NAGPUR: Vedika Pal lived up to her billing with an unbeaten performance and emerged as the U-10 girls champion in Western Asian Youth Chess Championship which concluded at Kyrgyzstan.
With an Elo of 1456, Vedika started as the top seed and gave a performance rating of 1643 to clinch the nine-round tournament collecting 8.5 points. She won the championship with a round remaining and earned as many as 54.8 rating points.