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Indonesia won three gold medals in Speed Chess on the last day of the Asian Youth Chess Championship. The competition took place at the Grand Inna Hotel, Kuta, Friday (21/10/2022).

In total, Indonesia won 4 gold, 12 silver, and 18 bronze medals. Another gold was won from the Rapid number.

The gold medal for quick chess was won by Laysa Latifah in the women's number G16 (Individual). One gold was won in the G16 Blitz Team on behalf of Laysa, Adeeba, and Salwa Nadia Maharani.

Another number was won by the U16 Team which was won by the national team chess squad. They are Arfan Bagus Aditya, Nayaka Budidharma, and Reynard Kristopher.

Laysa successfully won the gold duo medal after being able to pass foreign chess players such as Mongolia, Kazakhstan. He also managed to step over 2 tough Vietnamese chess players in the last two rounds.

The Asian Youth Chess Championships ended with Vietnam as the overall champion in standard chess events. The country won 5 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze. Next champion India 3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze. Iran is in third place with 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze.

The closing was officially carried out by Hisham Al Taher, General Secretary of the Asian Chess Federation. Although Indonesia has not yet reached the top three, the General Chair of PB Percasi, GM Utut Adianto, appreciates the struggle of Indonesian junior chess players.

"Organizing a tournament like this is to lay the fundamentals for our chess players in the future. When it comes to chess for the Asian region, the competition is quite tough. We must give our junior players the opportunity to dare to face great fighters from outside," he said.

According to him, Asia has many very strong athletes. Good training, competitive opportunities, and continuous evaluation will make Indonesian athletes better.

"We have to do this cycle of three things continuously, don't let it be interrupted. For example, holding the AYCC tournament," he said. (RRI)