Saanvi Aggarwal, 4, Earns Second Spot at 32nd National U-7 Open Girls Chess Championship
Last month we saw, Chennai's 12-year-old Praggnanandhaa became the world's second youngest chess grandmaster. Ukraine’s Sergey Karjakin holds the record of being the youngest Grand Master. He was 12 years and seven months old when he achieved the feat in 2002.
Four-year-old Saanvi Aggarwal, who hails from Chandigarh, has earned the second spot at the 32nd National U-7 Open Girls Chess Championship. Saanvi, who was competing in the U-5 category, finished with four points to take the second place. The second-place finish now has made Saanvi eligible for the Asian Youth U-6 Chess Championship to be held next year. She had made it to the national tournament after securing the title win in the U-7 Chandigarh Chess Championship in May this year. Saanvi is a student of St Stephen’s Preparatory School.
The 32nd National U-7 Open Girls Chess Championship was organised by the United Karnataka Chess Association under the aegis of the All India Chess Federation in Karnataka's Tumkur. Meanwhile, Saanvi credited parents for her success and said she would practice on computer. "My parents taught me and made me practice on the computer. With time I learned all levels and started winning them,” the four-year-old told ANI.
Meanwhile, Saanvi's coach Nitin Rathore believes that she has a lot of potentials to win Asian and World titles in future. "She has a lot of potentials to win Asian and World titles in the future. She perfectly knows all the attacking moves in chess," he said.
Last month we saw, Chennai's 12-year-old Praggnanandhaa became the world's second youngest chess grandmaster. Ukraine’s Sergey Karjakin holds the record of being the youngest Grand Master. He was 12 years and seven months old when he achieved the feat in 2002. (Inputs ANI).
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