Divith Reddy becomes world champion in U-8 Cadets Championship

MONTESILVANO (ITALY): Eight-year-old Divith Reddy of Hyderabad added to India’s growing reputation in the world of chess by becoming champion in the Under-8 World Cadets Chess Championship here on Tuesday.

The Telengana boy secured a brilliant 9/11 points, same as his compatriot Sattwik Swain but the former clinched the gold based on his tiebreak score.

Divith, who has a FIDE rating of 1784 points, had a three-way tie with compatriot Sattwik and Ziming Guo of China but the Telengana boy clinched the gold with a better tie-break score.

Source: PTI News

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