National Women 2022 runner-up, WIM Sakshi Chitlange clinched the Gold for India in Above 19 Women section at BRICS Games 2022. She scored an unbeaten 5.5/6 and finished 1.5 points ahead of the field. GM Mitrabha Guha, Ilamparthi A R and 31st National Under-18 Girls champion, WFM Bhagyashree Patil won a Bronze medal each in Above 19 Men, Under-18 Men and Women section respectively. The entire event was held online on chess.com in a double round-robin format. The time control was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment. Participants were from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The tournament was organized by Chinese Chess Association from 1st to 3rd September 2022.
WIM Sakshi Chitlange was the only one who remained undefeated out of the four Indian medalists. She is a WGM-elect as she has all the required three norms, only requires to touch 2300 in the live ratings, to become the next Woman Grandmaster of India.
Gold in Above 19 Women - WIM Sakshi Chitlange
Above 19 Women: Silver - WGM Zhu Jiner (CHN) 4/6, Gold - WIM Sakshi Chitlange 5.5/6 and Bronze - Marina Lima Miranda (BRA) 2/6 | Photo: Official site
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Above 19 Men: Silver - GM Arseniy Nesterov 5.5/8, Gold - GM Bai Jinshi (CHN) 6.5/8 and Bronze - GM Mitrabha Guha 4.5/8 | Photo: Official site
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Under 19 Men: Silver - Renjie Huang (CHN) 6/8, Gold - IM Volodar Murzin 6.5/8 and Bronze - Ilamparthi A R 5.5/8 | Photo: Official site
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Under 19 Women: Gold - IM Leya Garifullina 7/8 and WIM Yuxin Song 7/8, Bronze - WFM Bhagyashree Patil 3/8 | Photo: Official site