Kerala’s Divi lifts Asian Rapid Chess title a week after claiming her Commonwealth crown
Divi Bijesh of Kerala won the U-10 girls’ title of Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship in Thailand.
Divi Bijesh of Kerala won the U-10 girls’ title of Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship in Thailand.
Divi Bijesh of Kerala won the U-10 girls’ title of Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship in Thailand.
A week after clinching a Commonwealth title, Kerala's Divi Bijesh was crowned the U-10 girls' champion of the Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship in Thailand.
In the seven-round event, the Thiruvananthapuram native finished tied on 6 points with Iran's Asma Hasanpor Moghadam and Vietnam's Tran Hoang Bao An.
Divi had lost to top-seed Asma in the final round, but the Iranian had suffered a loss in an earlier round. Divi edged the others by virtue of a better tiebreaker score to finish first.
The 10-year-old had an unbeaten run in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Kuala Lumpur last week.
Divi won the U-10 title in the FIDE World Cup Cadet event in Georgia in July. She is the youngest from Kerala to attain the Woman Candidate Master title.