Lala Shohradova Wins 2026 Asian Junior Girls Rapid, Pratitee Bordoloi Second, Prishita Gupta Third

by Devansh Singh - 19/08/2026

WFM Lala Shohradova of Turkmenistan scored 6/7 points to win the 2026 Asian Junior Girls Rapid Chess Championship. WFM Pratitee Bordoloi also scored 6/7 and finished in 2nd place due to a tiebreak. FM Prishita Gupta scored 5/7 points to finish in 3rd position. Lala finished 2nd in the Blitz section too, making it her second podium finish in just 2 days. The tournament was organised on 17th and 18th August at ITC Maratha, Mumbai. Photos: Tushar Damor

2 Medals in 2 Days

WFM Lala Shohradova started the Asian Junior Tournament with a silver medal in the Blitz section. Here in Rapid, she lost her 3rd round against Jahan Rejepova of her own country, but then she scored 4 wins in a row to clinch the title on better tiebreak scores than Pratitee Bordoloi.

Champion: Lala Shohradova

Runner-up: Pratitee Bordoloi

Second runner-up: Prishita Gupta

Lala defeated WFM Nivedita VC in the final round and increased her rating by 19.4 points

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Final Ranking after 7 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	3	WFM	Shohradova, Lala	F20	w	TKM	2041	6	6	22	25,5
2	7	WFM	Pratitee Bordoloi,	F20	w	IND	1995	6	5	20,5	23,5
3	2	FM	Prishita Gupta,	F20	w	IND	2072	5	5	22,5	26
4	27	WCM	Kashthuri Bhai R,	F20	w	IND	1821	5	5	21,5	23,5
5	29	WCM	Anushka Bapu Kutwal,	F20	w	IND	1813	5	5	19,5	21,5
6	13	WFM	Nivedita V C,	F20	w	IND	1900	5	4	26,5	31
7	12	WFM	Rejepova, Jahan	F20	w	TKM	1907	5	4	25	28,5
8	1	WFM	Kholyavko, Mariya	F20	w	KAZ	2118	5	4	20,5	23,5
9	20		Rout, Yashita	F20	w	IND	1860	5	3	20	23
10	21	WCM	Sravyasree Bheemarasetty,	F20	w	IND	1854	4,5	4	24,5	28,5

Details

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Organising Committee

Trophies for the winners

Games in action

All winners of 2026 Asian Junior Rapid and Blitz

Venue: ITC Maratha, Mumbai

Such a beautiful venue for this amazing tournament

Playing Conditions

The tournament is played according to the FIDE Laws of Chess, using electronic clocks.
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment per move from move 1. Forfeit time is 30 minutes.
Rapid: 15 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move from move 1.
Blitz: 3 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move from move 1.
Per FIDE regulations, players from the same federation may be paired against each other in the last round.

Titles and Awards

A minimum of 5 federations per category and 10 participants is required for direct titles in Standard chess (see the FIDE Handbook). Direct titles are awarded for Standard chess per the FIDE Handbook:

Gold medalists are awarded a GM norm and the International Master (IM) title (for women, a WGM norm and the Woman International Master (WIM) title). Players scoring the same number of points as the champion also receive the IM/WIM title.
The silver & bronze medal winners are awarded the IM/WIM norm in addition to the FIDE Master (FM)/Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title.

Minimum Ratings (for immediate award): IM 2200 · WIM 2000 · FM 2100 · WFM 1900