Kerala’s Divi lifts Asian Rapid Chess title a week after claiming her Commonwealth crown
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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.
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