India wins 43 medals at Asian Schools Chess Championships 2022
India has won a massive 43 medals including 20 individual (10 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze) medals, 23 team (8 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze) medals at Asian Schools Chess Championships 2022. Sharvaanica A S is the only Indian who has won a Gold medal in all three formats - Classical, Rapid and Blitz in Under-9 Girls category. She won Gold with a perfect score of 9/9, 7/7 and 7/7 respectively. Sidhant Rana won two Gold and a Silver medal, Vedika won a Gold and two Silver. IM Raahil Mullick won a Gold and a Bronze medal. 11 Indians have won at least one medal in this event. Photo: Prashant Mullick
Sharvaanica scores a Perfect Golden hat-trick
India has won a staggering 43 medals. It is a resounding, despite not having enough Indian participants in few age groups to become eligible for team medals and Under-13 Open category having no Indian players. Shaarvanica A S has won a total of six Gold medals combining both individual and team, one each in three formats - Classical, Rapid and Blitz. Since she has made a perfect score in all three events, her record will never be broken, it can only be tied by other future players, something which is not going to be easy at all. Aarav Sarbalia clinched four Golds, Mithun Pranav won three Gold and two Silver, Hridaan A Shah won three Gold (team), IM Raahil Mullick and Diya Digamber Sawal earned two Gold, two Silver and a Bronze each, Sidhant Rana secured two Gold and a Silver, Vedika Pal won two Gold and four Silver, Md. Reyan received a Gold, a Silver and two Bronze.
Classical: Under-7 Open - Gold
Reigning National School Under-7 Open champion, Sidhant Rana scored an unbeaten 8/9 to clinch Gold. He finished a full point ahead of the field and defeated both the remaining podium finishers.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 3 | Sidhant Rana | IND | 1188 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 46,5 | 50 | 1,33 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Sheini Dashtgol Arash | IRI | 1100 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 51 | 1,01 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Nabiyev Iman | KAZ | 1254 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 50,5 | 0,42 |
Under-7 Girls - Gold
The current National School and National Under-7 Girls champion, Sharvaanica A S scored a perfect 9/9 to clinch the Gold. She finished 1.5 points ahead of the competition. India also won a team Gold scoring 21/27 - Sharvaanica 9/9, Rayna Ajay Patel 6/9 and Vonti Sri Guruvarshini 6/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 2 | Sharvaanica A S | w | IND | 1050 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 49,5 | 54,5 | 0,53 | ||
| 2 | 26 | Kuruppuarachchi K A Thenuli | w | SRI | 0 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 52 | |||
| 3 | 29 | Munkh-Ayalguu Dorjderem | w | MGL | 0 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 45,5 | 46,5 |
Under-9 Open - Silver
Mithun Pranav scored sole 7.5/9 to secure the Silver medal. India also won a team Gold in this category scoring 19/27 - Mithun Pranav 7.5/9, Aarav Sarbalia 6/9 and Hridaan A Shah 5.5/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 1 | Kakavand Ramtin | IRI | 1638 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 50 | -0,45 | |||
| 2 | 6 | AFM | Mithun Pranav | IND | 1217 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 51 | 2,65 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Zhauynbay Alimzhan | KAZ | 1356 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 49,5 | 0,62 |
Under-9 Girls - Gold
Maharashtra State Under-9 Girls champion, Vedika Pal scored a perfect 9/9 to clinch the Gold. She finished 1.5 points ahead of the field. India won team Silver - 17.5/27 - Vedika Pal 9/9, Diya Digamber Sawal 5.5/9 and Shruthika Anandkumar 3/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 1 | Pal Vedika | w | IND | 1362 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 51,5 | 1,68 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Moldagali Akerke | w | KAZ | 1206 | 7,5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 1,33 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Sagynbekova Zhibek | w | KGZ | 1338 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 51 | -0,73 |
Under-11 Open - Gold
The National School Under-11 Open champion, Md. Reyan made an unbeaten 8/9 and finished a full point ahead to clinch the Gold. India secured a team Bronze medal 14/18 - Md. Reyan 8/9 and Jahaann Goel 6/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 5 | Reyan Md. | IND | 1549 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 45,5 | 49 | 3,04 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Keneshbekov Elim | KGZ | 1860 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 46,5 | 50 | -0,55 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Muradylov Baiel | KGZ | 1878 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 51,5 | -1,93 |
Under-11 Girls - Team Silver
India won a team Silver medal scoring 17.5/27 - Nivedita V C 6/9, Tripurambika V 6/9 and Shanmathi Sree S 5.5/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 5 | 2 | ACM | Nivedita V C | IND | 1531 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 52,5 | -1,21 | |
| 6 | 6 | Tripurambika V | IND | 1311 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 47,5 | 50,5 | 0,33 | ||
| 7 | 5 | ACM | Shanmathi Sree S | IND | 1327 | 5,5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 50,5 | -0,03 |
Under-13 Girls - Team Bronze
