National Tournament

The winners of the Turkmenistan National Championships in classical chess for boys and girls across age groups under 8 to 18 have been decided. Around 500 young players from across the country's velayats competed at the Specialized Chess and Checkers School in Ashgabat. The results will help form the national team for international tournaments.

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Rajeswari Aiyappan, a sixth-standard student at Amrita Vidyalayam in Mysuru, won second place representing Karnataka at the National School Chess U-11 Girls Tournament in Guwahati, Assam. She scored 7 points across 9 rounds. The achievement follows her 2024 victory in the Karnataka State Championship for U-9 girls.