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Indian kids took three of the six age group titles in the Asian Youth Chess
Championship (Boys and Girls U-10, U-12 and U-14) at Bikaner (Rajasthan) from Jan. 07 to Jan. 17, 2001. In the earlier edition in Tehran, India got the five gold medals out of six, strong players from Vietnam and Uzbekistan reduced India's medals tally in Bikaner.There were 75 participants in fray from eight Asian Countries including India, Uzbekistan, Srilanka, Iran, Mangolia, Krygystan and Vietnam.  Y Sandeep (U-10 boys'), D Meenu (U-10 girls') and Saheli Nath (U-12 girls) did India proud with gold medals, while last year winner of U-12, Abhijit Gupta got silver and G Rohit won bronze. The world No.2 in girls' U-10, India's D Harika, won a silver in under-12. Dhyani Dave finished second in U-10 girls' and Kritika Nadig took the second slot in under-14 leaving India with a huge bag of medals. In the U-14 for boys, the Iran's Sayed Javadalvi Mogadam was the top seed but the title winner was Gareev Timur. Young Madurai star Deepan Chakravarthy took the bronze. In the boys' U-10, India's Y Sandeep (6.5) tied for
the first place with Vietnam's Quang Liem. But better progressive score saw the Andhra lad clinching the title. T Semeti of Krygystan (6.0) tied for the third place with India's National Champion and top seed T Gobin. But ultimately Gobin finished fourth.
Two Indian girls became the new Asian Champions. In U-10, D Meenu from Andhra Pradesh won gold, scoring 6.5 inm the nine-round round robin league. Ahmedabad based Dhayani Dave (5.5) finished second ahead of Kim Tu Yen, Vietnam. Both scored 5.5, but after applying Koya system tiebreak, Dhyani finished ahead of Kim. In U-12 girls' section, India's Saheli Nath got the first place by a half point over his teammate D Harika (7.0). Dronavalli Harika got the silver for India in the U-12 event while M Rajdarshini took the bronze with 6.5 points.  Of the three gold medals won by Indians, two went to the girls Saheli Nath and D Meenu, while Andhra lad Y Sandeep was the only winner from the boys side for India.. Sisters, M Rajdarshini and M Priyadarshini, won a bronze medal each in their
international debut. Defending Champion Abhinav Mekala who won gold in Tehran in U-10,missed out on medals with a moderate display.
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