World Cup Cadets 2026: Divi Bijesh Gold, Sarbartho Mani Silver, Sattwik Swain and Saiaastha Singh Bronze
India has won a total of four medals – a Gold and a Silver each and two Bronze medals at FIDE World Cup Cadets 2026.
Divi clinches Gold and Sarbartho a medal in consecutive editions
WCM Divi Bijesh won in consecutive editions of FIDE World Cup Cadets. Last year she won it in the Under-10 Girls section. This time, she won Gold in Under-12 Girls scoring 9/11. Despite suffering a loss in the third round, Divi bounced back strong by winning the next five games in-a-row, then finished her event with a draw, win and draw.
The defending Under-10 Open champion, FM Sarbartho Mani scored 8.5/11 to secure Silver. Thus, he managed to secure a medal in back-to-back editions. CM Sattwik Swain also scored the same 8.5/11. He got a Bronze according to tie-breaks.
In Under-8 Girls, Saiaastha Singh scored 8.5/11 to win Bronze.
They all have qualified for 48-player FIDE World Cadets Championship 2026 which will take place from 10th to 17th November 2026. Each of the six categories will have only eight players.
Under-8 Girls: Bronze
Yunjin Sun (CHN) scored 9.5/11 to clinch Gold in Under-8 Girls. Xinhe Ye (CHN) and Saiaastha Singh (1473) scored 8.5/11 each. They secured Silver and Bronze medals respectively according to tie-breaks. Saiaastha drew against the eventual Silver medalist, Xinhe in the final round.
Under-8 Girls Top 3 (L to R): Silver – Xinhe Ye (CHN) 8.5/11, Gold – Yunjin Sun (CHN) 9/11 and Bronze – Saiaastha Singh 8.5/11 | Photo: Official site
Under-10 Open: Silver and Bronze
CM Rizat Ulan (KAZ, 2050) scored 9/11 to clinch Gold in Under-10 Open. FM Sarbartho Mani (2311), CM Sattwik Swain (2054), CM Nurmuhammad Nematillakhonov (UZB, 1904) and Kai Zhou Lan (USA, 1830) scored 8.5/11 each. Out of them, Sarbartho and Sattwik received Silver and Bronze medals respectively according to tie-breaks. This is Sarbartho’s second medal in consecutive editions in the same age group.
Under-10 Open Top 3 (L to R): Silver – FM Sarbartho Mani 8.5/11, Gold – CM Rizat Ulan (KAZ) 9/11 and Bronze – CM Sattwik Swain 8.5/11 | Photo: Official site
Under-12 Girls: Gold
WCM Divi Bijesh (1942) scored 9/11 to clinch Gold in Under-12 Girls. She finished a half point ahead of the field and won her second Gold in consecutive editions. Last year, it was in Under-10 Girls category, this time it is in Under-12 Girls. WFM Alisa Genrietta Yunker (2056) and WCM Milana Filippova (KAZ, 1942) scored 8.5/11 each. They secured Silver and Bronze medals each respectively according to tie-breaks.
Under-12 Girls Top 3 (L to R): Silver – WFM Alisa Genrietta Yunker 8.5/11, Gold – WCM Divi Bijesh 9/11 and Bronze – WCM Milana Filippova (KAZ) 8.5/11 | Photo: Official site
Divi Bijesh in action | Photo: Official site
WCM Divi Bijesh scored 9/11, finished a half point ahead of the rest and gained 110.8 Elo rating points
Trophies, medals, Macbook Air and iPad were the prizes | Photo: Official site
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