Siddhanth wins silver at St Patrick's chess

Siddhanth Lohia (8), the reigning Asian Schools silver medallist in chess stood second in the U-8 Category of the 3rd St Patrick's Chess Challenge conducted by the Singapore Chess Federation recently.

The Dhirubhai Ambani International student started learning chess at South Mumbai Chess Academy two-and-a-half-years ago.

Siddhanth Lohia

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Earlier this month, Siddhanth put up an excellent show in the ASEAN age group tournament in Chingmai, Thailand, where he upset top seed, Nguyen Duc Sang of Vietnam( FIDE rating:1653) in the last round.

“I am happy that I won a silver medal in Singapore. My ultimate aim to be like my idol, the late Bobby Fischer,” he said.u00a0

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