<p>Young chess players from Karnataka made their mark at the Asian Youth Championships in Iran on Wednesday, with three of them -- Girish Koushik, Raghunandan K S and Ananya Suresh -- claiming gold medals.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Championship was conducted in Standard, Rapid and Blitz formats. <br />Mysorean Girish scored 7.5 points out of maximum possible nine points in Standard format, winning the gold medal in the U-16 open category. He also clinched a silver in the rapid format, scoring six points out of seven. Bangalore boy Raghunandan scored 7.5 points out of nine to emerge champion in the standard format for under-12 (open).<br /><br />Raghunandan has been a top performer over the last three years, winning the State under-9 title in 2010, the Asian school under-12 title in 2012, and the State under-11 titles in 2011 and 2012.<br /><br />Ananya, from Kodagu, claimed the gold in the under-14 girls Rapid section, with a total of 6.5 points out of seven. Ananya also picked up a bronze in the Standard segment.<br /></p>
<p>Young chess players from Karnataka made their mark at the Asian Youth Championships in Iran on Wednesday, with three of them -- Girish Koushik, Raghunandan K S and Ananya Suresh -- claiming gold medals.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Championship was conducted in Standard, Rapid and Blitz formats. <br />Mysorean Girish scored 7.5 points out of maximum possible nine points in Standard format, winning the gold medal in the U-16 open category. He also clinched a silver in the rapid format, scoring six points out of seven. Bangalore boy Raghunandan scored 7.5 points out of nine to emerge champion in the standard format for under-12 (open).<br /><br />Raghunandan has been a top performer over the last three years, winning the State under-9 title in 2010, the Asian school under-12 title in 2012, and the State under-11 titles in 2011 and 2012.<br /><br />Ananya, from Kodagu, claimed the gold in the under-14 girls Rapid section, with a total of 6.5 points out of seven. Ananya also picked up a bronze in the Standard segment.<br /></p>
