Woman International Master (WIM) Rakshitta Ravi won gold in the Girls U16 category while Grandmaster (GM) D.Gukesh (U14) and GM Nihal Sarin bagged the top honours in the open category. Unseeded Mrinmoy Rajkhowa pocketed a bronze medal in the U-10 Open group.
Three Indian players — one girl and two boys — won gold and another boy clinched the bronze medal at the recently concluded FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championships.
Woman International Master (WIM) Rakshitta Ravi won gold in the Girls U16 category while Grandmaster (GM) D.Gukesh (U14) and GM Nihal Sarin bagged the top honours in the open category. Unseeded Mrinmoy Rajkhowa pocketed a bronze medal in the U-10 Open group.
Nihal and Rakshitta won convincingly 1.5-0.5 over Armenian GM Sargsyan Shant and Chinese WIM Song Yuxin, respectively. After playing out a first-round draw in the summit clash, both Nihal and Rakshitta won in the second essay.
The young Gukesh registered a thrilling triumph in an Armageddon decider against Russian IM Murzin Volodar. Both Gukesh and his Russian rival Volodar failed to utilize their opening advantage with the white pieces to play out a draw each in the two regular rounds. In the armageddon match, Gukesh registered a 62-move triumph to claim the third yellow metal for the Country.
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