GUWAHATI: Mayank Chakraborty, from Guwahati has won the silver medal in the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2019 in the under 10 category, standard format (classical) in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka.
He represented India in the tournament where contestants from 22 countries participated in various categories.
The championship was held from April 1 until April 10 and was organised by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka, on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE (aka World Chess Federation).
Mayank is a student in class 5, South Point school in Guwahati.
