Indian sports wrap, August 22: Arvind wins All India Chess Masters tournament
CHESS
Arvind Iyer emerges winner in All India Chess Masters Mumbai FIDE Classical
Arvind Iyer has been crowned champion of the All India Chess Masters Mumbai FIDE Classical Tournament after finishing with seven points in eight rounds to edge out Darsh Shetty in a strong competition.
In fact, both Arvind and Darsh finished with seven points each but the former won the championship on super Buchholz tie-breaks.
Shetty finished as the runner-up position while the third position was claimed by International Master Vikramaditya Kulkarni, who accumulated 6.5 points.
The winner received a cash prize of Rs. 40,000.
In women’s category, Woman Candidate Master Kriti Mayur Patel was adjudged as the Best Player, followed by Reya Banker and Pradeepa Jayapal who secured second and third place respectively.
Vinod Chaturvedi finished first in the veteran’s category, followed by Guru Prasad Patil and Ashok Govindrao Patil at second and third.
– PTI
ARCHERY
India wins team bronze at World Youth Archery Championships
Indian archers claimed the Under-18 recurve women’s team bronze while staying in medal contention in four other team events, including three finals, at the World youth Archery Championships in Winnipeg, Canada.
Important results (Team):
Recurve (U-18)
Men: India (Agastay Singh, Soham Kanase, Aditya Pawar) got a bye (1st round), bt France 6-0 (2nd round), bt Japan 5-3 (3rd round), lost to Chinese Taipei 3-5 (semifinal), lost to Turkey 3-5 (bronze medal match)
Women: India (Gatha Khadake, Jiana Kumar, Sharvari Shende) got a bye (1st round), bt Mexico 6-0 (2nd round), bt Japan 5-3 (3rd round), lost to Korea 2-6 (semifinal), bt USA 6-0 (bronze medal match)
Mixed team: India (Gatha, Agastay) got a bye (1st round), bt France 5-3 (2nd round), bt Georgia 5-1 (3rd round), lost to Korea 0-6 (semifinal), to meet Chinese Taipei in bronze medal match.
Compound (U-21)
Men: India (Mihir Apar, Kushal Dalal, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru) got a bye (1st round), bt Israel 235-233 (2nd round), bt Korea 233-228 (semifinal), to meet Germany in the final.
Compound (U-18)
Men: India (Mohit Dagar, Yogesh Joshi, Devansh Singh) got byes (1st round and semifinal), to meet USA in the final
Women: India (Surya Hamsini Madala, Prithika Pradeep, Varenya) bt Italy 225-215 (1st round), lost to Chinese Taipei 224-227 (semifinal), lost to Mexico 210-221 (bronze medal match)
Mixed team: India (Prithika, Dagar) got a bye (1st round), bt New Zealand 150-136 (2nd round), bt Spain 154-145 (semifinal), to meet USA in the final.
– Y. B. Sarangi
Published on Aug 22, 2025