Dev Shah shines at Asian schools chess

Dev Shah of Dhirubhai Ambani International (BKC) won a gold and a silver in the U-7 category at the 9th Asian schools chess championships at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

Ranked second in the state, the six-year-old with a FIDE rating of 1465 won gold in the rapid version, and silver in the blitz version.

The class II student said: . “My idol (Magnus) Carlsen became a GM at 13, but my aim is become one by 11.”u00a0

Dev Shah

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