Durga Karthika Lellapalli and Dakshitha Anand won a team Bronze medal for India scoring a total of 10.5/18, 5.5/9 and 5/9 each respectively.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 6 | 3 | Durga Karthika Lellapalli | w | IND | 1338 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 36 | -0,90 | ||
| 12 | 22 | Dakshitha Anand | w | IND | 1089 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 45,5 | 49 | 2,62 |
Under-15 Open - Gold and Bronze
IM Raahil Mullick scored 7.5/9, remained undefeated and finished a half point ahead to clinch the Gold. Shadhursshaan R made 7/9. He won the Bronze according to tie-breaks. India also won a team Gold 19.5/27 - Raahil 7.5/9, Shadhursshaan 7/9 and Ashwinth Michael 5/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 1 | IM | Mullick Raahil | IND | 2388 | 7,5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 48,5 | 52,5 | -1,02 | ||
| 2 | 2 | FM | Zhakshylykov Erzhan | KGZ | 2279 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 50 | -1,16 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shadhursshaan R | IND | 1771 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 49,5 | 53,5 | 1,08 |
Under-17 Open - Team Silver
Ujaan Bhattacharya and Irondla Akash Kumar won a team Silver scoring 9/18 - Ujaan 5/9 and Akash 4/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 11 | 15 | Ujaan Bhattacharya | IND | 1540 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 37 | 0,57 | |||
| 22 | 28 | Irondla Akash Kumar | IND | 1332 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 34,5 | 37,5 | 1,34 |
Under-17 Girls - Bronze
Chengalpattu District Under-17 Girls 2022 champion, Sasvatha A scored 6.5/9 to secure the Bronze medal.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 2 | WFM | Bobomurodova Maftuna | w | UZB | 1991 | 7,5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 49,5 | -0,65 | |
| 2 | 3 | Liuviann Cecilia Natalie | w | INA | 1865 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 50 | -0,37 | ||
| 3 | 9 | Sasvatha A | w | IND | 1509 | 6,5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 44,5 | 48 | 1,97 |
Rapid: Under-7 Open - Gold
Sidhant Rana started his Asian Schools 2022 by winning a Gold in the Rapid event. He scored an unbeaten 6.5/7 and finished a half point ahead of the competition.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 4 | Sidhant Rana | IND | 1195 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 26,5 | 29 | 1,21 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Perera A A Senuth Thewsas | SRI | 1182 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 27,5 | 29,5 | 1,05 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Khati Tailan | KAZ | 1147 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 27,5 | 30 | 0,59 |
Under-7 Girls - Gold
Sharvaanica A S announced her arrival by making a perfect start 7/7 to clinch the Gold in Rapid, before she went on to win Gold in Classical with a perfect score too. India also won a team Gold 17/21 - Sharvaanica 7/7, Rayna Ajay Patel 5/7 and Vonti Sri Guruvarshini 5/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 2 | Sharvaanica A S | w | IND | 1057 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 0,52 | ||
| 2 | 19 | Halangoda Sayumi | w | SRI | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 28,5 | |||
| 3 | 40 | Sharshebaeva Railya | w | KGZ | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 26 |
Under-9 Open - Gold
Both Aarav Sarbalia and Ramtin Kakavand scored 6/7 each. However, Aarav won the Gold due to better tie-breaks. India also won a team Gold 16/21 - Aarav 6/7, Mithun Pranav 5/7 and Hridaan A Shah 5/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 4 | Aarav Sarbalia | IND | 1333 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 0,54 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Kakavand Ramtin | IRI | 1945 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 27,5 | 29,5 | -0,96 | |||
| 3 | 10 | Mukanov Iskender | KGZ | 1151 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24,5 | 0,63 |
Under-9 Girls - Silver and Bronze
Vedika Pal lost her sole game against Zhibek Sagynbekova (KGZ) which became the deciding the tie-break. Both of them scored 6/7 each, however Vedika secured the Silver. Diya Digamber Sawal edged past four more girls to earn the Bronze medal scoring 5/7. India won a team Silver medal 15/21 - Vedika 6/7, Diya 5/7 and Shruthika Anandkumar 4/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 5 | Sagynbekova Zhibek | w | KGZ | 1238 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 28,5 | 28,5 | 1,09 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Pal Vedika | w | IND | 1316 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 28,5 | 31 | 0,38 | ||
| 3 | 4 | AFM | Diya Digamber Sawal | w | IND | 1238 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 31 | 0,01 |
Under-11 Girls - Silver
Nivedita V C scored 6/7 to secure Silver medal. Her sole loss was against the eventuala Gold medal winner Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI). India also won a team Silver medal 15/21 - Nivedita 6/7, Shanmathi Sree S 5/7 and Tripurambika V 4/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 4 | Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini | w | SRI | 1379 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 2,37 | ||
| 2 | 1 | ACM | Nivedita V C | w | IND | 1531 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 32,5 | 0,25 | |
| 3 | 18 | Palliyage Sethumlee Devhara | w | SRI | 1088 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 2,68 |
Under-13 Girls - Team Bronze
