ARCA

First Day :

INDIA is Hot Favorite.

Indians are being kept in high Esteem at 3rd Asian School Chess 2007 , here at Kandy, Sri Lanka. Indians are Top Seed in almost Each Category where they are participating. 11 players from India are participating. Indians have been given rousing reception here.

World under 8 Girls Champ Ivana Furtado is top seed in Girls U9. M Satvik & Nubairshah are 1st & 2nd seed in U9 Boys. Nishtha & N Manjunath are top seed in Girls U11 & boys U13 respectively. Atishay Ajmera is 2nd seed in Boys U15 where as WFM Pon N Krithika & Astha are 1st & 2nd seed in Under 15 girls.

The opening ceremony was a colorful and well attended . All the Speakers , Chief Guest His Excellency the Governor of Central Province & Office Bearers of Sri Lankan Chess Federation admired the progress of Chess in India & acknowledged India as Super Power in Chess.

All the Indians sailed easily through First round except one player who lost against other Indians Player.

Second Day :

INDIA is Leading in All Categories..

After completion of 3rd round on 2nd day, Indians are leading in all categories, where they are participating, in 3rd Asian School Chess 2007 , here at Kandy. All the 11 Indian players are in the race for medals . Till 3rd round none of Indian Player has lost against any foreign Player.

Indian Girls are exhibiting exceptional skill of Chess. Bansi Pratima, Ivana Furtado, Nishtha & Pon N Krithika are having full 3 points & are sole leaders in theirs respective categories. All of these won theirs both the games easily on day two.

Indian Boys are also performing exceptionally well. In under 9 category. M Satvik, Nubairshah & Jerome Ebenezer are in joint lead with one Sri Lankan Player at 2.5 points each. M Satvik & Nubairshah drew a well fought game on Top Board. In under 11 category Cyrus Pereira of India is having full 3 points & in joint lead with one Iranian & one Sri Lankan Player. N Manjunath is also having full 3 points & sole leader in Under 13 category. Atishay Ajmera is sole leader with 2.5 points in under 15 category.

Third Day :

INDIA is poised for big haul

After completion of 4th & 5th rounds on 3rd day, Indians further consolidated theirs leads in all categories in 3rd Asian School Chess 2007 , at Kandy and poised for Big hauls of Medals.

Indian Girls are leading in all categories. Bansi Pratima, Nishtha & Pon N Krithika have won all of theirs games & having full 4 points & are sole leaders in theirs respective categories with at least one point lead. Ivana Furtado was held to a draw by Sri Lankan Island Champion. She is joint leader in Girls Under 9 with 3.5 points in four rounds.

Indian Boys are no far behind. In under 9 category, Nubairshah won both the games & sole leader with 4.5 points in 5 rounds. M Satvik is following him with 4 points. In morning round he drew against another Indian Jerome Ebenezer[3]. In under 11 category Cyrus Pereira of India is sole leader with 4.5 points in 5 rounds . He drew his 2nd round of day. Despite drawing his morning game N Manjunath is also sole leader in Under 13 category with 4.5 points in 5 rounds. Atishay Ajmera continued his winning streak & sole leader with 3.5 points in 4 rounds under 15 category.

Final Day :

India piled up Medals

Four Gold Medals were confirmed before entering in the Final Round. They were Atishay Ajmera in Boys Under 15, Pon N Krithika in Girls Under 15.Bansi Pratima in under 7 Girls. InUnder 9 Boys all the medals were confirmed for Indians & last round was to decide who will get which Medal.

In the last round M Manjunath won to get Silver Medal in Boys U13. Despite winning last round Nishtha Gupta could get only Bronze Medal in Under 11 girls. Cyrus Pereira drew against Iranian player & Both got Joint Gold Medals. In under 9 Boys category Nubairshah & M satvik registered victories & secured Gold & Silver respectively. Ivana Furtado won & confirmed Joint Gold Medal

Out of 11 player Indian Contigent 10 players got the Individual Medals. In all India got 6 Gold 2 Silver& 2 Bronze Individual Medals & 2 Gold in Team events. India got Medals in all the 8 categories where they played whether it was individual or Team. Indian Team was only in Under 15 Girls & Under 9 Boys.

Medal Tally for Individual

Under 15 Boys: Atishay Ajmera- Gold Medal

Under 15 Girls: Pon N Kritika- Gold Medal

Under 13 Boys: N Manjunath- Silver Medal

Under 11 Boys: Cyrus Pereira- Gold[ Joint]

Under 11 Girls : Nishtha Gupta - Bronze

Under 9 Boys: Nubaishah Shaikh- Gold

M Satvik Silver

Gerome Ebnezer Bronze

Under 9 Girls: Ivana Furtado- Gold [Joint]

Under 7 Girls: Bansi Pratima: Gold

Team Medals:

Under 15 Girl: Gold - Pon N Krithika & Astha Gupta

Under 9 Boys: Gold - Nubairshah Shaikh & M Satvik.

P K Gupta