Adding another feather to her cap, Tripura’s young chess prodigy Arshiya Das bagged another gold medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship at Sri Lanka. Few days back Arshiya Das has won gold medal in Under-14 Rapid event of Commonwealth Chess Championship at Sri Lanka. She was unbeaten with 6.5 points in 7 rounds. She has also won the gold medal in Under-14 Blitz category of Commonwealth Chess Championship at Sri Lanka.
Arshiya is a student of Matrix Chess Academy run by chess coach and national level player Prasenjit Datta. Prasenjit Datta has conveyed his best wishes to his student Arshiya and expressed the hope that she will perform well in the coming days.
Arshiya is the only daughter of Purnendu Das and his wife Arnisha Das.