Guwahati Chess Prodigy Dhrupad Kashyap Wins Silver Medal at Commonwealth Chess Championship

Guwahati, July 9, 2019:

Guwahati boy Dhrupad Kashyap, a member of the 'Assam Chess Club' has made the entire state proud by winning the silver medal at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2019 held in national capital New Delhi.

The Guwahati chess prodigy scored 5 points out of 7 rounds and remained undefeated in the entire tourney. His final round opponent, Grandmaster Erigaisi Arjun of Telengana, whom Kashyap drew, emerged as the champion in the prestigious in the event.

The 14-year-old Kashyap is a grade IX student studying in Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti School located at Amingaon on the outskirts of Guwahati city.

It is to be mentioned Dhrupad Kashyap is ranked #647 in the world in the Under-14 category. In India, he is ranked #43 in the same category.

India swept medals in all 16 sections of the Commonwealth chesschampionship. Favourite Abhijeet Gupta claimed his fifth title.

After two other leaders, S. L. Narayanan and Aravindh Chithambaram, drew their top board battle in 32 moves, Abhijeet caught Arjun Erigaisi in a checkmating net in 39 moves to reach 7.5 points, thereby securing the win.

In the women's division, Tania Sachdev retained the women’s title after an anxious wait. After being tied at six points with Divya Deshmukh, Tania took the title on superior tie-break score. Bhakti Kulkarni came third.

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