (FM) (U-14) won Individual Gold medals in classical Chess for Iran.
Nguyen Anh Khoi (FM) (U-10) and Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (WIM) (U-18, girls) won classical Gold
Medals for Vietnam.
Xiao Yiyi (U-16, girls) and Zhao Zhouqiao Chn (U-18) won Golds for China. Mongolia had 1 Gold medal from Yesuntumur Tugstumur in Under 6 open category. Sri Lanka had only one Bronze Medal by Omaya Tashini Jayathilake in Under 6 Girls.
The medal winners of the main event, the classical Chess event are given below;
Under 6 Girls
|
1
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Wankhade Sanskruti
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India
|
5
|
|
2
|
Galsandorj Enkhchimeg
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Mongolia
|
4
|
|
3
|
Jayathilaka Omaya Tashi
|
Sri Lanka
|
3
|
Under 6 Open
|
1
|
Yesuntumur Tugstumur
|
Mongolia
|
8½
|
|
2
|
Vallabh Kavi
|
India
|
8
|
|
3
|
Solomko Artur
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
6½
|
Under 8 Girls
|
1
|
Asadi Motahare
|
0
|
Iran
|
7
|
|
2
|
Rindhiya V
|
1223
|
India
|
6½
|
|
3
|
Rakshitta Ravi
|
0
|
India
|
6
|
Under 8 Open
|
1
|
Praggnanandhaa R
|
1378
|
India
|
7½
|
|
2
|
Ngo Duc Tri
|
0
|
Vietnam
|
6½
|
|
3
|
Nguyen Huynh Minh Thien
|
0
|
Vietnam
|
6
|
Under 10 Girls
|
1
|
Priyanka N
|
1593
|
India
|
7
|
|
2
|
Lakshmi C (WFM)
|
1445
|
India
|
7
|
|
3
|
Kalantari Sedigheh
|
0
|
Iran
|
6½
|
Under 10 Open
|
1
|
Nguyen Anh Khoi (FM)
|
1913
|
Vietnam
|
7
|
|
2
|
Derakhshani Borna
|
1813
|
Iran
|
6½
|
|
3
|
Rahul Srivatshav P
|
1588
|
India
|
6
|
Under 12 Girls
|
1
|
Vaishali R
|
1915
|
India
|
8½
|
|
2
|
Yang Yijing
|
0
|
China
|
7
|
|
3
|
Sunyuktha C M N
|
1601
|
India
|
6½
|
Under 12 Open
|
1
|
Gholami Aryan (FM)
|
2069
|
Iran
|
7
|
|
2
|
Rakesh Kumar Jena (FM)
|
1885
|
India
|
7
|
|
3
|
Igonin Temur (FM)
|
1917
|
Uzbekistan
|
6½
|
Under 14 Girls
|
1
|
Derakhshani Dorsa (WCM)
|
2004
|
Iran
|
6½
|
|
2
|
Mahalakshmi M (WFM)
|
2049
|
India
|
6
|
|
3
|
Monnisha GK (WFM)
|
1959
|
India
|
6
|
Under 14 Open
|
1
|
Lorparizangeneh Shahin (FM)
|
2195
|
Iran
|
6½
|
|
2
|
Mousavi Seyed Khalil
|
2216
|
Iran
|
6½
|
|
3
|
Karthikeyan Murali
|
2329
|
India
|
6½
|
Under 16 Girls
|
1
|
Xiao Yiyi
|
2137
|
China
|
7
|
|
2
|
Nandhidhaa Pv
|
2176
|
India
|
6½
|
|
3
|
Michelle Catherina P
|
2073
|
India
|
6½
|
Under 16 Open
|
1
|
Girish A Koushik (FM)
|
2337
|
India
|
8
|
|
2
|
Le Tuan Minh (FM)
|
2147
|
Vietnam
|
6
|
|
3
|
Literatus Austin Jacob
|
1978
|
Philippines
|
6
|
Under 18 Girls
|
1
|
Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (WIM)
|
2237
|
Vietnam
|
7
|
|
2
|
Qiu Mengjie
|
1982
|
China
|
7
|
|
3
|
Saranya J (WFM)
|
2091
|
India
|
6½
|
Under 18 Open
|
1
|
Zhao Zhouqiao Chn
|
2159
|
China
|
6½
|
|
2
|
Sodikov Ilyas
|
2218
|
Kazakastan
|
6½
|
|
3
|
Lagula Dominique
|
2044
|
Philippines
|
6
|
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