Devindya Gunawardhana of Wycherley International School was crowned as the Asian Youth Under 10 Girls champion in Bali, Indonesia yesterday. She scored 8.5 points from 9 rounds where she only drew in the 8th round against her opponent Bahar Mirzakhani of Iran.
At the start of the tournament, she was ranked third and from the start, she dominated the event. She secured the championship before the final round where she led the rankings with 1.5 points in the 8th round.
The Asian Youth Chess Championship 2022 is organised by the Indonesian Chess Federation on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation. 451 Players from twenty Asian countries competed in the event in 12 categories. Akila Kavinda is working as Devindya’s trainer since 2020, and with his guidance, she won several championships including the world youth online under 10 girls’ championship in 2021.
In addition to this title considering her performance, she achieved the Woman Candidate Master title. Earlier, the promising chess player Oshini was the Under 10 champion in the World Youth Online Chess Championship.
