Mumbai, Dec 12 (PTI) Eight-year-old Aryaveer Pittie claimed a silver medal in the under-8 category at the Bangkok Rapid Chess Championship.

Aryaveer of the American School of Bombay (ASB) finished second with a creditable score of four points out of possible six at the Prasarnmit Plaza Sukhumvit on Sunday. Thailand's Suthiponpaisarn Proudpitcha won the gold with five points.

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"We are proud of his victory and he indeed played this championship extremely well and look forward to more victories in future," Aryaveer's mother Neesha Chhabria said in a release.

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Aryaveer is a student of SMCA and trains under coach Durga Nagesh Guttula. He is currently preparing for the International rating chess championships to be held in New Delhi.

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