Dakshitha Anand and Durga Karthika Lellapalli won Team Bronze medal 7/14 - Dakshitha 4.5/7 and Durga 2.5/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 5 | 21 | Dakshitha Anand | w | IND | 1088 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22,5 | 25 | 2,01 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Durga Karthika Lellapalli | w | IND | 1170 | 2,5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23,5 | 25,5 | -1,64 |
Under-15 Open - Bronze
IM Raahil Mullick scored 5.5/7. He was placed third according to tie-breaks and won the Bronze medal. India also won a team Silver 11.5/21 - Raahil 5.5/7, Shadhursshaan 3.5/7 and Ashwinth Michael 2.5/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 1 | 2 | FM | Zhakshylykov Erzhan | KGZ | 2160 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 27,5 | 30 | -0,24 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Senevirathne S D B K | SRI | 1684 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 27,5 | 30 | 0,31 | |||
| 3 | 1 | IM | Mullick Raahil | IND | 2288 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 26,5 | 29,5 | -1,15 |
Under-17 Open: Team Silver
Ujaan Bhattacharya and Irondla Akash Kumar won a team Silver medal 9/14 - Ujaan 4.5/7 and Akash 4.5/9.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | ||
| 4 | 12 | Ujaan Bhattacharya | IND | 1436 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 2,35 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Irondla Akash Kumar | IND | 1202 | 4,5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22,5 | 24,5 | 3,27 |
Blitz: Under-7 Open: Silver
Iman Nabiyev (KAZ) and Sidhant Rana scored 6/7 each, Sidhant won the Silver according to tie-breaks.
Final Standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 3 | Nabiyev Iman | KAZ | 1353 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2 | 7 | Sidhant Rana | IND | 1095 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 3 | 6 | Khati Tailan | KAZ | 1108 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Under-7 Girls - Gold
Shaarvanica A S won her third Gold of the event by having another perfect score 7/7. India also won team Gold along with Sri Lanka as both scored 15.5/21 - Shaarvanica 7/7, Vonti Sri Guruvarshini 4.5/7 and Kashika Goyal 4/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 4 | Sharvaanica A S | IND | 1050 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | Abibulla Inzhu | KAZ | 1213 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 3 | 6 | Ahasna D M Esandi | SRI | 0 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Under-9 Open - Team Gold
India won a team Gold 15/21 despite not having an individual podium finish. Hridaan A Shah, Mithun Pranav and Aarav Sarbalia - all three contributed 5/7 each.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 4 | 13 | Hridaan A Shah | IND | 1029 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | 9 | AFM | Mithun Pranav | IND | 1137 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | Aarav Sarbalia | IND | 1458 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Under-9 Girls - Gold and Silver
Both Diya Digamber Sawal and Vedika Pal scored 6/7. Since Diya defeated Vedika in the sixth round, she clinched the Gold and Vedika Silver. India also won team Gold 15/21 - Diya 6/7, Vedika 6/7 and Shruthika Anandkumar 3/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 5 | AFM | Diya Digamber Sawal | IND | 1115 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | Pal Vedika | IND | 1362 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | Sagynbekova Zhibek | KGZ | 1338 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Under-11 Open - Silver
Md. Reyan scored sole 5.5/7 to secure the Silver. India won a team Bronze 9/14 - Reyan 5.5/7 and Jahaannn Goel 3.5/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 3 | Bokhodirov Abdulkodir | UZB | 1705 | 6,5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2 | 4 | Reyan Md. | IND | 1632 | 5,5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 3 | 20 | Sergelen Batbayar | MGL | 1162 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Under-11 Girls - Team Silver
India won a team Silver 13/21 - Shanmathi Sree S 5/7, Nivedita V C 4/7 and Prisha Kesarwani 4/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 4 | 5 | ACM | Shanmathi Sree S | IND | 1349 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | ACM | Nivedita V C | IND | 1531 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | 12 | Prisha Kesarwani | IND | 1122 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Under-13 Girls - Team Bronze
India secured a team Bronze 8/14 - Durga Karthika Lellapalli 4/7 and Dakshitha Anand 4/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 11 | 4 | Durga Karthika Lellapalli | IND | 1338 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 12 | 20 | Dakshitha Anand | IND | 1089 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Under-15 Open - Team Silver
India won a team Silver 12/21 - IM Raahil Mullick 5/7, Shadhursshaan 4/7 and Ashwinth Michael 3/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 4 | 1 | IM | Mullick Raahil | IND | 2288 | India | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | Shadhursshaan R | IND | 1636 | India | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 16 | 12 | AFM | Ashwinth Michael | IND | 1311 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Under-17 Open: Team Silver
India won team Silver 6.5/14 - Ujaan Bhattacharya 3.5/7 and Irondla Akash Kumar 3/7.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 14 | 11 | Ujaan Bhattacharya | IND | 1540 | 3,5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 20 | 23 | Irondla Akash Kumar | IND | 1332 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |